Fritz AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Chess Games for Mac

Fritz is not available for Mac but there are a few alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac Chess Game alternative is Scid vs. PC, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Fritz and four of them are Chess Games available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac Chess Game alternatives to Fritz are Jin, Imperial Chess and Chessmate.

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Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything...

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Fritz alternatives page was last updated Jul 28, 2022
  1. Scid vs. PC icon
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    Shane's Chess Information Database is a powerful Chess Toolkit, with which one can create huge chess databases, run engine analysis, or play casual games against the computer or online with the Free Internet Chess Server.

    24 Scid vs. PC alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    • Scid vs. PC is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Fritz.

    • Scid vs. PC is Free and Open SourceFritz is Paid and Proprietary
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    Jin is an open source, cross platform, graphical client for chess servers, written in Java. Jin can run either as a standalone application (available at this website) or as an applet, directly from your browser (available at the chess server's website).

    46 Jin alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Sourceforge says "Last Update: 2013-04-30"

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  3. Imperial Chess icon
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    Play against 8 of the best chess engines, including Stockfish 15 , Leela Chess Zero and Maia.

    52 Imperial Chess alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Imperial Chess Features

    1.  Sync with iCloud
    2.  Chess Training
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    Chessmate allows anyone to dive into a game of chess. Whether you’re a beginner (yes, I’m talking about you) or a pro (hmm, debatable), the variety of game modes will challenge you with its witty AI. Play solo, or play against a friend (or against yourself if you don’t have...

    59 Chessmate alternatives
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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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