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Bridge Doctor Bridge Doctor- Interactive contract bridge lessons and club. Offers a competition ladder. Bridge Club Live Bridge Club Live- Commercial service offers competitive and social play; EBU and ABL sanctioned. Includes guest and subscription membership details. JBridge JBridge- Offers social and tournament play, allows for kibbizers and provides hand reviews. Free. Bridge Base Online Bridge Base Online- Free service offers play and practice areas. Presentation of live Vugraph with commentary. ACBL sanctioned tournaments. Backgammon 3D Backgammon 3D- A 3D visualization of the classical board game of backgammon. Play with your computer not only on a flat screen, but also enjoy 3D operations, rotating the board, l… Backgammon Classic Backgammon Classic- Accommodates computer or online game play. Includes rules, downloads, and news. StrongGammon II StrongGammon II- A classical Backgammon game with colorful and 3D realistic visualization. A choice of opponents: human, computer or network game. Different skill levels. Adjustab… Four Balls Win Four Balls Win- Javascript version by Armin Kielack. Requires two players. NullGee Connect Four NullGee Connect Four- Drop playing pieces from the four compass directions to get four in a row in this strategy game for two players. JohnGin Chess JohnGin Chess- Offers a screenshot, game description, and download. ANS Forth Chess ANS Forth Chess- Very simple, free chess program written in ANS Forth, by Jeff Fox of UltraTechnology. ChessPartner ChessPartner- 3D Chess game that lets you play against the computer or against opponents across the Internet. Has various levels of play and can take many challenges. [Win 95/98/M… HIARCS 14.0 HIARCS 14.0- [Commercial $50/$100] Strongest Macintosh chess program, in UCI engine form for Mac OS/X. Single and multiprocessor versions. [Out Aug. 2012] Stockfish - 2.3.1 Stockfish - 2.3.1- Powerful and open source UCI chess engine by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, and Joona Kiiski. GNUChess GNUChess- Freeware download, expert-strength Mac chess program. ChessPuzzle 2.2.0 ChessPuzzle 2.2.0- [Free] OS X Dashboard ChessPuzzle Widget [OS 10.4 required] with 6,000 puzzles and Sjeng chess engine Vanessa Chess 2.1.1 Vanessa Chess 2.1.1- [Freeware] This is a multi-document, multi-threaded chess application for Mac OS Classic PowerPCs ( Mac OS 8.6-9.2) Shredder 12 Shredder 12- Commercial [ $30-$100] The Macintosh version of the 2005 World Computer Chess Blitz champion. Downloadable Demo, Universal binary. Updated Jan 2010. j2chess 3.2 j2chess 3.2- [Freeware] Simple OS/X chess game / PGN viewer in Java. Updated Dec. 2010 HIARCS 7.0 HIARCS 7.0- [Commercial - $48] Macintosh OS9/Classic version of a former world champion chess program. Chessmaster 9000 Mac Chessmaster 9000 Mac- [ $40 commercial] Grandmaster strength, many training features. OS X 10.2+ and DVD drive required. Released Dec. 2004. Crafty 14.11B Crafty 14.11B- [Freeware] Version of Crafty with code added so that ExaChess can be used as a GUI interface and computer-computer umpire. Crafty Mac 18.08 text Crafty Mac 18.08 text- [Freeware] Master strength chess engine, text interface only. Updated March 2001. E.T. Chess E.T. Chess- Includes download and screenshot. YICS YICS- Multiplayer software for using WinBoard, Xboard and other FICS interfaces to play on Yahoo! Chess. Dalek Chess Dalek Chess- Includes news, downloads, and FAQ for an open source, animated Linux chess game using Doctor Who characters. Maniac Maniac- Windows chess program that plays multiple variants of chess. Users may play with the computer or with other users on the Internet. Arasan Arasan- Program for Windows and Linux allowing free distribution. ABC Genius ABC Genius- Helps solve word puzzles including crosswords. [Windows] Crossword Solver 3.0 Crossword Solver 3.0- Downloadable search program for solving assistance. Uses clues rather than partial word search. [Windows]