MacChess 5.01 PPC - free master-strength chess program

[Info-Mac]

Download: http://archive.info-mac.org/game/brd/mac-chess-501.hqx

FREE! master strength chess program. Many features, very polished.
Includes "Easy" levels and "Learning chess" file for learners.
Very popular: MacChess 2.5 is the most frequently downloaded file of the
350+ files in the AOL Mac "Board Games" area, with over 25,000 downloads.

(5.0.1 is PowerMac-only - MacChess 2.5.1 is the current 68K version)
(5.0.1 is Not ExaChess compatible - see the MacChess web site for such)

MacChess web site: http://members.aol.com/macchess/

MacChess competed in the 1997 Aegon Computer-Human tournament,
defeating one master and one near-master while running on a low-end Mac.

More than 18 New Features added since MacChess 4.0, including.

- New large board option, with large-size "Classic" and "American" sets
- "Learning Chess" file added
- Reworked chess engine finds forced mates faster, is more compact.
- Expanded opening book - nearly 12,000 new positions added.
- Improved endgame knowledge - nearly doubled its score on one endgame test
- Many new level settings: sudden death, increment, distinct black/white times
- Added quick level setting options to Level menu
- Setup window now movable, eases copying diagrams from the Web
- PGN "result" tag now automatically generated, popup

Old features: Copy/Paste EPD/PGN to/from MacChess, analyze your games,
or have continual analysis running while you move pieces manually,
displays ECO codes, PowerPC native, "Easy" levels, logs analysis, analyzes
problem tests, 5 piece sets, hint, move takeback, pause, save/load games,
print graphical diagram, print game score, animated game playback with
"VCR" controls, read/write EPD/PGN formats, many strength settings, etc.

(c) 1998 by Wim van Beusekom, beusekom@knoware.nl
Requires Power Macintosh, 5.4Mb free RAM, and System 7 or higher.
Do not distribute for profit or on CD-ROM without permission.