World Championship winning computer chess
software program & downloads for chess database, analysis & play on PC, Mac and
iPhone
|
|
|
|
Macintosh Sigma Chess
Pro HIARCS
|
 | Suitable for all players from absolute beginners to World Chess Championship strength (1250 Elo – 2800+ Elo!). |
|
Can play at any chess strength you set in Elo offering a challenging learning experience for all players*. |
|
Monitors your play and measures your progress in Elo including Elo history graph and statistics. |
| Endgame database support of Nalimov tablebases up to 6 pieces for perfect play in the endgame*. |
|
Unlimited levels and time controls including Casual, Blitz, Active, Fischer and Tournament. |
|
Tournament book with the latest theory, invaluable for opening study and preparation at all levels. |
|
Macintosh HIARCS supports the Universal Chess Interface. |
| Integrates with the highly acclaimed Sigma Chess 6.1 Graphical User Interface. |
| Sigma Chess GUI now supports engine-engine match play* |
|
Sigma Chess GUI supports huge game collections, PGN & EPD import/export and HTML web page export. |
|
Sigma Chess Lite included with high resolution, colour graphics with 2D/3D boards and multiple piece styles. |
|
Includes the HIARCS 9.6 and HIARCS 10 chess engines! |
*Sigma Chess HIARCS Pro features.
Sigma
Chess HIARCS is a software download product.
Requires
a Apple Macintosh computer running Mac OS X 10.3 or later.
Also compatible with Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)
Three steps to enjoy the
capabilities of Sigma Chess HIARCS:
1) Download Sigma Chess HIARCS Lite and TRY IT for FREE.
Sigma Chess HIARCS Lite will
run for free in demo/unregistered mode (restricted features and strength) until you purchase and register the product.
2) If you like it BUY IT
by secure online payment. You can buy Sigma Chess HIARCS for
Macintosh by a variety of
secure online payment methods including credit and debit cards. You can even pay
by cheque/check or wire transfer.
3) REGISTER IT to unlock ALL the
great features and strength. Registered customers also get full free access to a
variety of tournament opening books with GM play and analysis! Now you have a Super GM on your Apple Macintosh!
Further details about secure online purchasing of Sigma Chess HIARCS and registration can be found on our How to Buy page.
There are three product versions:
1) Sigma Chess HIARCS Lite - This is a free demo version which demonstrates most of the features on offer. You may download our free demonstration version, Sigma Chess HIARCS Lite on our Macintosh download page. In free unregistered form Sigma Chess HIARCS Lite has the following limitations:
|
Chess strength is limited and fixed at 1925 Elo. |
|
Playing styles and all other parameters are fixed. |
|
Only the small opening book is available. The Large and Huge opening books will not be usable. |
|
Hash tables are fixed at 8Mb. |
|
Endgame Nalimov tablebase access is not supported. |
|
SigmaChess Lite product features - see www.sigmachess.com for details. |
If you like the product please purchase and register it so that you have access to the full strength and features of the Sigma Chess HIARCS product. Purchasing and registering the product enables us to provide you with an activation key.
2) Sigma Chess HIARCS - This is an activated HIARCS chess engine (v9.6 and v10!) offering unrivalled chess strength on Apple Macintosh computers. This product is available by purchasing the HIARCS product and registering it with us. In return we will send out a license key to unlock and activate the chess strength and features of the HIARCS chess engine - now you have a Super GM on your Apple Macintosh! The following features beyond the Lite version are provided:
|
Chess strength up to 2800+ Elo depending on your hardware performance. |
|
Multiple playing styles, Solid, Normal and Aggressive; together with hypermodern play. |
|
Configurable Smart Search, Selectivity, Threats and Combination settings. |
|
Positional and book learning capabilities. |
|
Access to the small, large and massive tournament opening books available for free download. |
|
Hash tables up to 64Mb. Larger hash tables are available with the Sigma Chess Pro version. |
|
Includes the HIARCS 9.6 and HIARCS 10 chess engines! |
Buy the Mac HIARCS chess engine here for
£19.99 (+tax in EU, tax free outside EU).
3) Sigma Chess Pro HIARCS - Upgrade the Sigma Chess HIARCS product to the professional GUI version offering the following extra features from the GUI:
|
Settable Elo chess strength in the range (1250 Elo - 2800+ Elo depending on your hardware performance). |
|
Endgame database support of Nalimov tablebases up to 6 pieces for perfect play in the endgame. |
|
Support for hash tables over 64Mb. |
|
Sigma Chess GUI now supports engine-engine match play. |
Please note you must have also purchased and registered the HIARCS chess engine in order to upgrade to these features.
Upgrade from Sigma Chess HIARCS to the Sigma Chess Pro HIARCS here.
Please visit the SigmaChess website www.sigmachess.com to see further details of the Sigma Chess Macintosh software or to obtain downloads for Mac OS 9 or earlier.
Your support of Sigma Chess and the Mac HIARCS chess engine enables us to provide you with even better Apple Macintosh chess products in the future. Thank you for your support!
Special thanks to Ole Christensen (Sigma Chess) and Richard Fowell for his excellent beta testing and suggestions without which this product would not be what it is today. THANK YOU!
SigmaChess is copyright (c) Sigma GameWare.
We thank
Eugene Nalimov and Andrew Kadatch for their kind permission to use their access
code (copyright (c) Eugene Nalimov) and decompression code (copyright (c) Andrew
Kadatch) for Nalimov tablebases in the HIARCS chess engine.
"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
with world class chess engine playing strength. |
.
Please read our