World Championship winning computer chess
software program & downloads for chess database, analysis & play on PC, Mac and
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HIARCS Chess Opening BooksThe World's strongest and widest range of
computer chess opening books¹. Human Reference book
54,773,992 positions/moves,
2,333,587
variations based on 1,887,809 high quality human games "I subscribe to your Powerbook now and
I'm pretty impressed by it, I use it all the time in my chess teaching. As far
as I know it is the best publicly available book."
Each HIARCS chess product comes with its own digital chess opening book with the latest chess opening theory at the time of the release of the particular product. However, many chess players need to remain up to date with the latest chess opening theory throughout the year and online chess engine players like to have the latest and strongest chess opening books. For many years HIARCS has had the strongest opening book available and it keeps getting stronger with every quarterly release. We even supplied the HIARCS tournament chess opening book to help World Chess Champion, Vishy Anand's team prepare for his recent World Championship match in which he was so successful. We now find our book is sought after by many of world's strongest human players for both over the board and correspondence play - an essential resource for the serious chess player. For customers of HIARCS Chess Explorer we recommend the Online Access to HIARCS Chess Opening Books from HIARCS Chess Explorer For customers of Chessbase we recommend the HIARCS Tournament Chess Opening Book in CTG, HCS formats The following table explains the different HIARCS opening books available and in what package they can be found. Click the underlined links to view the products in more detail.
All books unless stated otherwise contain moves and detailed statistics including game results, Elo ratings, performances, year and play recommendations. Purchase HIARCS Chess Explorer for a World class chess database, analysis and playing user interface, this includes the essential local and GM books (Deep HCE customers also get the GM+ book) HIARCS Chess Explorer customers can subscribe to the Online Book Access Subscription a 1 year online access subscription to our Human Reference and Tournament books using HIARCS Chess Explorer. Users of Chessbase software may be interested in our HIARCS Chess Opening Subscription a 1 year download subscription which includes the renowned HIARCS tournament book in multiple formats for use in Chessbase User Interfaces and allows online access to the Tournament and H-Reference book from HIARCS Chess Explorer. Each book subscription includes quarterly updates to the books with the latest theory being played including new novelties. Improvements per year have averaged about 40 Elo points. Over the course of a year the opening book may contribute more to chess strength improvement than the increase in chess engine strength. "I have tried the book in several configurations. Means in autoplayer, games at home, at FICS chess server and at playchess. I am very impressed. My feedback: This book is a masterpiece ! Congratulations" - Clemens (Dec 2010)
"I agree. Clearly a lot of work has been put into
this book to provide strength in depth so the openings hold up in different time
control games. ¹ Computer
chess opening books contain positions, moves, statistics and play
recommendations, they do not include games and textual comments. Please
note the HIARCS opening books are for your personal use only. Under no
circumstances are the books to used for commercial purposes, hosted on
another website or used in official tournaments without the prior express written permission of Applied Computer
Concepts Ltd. All HIARCS books are copyright ©
1991-2020 Applied Computer Concepts Ltd. All rights reserved. The HIARCS opening books are prepared and managed by Mark
Uniacke. Assistance is provided by Senior International Master Harvey Williamson
and Computer Chess Expert Eric Hallsworth. Further input is provided by a number
of top chess players and subscribers to the book. Thank you - your help enables a
larger, stronger and better opening books. THANK YOU! |
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"generally I use
HIARCS." - Five time World Chess Champion
Vishy Anand, in a recent interview when asked what chess program he uses to
analyse with World Chess Champion, Vishy Anand, used "Powerful" HIARCS machine in preparations for his 2010 & 2012 world title matches "This level of service is one other big reason to buy HIARCS." - John Jackson † Highest performance
reached depends on computer used.
Computer Chess Software
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