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Now on Mac.

Official release: early November 2026

Developed from the ground up for the Mac: modern, intuitive, and designed for fast access to everything you need. Register now to be among the first to experience the new ChessBase for Mac.

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ChessBase for Mac on a MacBook Pro: the analysis board at the starting position, with the reference moves and the top games listed beside it
For Apple Silicon M1 or later macOS 26 or later

Built for the Mac,
from the ground up.

Board, engine lines, reference database and top games, side by side in one window. The sidebar puts analysis, training, databases and the cloud one click away.

Fritztrainer

Video courses with the board, notation and chapter list side by side. Watch, follow the moves on the board, jump to any chapter.

Search

Find any game in seconds. Filter by position, opponent, colour, result or annotations, and the game opens next to the list.

Engines, local or remote

Fritz on your Mac, Stockfish from the Engine Cloud, or a remote engine with up to 128 cores. Pick one, and the analysis runs.

Databases

All your databases in one place: Mega Database 2026, the Opening Encyclopaedia, your own games and your cloud databases, each one a click away. Folders keep the collection tidy.

Tactics puzzles

Puzzles from real games, each with a difficulty rating, and your own rating which changes with every solve. Stuck? One click opens the position on the analysis board.

Screen recordings from the current development version. Details may change before release.

Which move scores best
at your rating?

A simulation in your browser: this is how the reference database in ChessBase for Mac shows you the statistics for every move. Pick a line, switch the rating class, and watch the order of the moves change. All figures come from Mega Database 2026.

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 · all rating classes
MoveplayedWhite scoresgames
Qa560.1%54.7%71,290
Qd626.7%53.5%31,709
Qd811.3%59.4%13,387
Qe5+1.9%56.8%2,247

What’s in the first version.

ChessBase for Mac starts with the core of ChessBase, not yet with every feature of the Windows version. More follow with each new version.

  • Analyse games

    Board, engine lines, reference database and top games in one window. Local or remote engines, plus Let’s Check.

  • Statistics by rating

    Filter the reference database by rating and see which move scores best in every line.

  • Manage databases

    Mega Database, your own games and your cloud databases in one place, sorted into folders.

  • Search and filter games

    Find games in seconds by position, player, colour, result or annotations.

  • Prepare for an opponent

    The Player Style Report shows how your next opponent plays.

  • Fritztrainer

    Play video courses: watch the trainer, follow the moves, jump to any chapter.

  • Tactics puzzles

    Puzzles from real games, each with a difficulty rating. Your own rating changes with every solve.

  • Repertoire

    Your openings, collected in one place.

Online features.

With an internet connection, ChessBase for Mac draws on computing power and data from the web.

  • Engine Cloud

    Stockfish from the cloud, without taxing your Mac.

  • Remote engine

    Analyse with up to 128 cores on a remote machine.

  • Let’s Check

    Engine evaluations for the position on the board, collected by the ChessBase community.

  • Cloud databases

    Your databases online, reachable from any computer.

System requirements.

What your Mac needs to run ChessBase for Mac.

  • MacApple Silicon (M1 or later). Intel Macs are not supported.
  • macOSmacOS 26 (Tahoe) or later
  • Memory8 GB of RAM or more
  • Internet connectionNeeded for the Engine Cloud, online databases and updates

What happens next.

  1. At the Chess Olympiad

    Exclusive preview

    See ChessBase for Mac live at the ChessBase booth.

  2. From today

    Put your name on the list

    Register below and you’ll be the first to hear: the release date, the price, and where to get it.

  3. Early November 2026

    Official release

    If you are on the list, you’ll hear about it on the day of the launch.

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