| short descripton | where to get | type of software | |
| Chess playing Programs | |||
| Chessmaster 6000 | very strong, many features, nice graphic | Chessmaster | commercial |
| Hiarcs 7.0 | very strong, functional interface | Hiarcs | commercial |
| Crafty PPC 17.12 | very strong, no graphical interface | Crafty | freeware |
| SigmaChess 5.1 | strong, good interface, useful features | Sigmachess | shareware |
| MacChess 5.0.1 | strong, good interface | MacChess | freeware |
| ScreamerChess b54 | ScreamerChess | freeware | |
| Gnu Chess | GnuChess | freeware | |
| EtuChess | promising new chess program :) | under development | |
| RChess 2.2.2 | RChess | ||
| Vanessa Chess | Vanessa Chess | ||
| Virtual Chess | Virtual Chess | ||
| others | |||
| Exa_Chess 2.1 | chessdatabase with enginesupport | commercial | |
| Fixation 2.0f2 | ICC and FICS | freeware | |
| MacPGN 3.0 | program that can handle pgn ;-) | ||
| Chessworks 2.3 | program to play internet chess (not ICC/FICS) | chessworks |