Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

In article 2004093021074175249%whatever@nospamorg, Jostein
wrote:

Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

There isn't any. A good free game for OS X is Sigma Chess, but it is no
Fritz...

Henri

In article , Henri
Arsenault writes
In article 2004093021074175249%whatever@nospamorg, Jostein
wrote:

Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

There isn't any. A good free game for OS X is Sigma Chess, but it is no
Fritz...

Henri

Now Mark Uniacke has completed Hiarcs 9.46 for the Palm he is working on
a PC upgrade Hiarcs 10 and also aims to make that available for the Mac.
Don't know what the time scale is - these things always take longer than
you think they will - but maybe December for PC Hiarcs-10 and Mac
version early in the New Year we hope.

Cheers... Eric
--
With best wishes from:
Eric Hallsworth, 45 Stretham Road, Wilburton, Cambs CB6 3RX, England.
Editor of Selective Search, the UK's only Computer Chess Magazine, est. 1985.
Computer Chess web pages+photos... http://www.elhchess.demon.co.uk

On 2004-10-01 08:50:12 +0200, Eric Hallsworth said:

In article , Henri
Arsenault writes
In article 2004093021074175249%whatever@nospamorg, Jostein
wrote:

Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

There isn't any. A good free game for OS X is Sigma Chess, but it is no
Fritz...

Henri

Now Mark Uniacke has completed Hiarcs 9.46 for the Palm he is working on
a PC upgrade Hiarcs 10 and also aims to make that available for the Mac.
Don't know what the time scale is - these things always take longer than
you think they will - but maybe December for PC Hiarcs-10 and Mac
version early in the New Year we hope.

Cheers... Eric

Thank you very much for the answers!
Hiarcs for os x would solve my problem. Eric, as an editor of
`selective search` you are a very credible source of information. Still
I fear... Because there is no information about it on the Hiarc
homepage and they have a link to Sigma Chess there to (a competitor).
Perhaps he change his mind?

Sigma Chess is nice, but, yes, it is no Fritz... or Hiarcs.

On 2004-10-01 15:28:05 +0200, (Andreas P. Hofmann) said:

Jostein wrote:

Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

Scid and Crafty are fairly fine & free alternatives.

http://www.internetcontact.be/~macchess/

Like Sigmachess, they look fairly fine.
They also relies on X11 and Fink in order to install, however, and I
would rather not use that option. I like it simple.

On 2004-10-02 13:46:01 +0200, Jostein said:

On 2004-10-01 15:28:05 +0200, (Andreas P. Hofmann) said:

Jostein wrote:

Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

Scid and Crafty are fairly fine & free alternatives.

http://www.internetcontact.be/~macchess/

Like Sigmachess, they look fairly fine.
They also relies on X11 and Fink in order to install, however, and I
would rather not use that option. I like it simple.

But I guess I just have to learn a bit Unix. Thanks for the tip!

You can always use chessmaster 9. Its for sale at amazon and at the apple store

On 2004-10-01 15:28:05 +0200, (Andreas P. Hofmann) said:

Jostein wrote:

Is there anyone here that uses a mac os x? It does not seem to be any
decent software for the plattform! What is the closest thing I can get
to Fritz and Chessbase on Mac os x?

Scid and Crafty are fairly fine & free alternatives.

http://www.internetcontact.be/~macchess/

Scid and Crafty relies om xboard. Is the a way to change the colours of
the xboard from green and yellow to black and white? Can I also change
fonts on xboard?