- After testing practically every (free) Chess app out there, I believe I've answered my own question: Shredder Lite. If anyone's interested, this app automatically adjusts difficulty based on gameplay, mimics common human errors (relative to difficulty), and warns you immediately after you make a really stupid mistake.
- Stockfish Chess - how do I download the app on PC? If you want to download the software on your pc or mac, you could either first visit the Mac store or Windows AppStore and search for the app OR you can easily use any of the download links we provided above under the 'Download and Install' header section to download the application.
- Chess Free is the best chess game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it's free! Chess Free supports both 1 player and 2 player gameplay, so you can play against friends or test your skills against a challenging computer opponent.
Play a game
- Challenge your Mac or a person to a game: Choose Game > New.Tip: When you start a new game, move the pointer over the items in the Variant and Players pop-up menus to get information about them.
- Play a match online: Sign in to Game Center, choose Game > New, click the Players pop-up menu, then choose Game Center Match.
- Get hints: Choose Moves > Show Hint. An arrow points to where you should move the piece. If the level of difficulty is set to Faster, hints aren’t available.
- Take back a move: Choose Moves > Take Back Move for each move you want to undo. https://ultraclever978.weebly.com/how-to-run-mac-apps-on-windows-8.html.
- See moves: Choose Moves > Show Last Move; an arrow points from the piece’s originating square to its new square. To see all the moves made during a game, choose Moves > Game Log.
Customize a game
- Set the level of difficulty: Choose Chess > Preferences, then drag the slider toward Faster or Stronger to decrease or increase the difficulty or speed (not available when you’re playing another person).
- Change the look of a game: Choose Chess > Preferences, then choose a style for the board and pieces.
- Change the viewing angle of the board: Click and hold any corner of the board, then adjust the viewing angle using your mouse or trackpad.
- Hear moves spoken: Choose Chess > Preferences, select the checkboxes for the moves you want to hear, then choose the voices.
Use spoken commands
- In the Chess app on your Mac, choose Chess > Preferences, then select Allow Player to Speak Moves.
- When you see the feedback window (it shows a microphone icon with a fluctuating loudness indicator), press the shortcut key (the key you specified in Dictation preferences), then speak a command.Try not to hesitate while speaking.
Action | Spoken command example |
---|---|
Move a piece | “Pawn e2 to e4” |
Capture a piece | “Pawn e5 takes f6” |
Drop a piece | “Drop bishop at g4” (only for crazyhouse games) |
Promote a pawn | “Pawn e7 to e8 promoting to queen” |
Castle | “Castle kingside” or “Castle queenside” |
Take back a move | “Take back move” |
Welcome to HIARCS Chess Software, the home of Chess Explorer for PC and Mac offering chess game databases and chess game play with the HIARCS chess engine - a multiple World Championship winning computer chess game program, three time World Chess Software Champion and a World Computer Chess Champion. HIARCS is the chess program generally used by five time World Chess Champion Vishy Anand.
Our new HIARCS Chess Explorer application is an intuitive and powerful graphical user interface offering world class chess database, analysis and playing software for Mac chess players and PC chess players. Our October 2020 applications support all macOS versions since 10.10 including the latest macOS Big Sur and Windows 7, 8 & 10 (all editions). We also offer the unrivalled HIARCS tournament and reference chess opening books with latest chess theory and the Deep Junior chess engine, a many time World Computer Chess Champion.
HIARCS is renowned for its high quality, human like chess play, realistic weaker levels and chess performances from handheld devices to multi-core laptop and desktop computers. You can purchase the latest HIARCS Chess Explorer, opening books and Deep Junior chess software direct from the developers only on this website.
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HIARCS Chess Explorer App for Apple Mac
World Chess Software Champion Deep HIARCS 14 chess engine
Suitable for all players from beginners to the World Chess Champion with human-like play
Platform: Supports latest Apple macOS™ 11 Big Sur and all previous macOS versions since 10.10 Yosemite
10.10 Yosemite, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 11 Big Sur
Playing ability: Beginner (750 Elo) up to World Chess Championship strength and beyond (3200+ Elo)†
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish
Detailed user manual and help videos in English
October 2020 edition supports latest Apple macOS Big Sur
HIARCS Chess Explorer is the best chess database, analysis and playing program for Apple Mac. It offers a truly innovative and intuitive new graphical user interface with powerful features together with the World Chess Software Champion HIARCS 14 chess engines (Deep multiprocessor or single processor versions). This unique combination is refreshingly easy to use and includes many new features for managing chess databases, chess preparation, analysis and training for players of all abilities from beginner to Grandmaster. Read more about HIARCS Mac Chess Explorer.
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