Are there any free engines for Mac?

[Ponti]

I`m searching for free UCI engines that can be used for Mac under SCID (or Shredder Mac).

I think these are the best GUIs for Mac, at least when it comes to graphics... I don`t like Sigma's graphics, and there`s no Arena or Chessbase for Mac...

I`m also searching for a replacement to Pocket Chess Deluxe for Palm... a software that can handle many .pgn games and compatible with windows x64 bits (XP or Vista). Is there such a software?

[Max]

I`m searching for free UCI engines that can be used for Mac under SCID (or Shredder Mac)

You could start with Stockfish and give Spark a try

All the best,
Max

[Dann Corbit]

I`m searching for free UCI engines that can be used for Mac under SCID (or Shredder Mac).

I think these are the best GUIs for Mac, at least when it comes to graphics... I don`t like Sigma's graphics, and there`s no Arena or Chessbase for Mac...

I`m also searching for a replacement to Pocket Chess Deluxe for Palm... a software that can handle many .pgn games and compatible with windows x64 bits (XP or Vista). Is there such a software?

There is also Jose for the Mac.
http://josechess.sourceforge.net/

UCI MAC engines (both free and commercial):
http://www.sigmachess.com/_chesslinks/c ... s.html#UCI

I think Tord also makes a GUI for the MAC (IIRC). Look here for that:
http://www.glaurungchess.com/

[Dann Corbit]

I`m searching for free UCI engines that can be used for Mac under SCID (or Shredder Mac).

I think these are the best GUIs for Mac, at least when it comes to graphics... I don`t like Sigma's graphics, and there`s no Arena or Chessbase for Mac...

I`m also searching for a replacement to Pocket Chess Deluxe for Palm... a software that can handle many .pgn games and compatible with windows x64 bits (XP or Vista). Is there such a software?

There is also Jose for the Mac.
http://josechess.sourceforge.net/

UCI MAC engines (both free and commercial):
http://www.sigmachess.com/_chesslinks/c ... s.html#UCI

I think Tord also makes a GUI for the MAC (IIRC). Look here for that:
http://www.glaurungchess.com/

The following (from Leo's site) have premade MAC binaries:
Chess-at-nite v10.2.10 Also Linux, Mac OS & source!
Jabba v1.0 New is the Linux version! also UCI, x64 & Mac (v1.1)!
Shredder UCI v12.0 Shredder 12, Deep Shredder 12 and Shredder Classic 4 for Windows, Macintosh and Linux!
Roce v0.0390 UCI only! Also Linux & Mac!
EvilKnight III April, 12-'09 Also x64 and Mac OSX
Glaurung 2.2 UCI only! Also Sources, Mac OsX & Linux.
BikJump v2.01 Also MacOS, Linux and x64 versions! UCI only!
Hamsters v0.7.1 UCI, FRC! Also Mac OS X.
Dream Chess v0.2.0 3D chess game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux!
TogaII v1.4 Beta 5c Based at Fruit, UCI only! also Mac OS X and Linux!
PulChess 0.2i rev70 Also sources, Linux & Mac OS X!
Homer 2.01 Also UCI & FRC, Linux & Mac OS X!!
Fruit v2.3.1 UCI, Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, Free!!
Ga∩a v3.5 Also Mac OS X and 64 bits exe. UCI only!
Belofte v0.2.8 Also source, Mac OS X and Linux!
EXchess v5.01b Also own GUI, Linux and Mac OS X !!
PolyGlot v1.4 Original UCI to WB adapter!! Windows, Linux and Mac OS X!!
Kiwi v0.6d Also Linux and Mac OS X!
Fruit v2.1 UCI, Own Book!, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Source!!
Gothmog v1.0 beta beta 11 (Only Mac OS X and Linux sofar!)

