# Please recommend some Mac software for Go, Chess and Backgammon.

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [January 24, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-mac-software-for-go-chess-and-backgammon/482765 "2009-01-24T04:49:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-mac-software-for-go-chess-and-backgammon/482765/1 "2009-01-24T04:49:33Z")

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The title says it all - I’m on Mac OS only now, and I’m looking for the best programs for Backgammon, Go and Chess. I’m especially interested in problems, as I rarely get enough time for a full game of Go or Chess, but I need to maintain my pathetic level of play. On Windows, I used to have The Many Faces of Go, and a disc of chess problems.

Any suggestions for what to replace them with?

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**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-mac-software-for-go-chess-and-backgammon/482765/2 "2009-01-24T19:54:27Z")

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Here’s a great site: [http://www.chessproblems.com/](http://www.chessproblems.com/)

Have fun 🙂

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-mac-software-for-go-chess-and-backgammon/482765/3 "2009-01-25T18:38:21Z")

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Oooh, that’s fun! There goes a couple of hours a day.

Any others out there? I’m going into game withdrawal badly enough that I’m considering getting that virtual windows thing so I can install Many Faces of Go. (Ran Boot Camp on the old hard drive, but I didn’t like it much.) Somebody, talk me down…