PGNTalk for the Macintosh from Robert Jen

PGN stands for Portable Game Notation, but it is used almost exclusively for recording chess games. There are several other PGN readers for the Macintosh, but PGNTalk includes some useful features that the others don't. (Note: requires Mac OS 9 or Classic under Mac OS X to run.)

PGNTalk:

Speaks moves and game comments using any of Apple's provided voices.
Can be used as a helper application to view games from your web browser.
Supports drag-and-drop.
Is highly configurable (animate/don't animate moves, set separate delays between moves in both forward and reverse directions and for highlighting checks, hide/show game result, etc.).
Allows board diagrams to be cut and pasted into any text document as EPD or text (standard ASCII or using a chess font).
Displays move comments.
Displays the games list sorted by any field.
Provides keyboard shortcuts for all commonly used features.
Provides extensive balloon help.

Download PGNTalk

PGNTalk is $10 shareware.

PGNTalk StuffIt archive (1534986 bytes)

Other Useful Web Sites

The following web sites may be useful to PGNTalk users:

Chess Fonts
Norresundby Chess Club (freeware chess fonts)
PGN Files and Information
PGN Specifications	Pitt Archives (lots of PGN games)
Game Collections by Opening (Chessopolis)	TWIC (recent grandmaster games and information)
Free Mac chess software to supplement PGNTalk
ExaChess Lite (for entering games to be saved as PGN files)	Sigma Chess Lite (for analyzing PGN games, etc.)
Other chess software
More Mac chess software
Other Macintosh chess software