Also, any program that is UCI and comes with Source can be made into a Mac binary with a bit of elbow grease.
That would include (at least):
Ifrit j3-2 UCI, also sources!
Umko v0.9 UCI, also sources.
StockFish v1.7.1 UCI, also book, sources + Linux, Download JA: Jim Ablett
Simplex v0.9.3 UCI! Also sources!
Daydreamer v1.75 UCI, also sources - JA compile included! Download 2: Jim Ablett
Booot v4.15.1 Also UCI! And sources!
Pawny v0.18 UCI, sources & x64!
Sissa v1.00-JA UCI, also sources! JA compiles: Jim Ablett
Carballo v0.4-JA UCI, Java sources only! JA compiles: Jim Ablett
Sungorus v1.3 UCI! Also Linux & source, JA compile: (1.3-JA): Jim Ablett
Arasan v11.7 Also X64, UCI, Linux and source!
Redqueen v0.4-JA UCI, also sources and Linux! JA compiles (v0.4-JA): Jim Ablett
Magnum v2.00 UCI, Java, also sources! JA compiles (v2.00): Jim Ablett
P.L.P rev.1661571 UCI, also sources! JA compiles: Jim Ablett
Bison v9.11 UCI, also sources!
Kurt v271009 New engine, UCI, sources & FRC!
Suff v0.3a New engine! UCI, also sources!
GreKo v6.5 UCI, Linux & source!
BBChess v1.3b UCI only! X64, sources & Linux!
Feuerstein v0.4.61 Also sources (Delphi 5 / Free Pascal). UCI only!
Glaurung 2.2 UCI only! Also Sources, Mac OsX & Linux.
Cyrano 0.6-b17 WB2/UCI! Also Sources!
Lime v66 Also UCI! And sources!
FreeChessII v2.17b UCI, also source!
Diablo v0.5.1 UCI only! Also Source!
Smash v1.0.3 UCI only! Also SMP, sources & Linux!!
BibiChess v0.5 New engine, only UCI! Also sources!
SlowChess Blitz WV2.1 Also UCI! source available(2.96)!
Fruit v2.1 UCI, Own Book!, Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Source!!

[javimm]

Hi.

I'm in the same situation as you are. I have an iMac. There are great engines for the Mac, although not everything available for Windows is ported to Mac.

I use Scid and luckily you can compile your own version of a lot of engines. If don't don't mind using the so called "clones", you can download the sources for Robbolitto, Igorrit and IvanHoe and compile them. They are the strongest engines around and are easily compiled in Mac. 64 bits, multicore, etc.

As said earlier, you have Stockfish too. Ah, and Crafty is always nice to have, but it's not UCI.

For compiling all the engines, just download Xcode package from the Apple page (free).

[IanO]

I`m searching for free UCI engines that can be used for Mac under SCID (or Shredder Mac)

You could start with Stockfish and give Spark a try

All the best,
Max

I hadn't heard that Spark 0.3a had a Mac binary, thanks!

My favorite free Mac engines, in strength order:

Stockfish 1.7.1 (older versions including Glaurung all also worked great on the Mac)
(Robbolito 085g3 falls here, other derivatives don't compile or are unstable on the Mac)
(HIARCS 13.1b falls here, a good value for a commercial engine)
Rybka 2.3.2n2 + microwine
Toga II 1.4beta5c
Fruit 2.3.1
crafty 23.2
(scorpio 2.0 falls here, but crashes a lot)

Other engines like Hamsters and Homer are much weaker. I'll be looking at Spark and Umko shortly to see how they rate on the Mac.

Many of the open source programs mentioned in Leo's list are Windows only (Bison, for example), but most engines that compile on Linux will also work out of the box or with small changes on Mac OS X.

[IanO]

I'll be looking at Spark and Umko shortly to see how they rate on the Mac.

I find that Spark 0.3a is about as strong as Glaurung 2.2 or Toga II 1.4. Looking forward to a 0.4 binary.

Umko 0.9's default linux_x64 target compiles fine on the Mac, but there are apparently bugs in timekeeping. It always moves immediately unless I set it to think forever.