XBoard For Mac

XBoard integrates some of the most popular forms of chess, such as international, Chinese, Japanese, and Makruk chess. The game also enables you to play other chess variants and offers you the possibility to adjust the number of board ranks, files, or holdings.

The centerpiece for the XBoard graphical user interface is represented by the chess game board: each player has a timer, and you get to move the pieces any way you see fit by using your mouse.

By default, you are playing against the computer, and you get to effortlessly switch between the integrated chess engines, or choose to load your own. Moreover, you can decide to enable the game analysis mode, but keep in mind that not all chess engines support this function.

XBoard offers you the possibility to save the game, and allows you to load saved games, which means that you can continue the same game at a later time. The integrated CMail function facilitates playing correspondence chess by email.

At the same time, the XBoard software archive also contains launching scripts that will help you connect to 3 Internet Chess Engines: Free Internet Chess Server (FICS), Internet Chess Club (ICC), and HGM, which is a server that provides support for variant chess.

All you have to to is launch the script files by using the Terminal app, and the Xboard game with be automatically connected to the chess servers.

XBoard comes with a user-friendly user interface and facilitates playing different chess variants against the computer, by using different engine. Nonetheless, XBoard can also connect to different online servers where you get to play against real people.

Last but not least, the XBoard CMail function enables you to play correspondence chess, and you get to save your games using the PGN file format.