Answers.Body: <p>You have choices:</p>
  
  <p>i. <a href="http://kibitz.berlios.de/Kibitz%20Home.html" rel="nofollow">Kibitz</a>, implemented features are</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Playing and observing chess games on FICS</li>
  <li>Observing multiple games</li>
  <li>Chat with other users on FICS</li>
  <li>Support for chess variants including "Bughouse" and "Crazyhouse"</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>ii. <a href="http://chesshive.com/2011/08/raptor-chess-fics-desktop-client-for-mac/" rel="nofollow">Raptor</a>, FICS desktop client for Mac</p>
  
  <p>iii. <a href="http://www.jinchess.com/" rel="nofollow">Jin</a>, which is Java based and can be executed on a Mac also.</p>
  
  <p>iv. <a href="http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&amp;t=50428" rel="nofollow">XBoard</a>, a multi platform solution!</p>
  
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  
  <p>and such a pity that you can't try <a href="http://www.babaschess.net/" rel="nofollow">BabasChess</a> (maybe you can use a emulator to execute it on your Mac)</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Just following up, this project is still moving and we have gotten it to compile on the latest Mac version now (10.11 El Capitan)
Answers.UserDisplayName: William Entriken
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Answers.Text: Hello, I have found the lost source code from Kibitz on Berlios from the developer and am working to modernize the code. Shameless plug for project: https://github.com/fulldecent/kibitz
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Answers.UserDisplayName: masoud
Answers.Body: <p>When I switched to OSX I noticed that Babaschess would not run. Since I am a developer I started creating my own client.. Please, have a look and let me know what you think. It doesn't support chess engines to analyze positions, but saves your games as pgn.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.macbeth-ficsclient.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.macbeth-ficsclient.com/</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>If you want something very simple to start with, try LightFICS:
  <a href="http://lightfics.brrm.ru/" rel="nofollow">http://lightfics.brrm.ru/</a></p>
  
  <p>It's a native <a href="http://lightfics.brrm.ru/" rel="nofollow">Mac OS X FICS client</a>. It has no dependencies, is extremely easy to install and use.
  It doesn't have any nice-to-haves, but you can save games as PGN and use other tools to analyse openings with engines.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>ChessX is phenomenal. I can confirm it works under Mac OS Ventura:</p>
  <p><a href="https://chessx.sourceforge.io" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chessx.sourceforge.io</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I don't have a mac, and i'm not a FICS user, here's what i found by googliing</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/kibitz.berlios/" rel="nofollow">http://sourceforge.net/projects/kibitz.berlios/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://chesshive.com/2011/08/raptor-chess-fics-desktop-client-for-mac/" rel="nofollow">http://chesshive.com/2011/08/raptor-chess-fics-desktop-client-for-mac/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/18kbm9/what_software_do_you_use_with_fics_on_mac_osx/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/18kbm9/what_software_do_you_use_with_fics_on_mac_osx/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chesscircle.net/forums/showthread.php?2420-Macintosh-ICC-FICS-client" rel="nofollow">http://www.chesscircle.net/forums/showthread.php?2420-Macintosh-ICC-FICS-client</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: FYI, the kibitz link here is just the archived version when BerliOS unfortunately went dark. The other answer has the updated link for the currently maintained version of this project.
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Answers.Text: @FullDecent good to know for mac users, but as of right now, as im posting this comment, the other link gives server not found, sourceforge always works
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Answers.Text: Sorry, not the berlios one (that project is RIP), talking about the GitHub one
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Body: <p>What are good chess clients for Mac, that allow playing on FICS. Nice-to-haves are an opening book, plug-and-play engines, and scoring of chess positions.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: For completeness, note that Jin does not allow you to save games. FICS can email them to you if you turn on a setting, but no way to recover guest games with Jin. I think this is a complete deal breaker.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: @FMRauanSagit No. I tried Jin and Raptor. Kibitz also, but it's buggy as all hell.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Daniel Kats
Tags: <macos>
Title: Mac Desktop Client for FICS
ThreadText: # Mac Desktop Client for FICS
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-28)
  
  What are good chess clients for Mac, that allow playing on FICS. Nice-to-haves are an opening book, plug-and-play engines, and scoring of chess positions.
  
  EDIT: For completeness, note that Jin does not allow you to save games. FICS can email them to you if you turn on a setting, but no way to recover guest games with Jin. I think this is a complete deal breaker.
  
  **Tags:** macos
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: @FMRauanSagit No. I tried Jin and Raptor. Kibitz also, but it's buggy as all hell.  
  
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  ## 5 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-11-29. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You have choices:
  
  i. [Kibitz](http://kibitz.berlios.de/Kibitz%20Home.html), implemented features are
  
  * Playing and observing chess games on FICS
  * Observing multiple games
  * Chat with other users on FICS
  * Support for chess variants including "Bughouse" and "Crazyhouse"
  
  ii. [Raptor](http://chesshive.com/2011/08/raptor-chess-fics-desktop-client-for-mac/), FICS desktop client for Mac
  
  iii. [Jin](http://www.jinchess.com/), which is Java based and can be executed on a Mac also.
  
  iv. [XBoard](http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=50428), a multi platform solution!
  
  and such a pity that you can't try [BabasChess](http://www.babaschess.net/) (maybe you can use a emulator to execute it on your Mac)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Hello, I have found the lost source code from Kibitz on Berlios from the developer and am working to modernize the code. Shameless plug for project: https://github.com/fulldecent/kibitz  
  > **username_2**: Just following up, this project is still moving and we have gotten it to compile on the latest Mac version now (10.11 El Capitan)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-01-04. Score: 1
  
  When I switched to OSX I noticed that Babaschess would not run. Since I am a developer I started creating my own client.. Please, have a look and let me know what you think. It doesn't support chess engines to analyze positions, but saves your games as pgn.
  
  <http://www.macbeth-ficsclient.com/>
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-04-17. Score: 1
  
  If you want something very simple to start with, try LightFICS:
  <http://lightfics.brrm.ru/>
  
  It's a native [Mac OS X FICS client](http://lightfics.brrm.ru/). It has no dependencies, is extremely easy to install and use.
  It doesn't have any nice-to-haves, but you can save games as PGN and use other tools to analyse openings with engines.
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2022-11-01. Score: 0
  
  ChessX is phenomenal. I can confirm it works under Mac OS Ventura:
  
  <https://chessx.sourceforge.io>
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_6 on 2013-11-28. Score: 0
  
  I don't have a mac, and i'm not a FICS user, here's what i found by googliing
  
  <http://sourceforge.net/projects/kibitz.berlios/>
  
  <http://chesshive.com/2011/08/raptor-chess-fics-desktop-client-for-mac/>
  
  <http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/18kbm9/what_software_do_you_use_with_fics_on_mac_osx/>
  
  <http://www.chesscircle.net/forums/showthread.php?2420-Macintosh-ICC-FICS-client>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: FYI, the kibitz link here is just the archived version when BerliOS unfortunately went dark. The other answer has the updated link for the currently maintained version of this project.  
  > **username_6**: @FullDecent good to know for mac users, but as of right now, as im posting this comment, the other link gives server not found, sourceforge always works  
  > **username_2**: Sorry, not the berlios one (that project is RIP), talking about the GitHub one  
  
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