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ChessBase for Mac
Anybody got any experence of using this new software?

Paul Robert Jackson wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2026 4:34 pm

ChessBase for Mac
Anybody got any experence of using this new software?

As it was only released yesterday, I doubt many people will have, particularly as ChessBase say it lacks some of the features of ChessBase for Windows, but appear not to have published a detailed comparison of the two versions to clearly state what the differences are.

The pricing is interesting - it's only available on subscription, either monthly or annually (at a lower rate). I wonder whether that will put people off using it, or not? It looks like they aren't doing the same for ChessBase for Windows because Chess & Bridge are advertising pre-orders of ChessBase 27 for purchase, not subscription.

People with long memories might remember that this is not the first version of ChessBase for Mac. There was one many years ago, probably late 1980s or early 1990s, that was discontinued after not very long, presumably because it didn't sell very well.

Hard to see it competing with the excellent and much much cheaper Hiarcs for Mac. https://www.hiarcs.com/

One slight word of warning about Hiarcs concerns compatibility with the next major release of the Mac operating system. The next version will no longer run programs, such as Hiarcs, written for Intel chips. The good news, however, is that a new compatible version of Hiarcs is in beta testing.