Installing Sharly Chess on Mac

Sharly Chess is also available for Windows.

Requirements

  • Apple silicon based Mac (intel-based Macs are not supported)

Installing Sharly Chess

Download the latest release of Sharly Chess (v3.2.3)

:information_source: See the changes of the latest release

  1. Inside the DMG, you’ll find a folder named after the version number. Move this folder to a writable location of your choice. We recommend placing it inside a parent folder named sharly-chess — this lets you keep multiple versions organized, and the automatic updater will install future versions into this same location.

:warning: Don’t install into the Applications folder, as Sharly Chess needs to be able to write into this folder, and the Applications folder is read-only.

:information_source: See the previous releases

Running Sharly Chess

To start the application, simply double-click the Sharly Chess applications inside the version folder.

When run for the first time it will open your default web browser to display the Sharly Chess interface with the opportunity to configure your preferences.

On subsequent runs, Sharly Chess will open the admin interface in your default web browser.