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PC Chess Explorer
World class chess database and playing program
The World Chess Software Champion

HIARCS Chess Explorer is a superb new chess program for PC Chess Players on Windows computers. It offers an innovative and intuitive new graphical user interface together with the current World Chess Software Champion HIARCS chess engine. This unique combination is refreshingly easy to use and includes many new features for chess preparation, analysis and training for players of all abilities from beginner to Grandmaster. It has specialised features to help weaker chess players improve their chess including special weakened opponents, a chess coach which can demonstrate mistakes, show improvements and help you improve your chess.

For chess experts HIARCS Chess Explorer has many advanced features not seen in other chess software. The new features can help you analyse your chess games, improve your openings and prepare for your opponents.

Modular plug-in design: the HIARCS 14 chess engine supports the Universal Chess Interface (UCI) which means it can be used in any UCI compatible chess Graphical User Interface (GUI). Equally the new Chess Explorer GUI can use any chess engine which supports the UCI protocol.

HIARCS 14 World Chess Software Champion chess engine is packaged with Chess Explorer to provide incredibly strong analysis, advice and play with a unique and entertaining attacking playing style. HIARCS won the World Chess Software Championship in Tilburg, The Netherlands in late 2011.

Comprehensive PGN database capabilities including simultaneous handling of multiple databases, searching and filtering by game header, openings and positions etc, ECO and opening name classification, game lists and much more.

New ways to navigate chess games using positions, players, openings and statistics including outcomes.

Chess Player Information giving games, openings, statistics and information about chess players including many of the World's strongest chess players.

Extensive game notation support with embedded variations, text comments, annotations, chess move symbols, evaluation symbols, assessment symbols and chess opening naming.

Innovative Openings Explorer gives new insight into chess openings from different perspectives including access to the world's strongest opening book. With special features for HIARCS Chess opening book subscribers.

Advanced Analysis features allow game analysis with multiple engines showing multiple lines of play. Post game analysis with variation commentary and annotation allows you to check your own games or any you select for blunders and improvements.

Custom game play mode for playing against the World Champion HIARCS chess engine with realistic human-like set Elo strength settings suitable for players from beginner to Grandmaster. The custom game play mode has an integrated coach to point out mistakes and highlight good moves and give hints.

Multi-platform and multi-lingual Chess Explorer runs on both PC Windows (XP or later) and Apple Mac (OS X 10.6 or later) with multiple languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

New HIARCS Chess Server integrated with the new PC Chess Explorer GUI.

Game Databases included with the latest top quality GM chess games.

Annotated database included with high quality annotations, commentary and variations from International Masters and Grandmasters.

More feature information to follow shortly...

Existing HIARCS customers will get news and discounts for Chess Explorer soon. If you are not an existing HIARCS customer and want to know more about Chess Explorer please sign up to the HIARCS E-Mailing list so we can include you when we begin sending out emails.

This page will contain further information about the new Chess Explorer chess product for PC Windows computers soon.

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"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
"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.
HIARCS is a trademark of Applied Computer Concepts Ltd. All other product trademarks acknowledged.
Chess Explorer software for PC and Mac chess players coming soon.
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