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HIARCS iPad Chess

HIARCS Chess 13.3 for iPad
World class iPad chess software.
Suitable for all, from beginner to strong Grandmaster with human-like play, energy saving handicap levels and coaching.
Platform: iPad - all editions (iPhone OS 3.2 or later) with custom high res graphics
Playing ability: Absolute beginner (1000 Elo) to Strong Grandmaster (2850+ Elo)†

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HIARCS is a World Championship winning chess program that has proven to be the strongest chess program on Palm and Pocket PC devices and is now available for the iPad. HIARCS 13.3 for iPad has the functionality and chess strength to offer a huge range of features for all players from beginners to Super Grandmasters.

HIARCS is the only handheld chess program in the world which has won Grandmaster tournaments. In August 2009 it won the Mescusor Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina ahead of Grandmasters, while scoring an incredible undefeated 9½/10 points (9 wins, one draw). This is a performance of 2938 Elo which is the best chess performance rating for any handheld device in history and higher than Garry Kasparov's peak Elo rating!

HIARCS also has the second and third best ever chess performances on handhelds as well having won two other Grandmaster tournaments. It also has many match wins over Grandmasters in the past 4 years on handheld devices!

Even the World's strongest ever human chess player, Garry Kasparov, said "HIARCS is much better positionally than Deep Blue".

This power enables your iPad to play chess like a super Grandmaster, analyse games and chess problems with you, or play at whatever chess strength you want from beginner to GM while offering numerous features to help you learn and improve as you play with HIARCS. A very advanced set of coaching assistance is present to help players of all strengths really improve their chess play while having fun.

HIARCS iPad Chess has a full range of realistic weaker opponent strengths and playing styles catering for all players from absolute beginners to professional Grandmasters. On the weaker playing levels HIARCS will make human-like mistakes appropriate to the level of play and this together with the integrated coach advice, assessments and alerts allow you to learn and improve quickly. HIARCS can even adjust its playing strength as you improve and learn more.

HIARCS iPad Chess is even able to save battery life by using much less energy on any weaker levels, allowing more playing time on long journeys etc.

HIARCS has a large tournament book which is right up to date with chess theory in summer 2011 with hundreds of thousands of positions, moves and variations, in fact there are over 235,000 variations! The book moves are displayed on screen with chess symbols and the opening variations are even named.

HIARCS also monitors your chess performance and rates your chess play tracking your chess ability in every game. This enables HIARCS Chess to adapt to your ability offering you challenging yet beatable opponents essential to help you progress quickly.

In a nutshell, HIARCS IPad Chess combines a truly outstanding chess playing program with superb user friendly features for chess players of all strengths.

Key features:

Latest HIARCS 13.3 chess engine - the only handheld chess program to win IM/GM tournaments and matches and achieve an unprecedented 2900 performance rating. The strongest program with genuine super GM level performance.

The immense chess strength allows faster responses and less usage of the devices battery to reach desired chess strength on the numerous weaker levels - a big advantage giving extended battery life during use and chess play/analysis.

	Suitable for all players from absolute beginners to strong Grandmasters with many handicap levels and opponent styles together with the renowned HIARCS human-like playing style:
	Adjustable Elo strengths from complete beginner to Super GM standard
	Adaptive level or adapt chess strength to yours automatically
	All weaker levels are low energy to save battery life
	Permanent brain feature for constant analysis and quick response
	Adjustable playing styles
	Many selectable preset blitz, incremental and average time clock settings for timed play

Interface tailored for the iPad screen resolution giving high resolution chess graphics with detailed chess information:

	Intuitive and friendly user interface menus and short cut icons
	Portrait and Landscape views
	Many high quality piece sets (8 in total)
	Many board colour schemes with solid and textured squares, e.g. wood - (9 colour schemes in total)
	Onscreen popovers (popups) to change parameters and see immediate effect
	Figurine chess notations and board coordinates
	Help screens

Onscreen game navigation using special game move slider & VCR buttons:

	Buttons for full rewind of moves, takeback, step forward, and go to end
	Slider to select exact location in game to revisit or review
	Can also finger swipe forwards and backwards through game
	Game navigation even during analysis
	Immediate coach recommendations after navigation
	Replay feature to review chess games and see continuous assessments

Advanced coaching and assistance for players of all abilities:

	Coach shows move quality highlights (square colours)
	Coach move advice view with move options the coach thinks are worth considering
	Continuous coach assessment of position value
	Coach can watch your play and warn against blunders, even showing you refutations
	Coach rates your chess play and gives you an Elo rating which is updated as games are played
	Graphical hints and tips and special coach move recommendations

Flexible PGN database support handling:

