Version 1.0  3rd January 2022

Initial release of HIARCS Chess Explorer Pro


Key features include:

  • Advanced Database Support
    • HCE database format offers huge databases only limited by memory - 1GB per 8 million games
    • Fast searching for players, openings, events, material, pawn structure and positions.
    • Comprehensive game database support (PGN, HCE, reads Chessbase CBH, CBV and EPD)
    • Extensive game notation with variations, comments, symbols, diagrams and named openings
    • Export and publish your work, games and preparation to PGN, PDF, EPUB e-book and HTML
    • Reference databases, manage databases, duplicate search and clean up, watch live games
  • HIARCS 15 chess engine – more than 200 Elo stronger
    • Full range of realistic set Elo levels with human like playing style, have your strength matched
    • Very strong analysis & play, more than 200 Elo stronger than HIARCS 14 WCSC engine
    • Supports up to 32† threads/cores, and any UCI Chess User Interface (Chessbase/Fritz)
  • Player Explorer
    • View reports on players, their games, performances and favourite openings and statistics
    • Build tree of games and openings of players instantly into a player report with a single click
    • Automated repertoire summaries for databases and players. Merge misspelled players
  • Game, Opening and Tree Explorers
    • Revolutionary multi-source chess trees with moves, statistics from games and advice
    • Build an opening repertoire tree instantly from database games to learn and prepare openings
    • Access huge online opening books, view multiple books & Chessbase CTG books simultaneously
  • Analysis and Evaluation Explorers
    • Analyse positions and games with multiple engines simultaneously with load management
    • Multiple lines of analysis with stats, move selection and integrate analysis with game notation
    • Check games for blunders, inaccuracies and improvements with post game analysis
  • Custom Playing modes
    • Play against the computer with human-like play and full range of handicap Elo levels
    • Choose rating, time controls, start positions and even chess openings for practice
    • Train with the guess the move feature, learn and improve your tactical and positional play
    • Coach points out mistakes, shows move quality and hints. Rates your play in Elo points
    • Engine matches – set up and watch them play or have them play out test or analysis positions
  • Packaged Databases
    • Top quality database with 300,000+ Master games, IM/GM annotated games, tactical exercises
    • Online access to up over to 1,000 GB of endgame tablebases and opening book databases
    • Local book with latest GM Theory and access to much larger online books