How to play Chess on Mac
Game summary
Chess is the most famous strategic board game of all time.
Easy to learn but difficult to master, play against the smart Ai (artificial intelligent) player and with four levels of difficulty to choose from anyone from a novice to a master can play.
Chess is also playable against another player, either way winning won't come easy.
With stunning 3D graphics and realistic game play you will feel you are playing on a real chess board and you can change your viewpoint of the board in order to help you see that killer strategic move to win the game.
The built in chess engine automatically helps you make legal moves by highlighting the squares of any piece can move to.
Chess has a selection of different boards and pieces to choose from so no game will look the same.
First released: Jul 2020
Play Chess on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Chess on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Chess installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Chess like you would on any PC.
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