	Transfer PGN databases to/from HIARCS via itunes file sharing
	View, select and load PGN database and games with game header detail
	Save games to PGN databases and create new PGN databases of games
	Email PGN databases out as attachments
	Databases of all the games between Kasparov and Kaprov and Fischer and Spassky included
	Special handling of loaded PGN to allow review/replays with game header and elo data

Advanced Chess Opening Book Handling:

	Latest very strong HIARCS opening book (iPad edition)
	Detailed book move statistics displayed on screen and via Book stats view
	Free book updates on www.hiarcs.com and the full tournament book available via the HIARCS opening book subscription
	Transfer book updates via iTunes file sharing
	Detail of book positions and variations
	Selectable book variety
	Openings named plus ECO reference code

Other features:

	Playing modes for playing white, black, two player games, continuous analysis and interactive replay
	Set up or edit positions to analyse or play from
	Quick access icons
	Rotate the board
	Get hints
	Change sides, get HIARCS to move now and even toggle analysis on and off

Key features:

	Strongest chess program on iPad, genuine strong super GM level performance (above 2800 Elo)
	Suitable for all players from absolute beginners to strong Grandmasters with many handicap levels and opponents styles and advanced coaching
	Intuitive and friendly high definition user interface with 8 high quality pieces set, 9 colour schemes
	Multiple playing modes: play white, black, both sides in two player mode, continuous analysis and interactive replay
	Fully adjustable weaker opponents, Elo strengths, adaptive levels and multiple playing levels and opponents
	All levels and strengths below maximum are low energy which can significantly increase battery life during use
	Rates your chess play and gives you an Elo rating which is updated after each game as appropriate
	Advanced coach can provide move advice, give hints, indicate move safety and quality highlights and watch your play and warn about mistakes
	Flexible PGN database support, select, view and load PGN databases and games, save games in PGN databases
	Transfer PGN databases to/from HIARCS chess via iTunes file sharing, email games and PGN databases from HIARCS
	Set up or edit positions to analyse or play from
	Easy game navigation with VCR buttons and game slider to navigate quickly through a game, or even replay the game
	Many selectable preset blitz, incremental and average time clock settings for timed play
	Large HIARCS tournament opening book with hundreds of thousands of positions, moves and variations, in fact there are over 235,000 variations with symbols and chess openings named!
	Access to maximum strength HIARCS chess engine with Permanent brain for enhanced playing strength
	Numerous chess display functions for showing chess moves, analysis, book moves, coach advice, move quality even legal moves
	Figurine chess notations
	Help screens

A discount coupon is included with the product offering up to $10 USD discount on other HIARCS products for Mac, PC, Palm and Pocket PC on www.hiarcs.com. Discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or discount.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the following people whose content has been included with HIARCS Chess 13.3 for the iPad. Special thanks goes to Tord Romstad for his excellent GUI framework without which this project would of been much more time consuming.

GUI framework: Tord Romstad

Chess piece sets:
        Staunton & Modern: Bryan Whitby
        Elite: Gary Preston
        Fun: Ole Christensen (from Sigma Chess)
        Alpha, Merida & USCF: Eric De Mund used with thanks under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license

VCR icons used with thanks from The Working Group blog under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Logo: Wilhelm Hudetz Picture: www.cognitivedistortion.com

Beta Testing: Eric Gibbon, Harvey Williamson

"It is exhilarating to play [HIARCS], more, a lot more than with any other strong program. It is a real pleasure to be defeated that way. Fast, lightning, unexpected death." - Fernando Villegas, April 2007

"generally I use HIARCS." - World Chess Champion Vishy Anand 2011, in a recent interview when asked what chess program he uses to analyse with

"HIARCS is much better positionally than Deep Blue." - Garry Kasparov 1997 (after game 5 of the rematch)

World Chess Champion, Vishy Anand, used "Powerful" HIARCS machine in preparations for his 2010 world title match with Super GM Veselin Topalov

"This level of service is one other big reason to buy HIARCS." - John Jackson

For Palm, PC, Mac, Pocket PC and iPhone Chess Software with attitude, features and chess playing strength, you can't beat HIARCS!
† Highest performance reached depends on hardware/device used.

HIARCS Chess Software is designed and developed by Mark Uniacke in England.
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Acknowledgements

"It is exhilarating to play [HIARCS], more, a lot more than with any other strong program. It is a real pleasure to be defeated that way. Fast, lightning, unexpected death." - Fernando Villegas, April 2007

"generally I use HIARCS." - World Chess Champion Vishy Anand 2011, in a recent interview when asked what chess program he uses to analyse with "HIARCS is much better positionally than Deep Blue." - Garry Kasparov 1997 (after game 5 of the rematch)

"generally I use HIARCS." - World Chess Champion Vishy Anand 2011, in a recent interview when asked what chess program he uses to analyse with

"HIARCS is much better positionally than Deep Blue." - Garry Kasparov 1997 (after game 5 of the rematch)