HIARCS Chess Explorer Pro for PC

The best PC software for chess database, analysis and game playing
HIARCS 15 series chess engines, huge advance on HIARCS 14 WCSC
Suitable for all players: Beginners to the World Chess Champion with human-like play
Platform: Intel and AMD based PC Windows™ 7, 8, 10 & 11 (all 64 bit editions)
Playing ability: Beginner (750 Elo) to World Champion strength and beyond (3400+ Elo)† with human-like play
Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish

"I prefer using HIARCS Chess Explorer to Chessbase" - John Saunders, Chess Editor of Chess Magazine for many years.

HIARCS Chess Explorer Pro is a highly advanced chess database, analysis and playing program for PC Windows computers. It offers a very powerful user interface with the the latest and strongest ever HIARCS chess engines and world class chess database capabilities. This advanced software supports major chess database formats from Chessbase (CBH and CBV), the PGN chess standard and the new fast and powerful HCE format which supports huge databases only limited by memory, instant searching, chess trees, opening reports and much, much more. Move your chess forward with the best chess software for PC Windows. This unique combination offers easy to use features managing chess databases, preparation, analysis, play, openings and training for players of all abilities from beginner to Grandmasters and beyond.
March 2024: new HCE Pro version 1.3 with new HIARCS 15.3 chess engines.

Single-Core
£62.45
$79.95
€74.95
  • HIARCS 15 series engine - 3300 Elo†
    Occasional engine updates
  • Uses PGN, HCE, PDF, EPUB, HTML
    Reads Chessbase CBH/CBV/CTG
  • Millennium electronic chessboard support and MasterBase database
  • New GM 2023 online book
    (6.5 million positions)
  • Single Core Performance
  • 1,000GB online endgame tablebases
  • 1 year online book access
Multi-Core
£89.95
$119.95
€99.95
  • Deep HIARCS 15 series engines
    3400+ Elo† with updates via HCE Pro
  • Uses PGN, HCE, PDF, EPUB, HTML
    Reads Chessbase CBH/CBV/CTG
  • Millennium eBoard support and
    new 2023 MasterBase game collection
  • GM+ 2023 online book
    (15.5 million positions)
  • Multi-core Performance to 16 cores
  • 1,000GB online endgame tablebases
  • 1 year online book access
Premium
£124.95
$169.95
€149.95
  • Latest Deep HIARCS 15 series engines
    3450+ Elo† + 1 year of HIARCS X updates
  • Uses PGN, HCE, PDF, EPUB, HTML
    Reads Chessbase CBH/CBV/CTG
  • New 2023 MasterBase game collection
    and Millennium eBoard support
  • GM++, H-Ref & Tourn online books
    2024 (120 million pos)
    1 year
  • Multi-core Performance to 32 cores
  • 1,000GB online endgame tablebases
  • Extends 1 yr online book access

Existing PC HIARCS Chess Explorer customers are eligible for a discount. This is ONLY available through the HIARCS Chess Explorer PC App.
Please launch HCE and you will find a popup notification with the discount.


HIARCS Chess Explorer Pro is a software download product fulfilled immediately by email with online activation. It is the ultimate chess application for PC Windows with a world class chess user interface, chess engines and chess games databases, opening books and endgame tablebases.


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