ExaChess Lite 2.1 - free chess database, PGN viewer

[Info-Mac]

Download: http://archive.info-mac.org/game/brd/ex ... ite-21.hqx

Stuffed and BinHexed file, with abstract, attached. - Richard
ExaChess 2.1 Lite is a freeware version of ExaChess, a full-featured chess
database for the Macintosh. You can save, organize, and replay chess
games downloaded from the Internet in "PGN" format, such as the week's
grandmaster games at and
many other sites. You can use it to organize, analyze, and annotate
your own games, or use it to play against, or watch matches between, many
plug-in chess engines (Crafty, MacChess, Sigma Chess, Screamer, etc).
These free plug-ins can be downloaded at .

Version 2.1 adds over 120 features to version 1.2. These are detailed
in the "What's New 2.1" file. They include: automatic annotation of
games by chess engines, colorized text to distinguish main lines from
variations, and the ability to set up multigame matches between engines.

The features of ExaChess include:

- Direct support (without conversion) of ChessBase, NICBase, and PGN
databases, as well as ExaChess's own database formats.
- Search across all databases or just a single database file by player
name, event, year, result, ECO code, opening name, position, partial
position, material, special game features, or any combination of these.
- Shows ECO code and opening name for each game and statistics for all
matching games.
- Finds and allows easy removal of duplicate games from any database.
- Resizable, customizable 2-D color board with smooth animation.
- Flexible game parser that handles free-form text input, both algebraic
and descriptive, including move and position evaluations, variations
and text comments.
- Records full tree of moves. Switch to variation or return to main line.
- Shows opening tree (next moves for any opening position) with stats
from the database. Quickly find matching games for any opening position.
- Supports play against the database or against external 'chess engines'
via Apple Events, including ZZZZZZ (supplied), Crafty, MacChess, Sigma
Chess, Screamer, and GnuChess (download from www.exachess.com )

ExaChess Lite omits a few features of ExaChess and is restricted to
showing the first 256 or 128 games only of larger databases.

Permission is granted for ExaChess Lite to be included on the Info-mac CD.

Richard Fowell for Rolf Exner (email@exachess.co