HIARCS Chess 13.88 - App Store

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About HIARCS Chess

HIARCS is a multiple World Championship winning chess program and the only handheld chess program in the world which has won matches and tournaments with Grandmasters. It twice won the Mercusor Cup in Buenos Aires,...

HIARCS is a multiple World Championship winning chess program and the only handheld chess program in the world which has won matches and tournaments with Grandmasters. It twice won the Mercusor Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina ahead of Grandmasters with a performance of 2900 Elo, the best chess performance rating for any handheld device in history. In 1997 the World's strongest ever human chess player, Garry Kasparov, said "HIARCS is much better positionally than Deep Blue" and even the current World champion, Vishy Anand, in a recent interview when asked what chess program he uses to analyse with said "generally I use HIARCS". This power enables your iPhone to play chess like a super Grandmaster, analyse games and chess problems with you, or play at whatever weakened chess strength you want from beginner to GM strength while offering numerous features to help you learn and improve as you play with HIARCS. An advanced set of coaching features helps players of all strengths improve their chess play. HIARCS Chess has a full range of realistic weaker opponent strengths and playing styles catering for players of all abilities from absolute beginners to Grandmasters. On the weaker playing levels HIARCS will make human-like mistakes appropriate to the level of play and this together with the integrated coach advice, assessments and alerts allow you to learn and improve quickly. HIARCS also monitors your chess performance and provides you with an Elo chess rating which tracks your chess ability in every game. It can continuously adjust its playing strength to give you challenging but beatable opponents as you improve. HIARCS Chess will save battery life by using much less energy on the weaker levels, allowing more playing time on long journeys etc. HIARCS Chess supports PGN chess game databases and has all the games between Fischer & Spassky and Kasparov & Karpov for you to play through and enjoy. HIARCS has a large tournament book which is up to date with chess theory with over 235,000 variations. The book moves are displayed on screen with chess symbols and the opening variations are named and ECO coded. Key features: + Strongest chess program on iPhone and iPod Touch, genuine strong GM-level performance + Suitable for all players from absolute beginners to strong Grandmasters with many handicap levels and opponents styles and advanced coaching + Intuitive and friendly user interface with multiple high quality pieces set, colour schemes and icons including high res support for iPhone 4 and 5 retina displays + Multiple playing modes: play white, black, both sides in two player mode, continuous analysis and interactive replay + Fully adjustable Elo strengths, adaptive levels and multiple playing levels and opponents + All levels below maximum are low energy to increase battery life + Rates your chess play and gives you an Elo rating which is updated after each game + Advanced coach can provide move options, give hints, indicate move safety and quality highlights and watch your play and warn about mistakes + Transfer PGN databases to/from HIARCS chess via iTunes file sharing, email games and PGN DBs from HIARCS + Launch HIARCS from PGN email attachments + Load, save or delete games to/from PGN databases + Set up or edit a position to analyse or play from + Advanced game navigation with game move slider and VCR buttons for rapid and precise game navigation + Many selectable preset blitz, incremental and average time clock settings for timed play + Large HIARCS tournament opening book as used by the professionals! + Permanent brain for enhanced playing strength + Numerous chess display functions for showing chess moves, analysis, book moves, coach advice, move quality even legal moves, offer draws or resign + 8 Piece sets and 9 colour schemes + Integrated Html manual and help screens A discount coupon is included with a $10 USD discount on other HIARCS products on Mac and PC from www.hiarcs.com.

Version History + Fix to long time control issue + Improved coaching for white and black, shows mistakes and missed better moves + Improved Dark.mode support + Improved Millennium eBoard support + Coaching support on eBoards with LEDs, X for mistakes, + for missed opportunity + eBoard: Lift piece to ignore coach or take back move and follow advice 13.88 10/04/2022 + Improved coaching for white and black, shows mistakes and missed better moves + Improved Dark.mode support + Improved Millennium eBoard support + Coaching support on eBoards with LEDs, X for mistakes, + for missed opportunity + eBoard: Lift piece to ignore coach or take back move and follow advice 13.87 10/03/2022 + Improved menus and dialog display + Improved Dark.mode support + Improved Millennium eBoard support + Added time control 13.86 09/11/2022 + PGN database sharing (send and receive) + Load PGN downloads and attachments + PGN databases ordered + Coach Advice on Millennium eBoards + Dark mode improvements + General enhancements 13.85 09/19/2021 + Launch from PGN download or attachment + Millennium ChessLink Bluetooth improvements + Improved dark mode support 13.84 11/25/2020 + New updated chess opening book with latest theory + New games database of latest top level chess games + Numerous fixes and general enhancements 13.83 06/25/2020 + Textual improvements for display and actions 13.82 08/28/2018 + Improved support for the Millennium Chess Link module and Auto-sensory chess board 13.81 08/17/2018 + Support for the Millennium M2000 Auto Sensory Chess Board + iOS 11 updates + German language support + Display improvements 13.80 07/24/2018 Automatic self play from any position to play out a game using current engine and clock settings Handles more non standard PGN files Improved handling for customer loaded opening books 13.75 09/12/2017 64 bit support New PGN game replace feature New Material Balance feature Improved handling of PGNs, email attachments and clipboard games Improved graphics Various minor fixes and improvements 13.74 06/15/2017 Fix for promotions on rotated board using single taps Display improvements 13.71 10/14/2014 Updated for iOS8 Extra displayed info for iPhone 5 & 6(+) Latest opening theory displayed (further free opening books available) Improved graphics Improved database support for PGNs Improved play realism 13.70 10/08/2014 Save and Load PGN games to and from the clipboard Update opening books more easily Enhanced coach General improvements 13.60 09/11/2013 More lower levels for the weakest of players including children Much more book variety on all set Elo levels including surprising gambits More realistic and human like play from the set Elo levels catering for players of all abilities Improved rating system giving more info about your progression New load next game in database function New load previous game in database function Non HIARCS games loaded at beginning so the game can be enjoyed/replayed before seeing the end Various minor fixes and improvements 13.50 02/28/2013 Update to emailing of games and PGN databases 13.41 01/28/2013 + iPhone 5 support + High quality retina graphics + Launch HIARCS from PGN email attachment + Delete games from PGN database + Offer draw to computer + Fixes and enhancements + Discount coupon for HIARCS Chess Explorer 13.40 01/21/2013 + Strongest chess program on iPhone and iPod Touch, genuine strong GM-level performance + Suitable for all players from absolute beginners to strong Grandmasters with many handicap levels and opponents styles and advanced coaching + Intuitive and friendly user interface with multiple high quality piece sets, colour schemes and icons including high res support for iPhone 4 retina displays + Multiple playing modes: play white, black, both sides in two player mode, continuous analysis and interactive replay + Fully adjustable Elo strengths, adaptive levels and multiple playing levels and opponents + All levels below maximum are low energy to increase battery life + Rates your chess play and gives you an Elo rating which is updated after each game + Advanced coach can provide move options, give hints, indicate move safety and quality highlights and watch your play and warn about mistakes + Transfer PGN databases to/from HIARCS chess via iTunes file sharing, email games and PGN DBs from HIARCS + Load and save games to/from PGN databases + Set up or edit a position to analyse or play from + Advanced game navigation with game move slider and VCR buttons for rapid and precise game navigation + Many selectable preset blitz, incremental and average time clock settings for timed play + Large HIARCS tournament opening book as used by the professionals! + Permanent brain for enhanced playing strength + Numerous chess display functions for showing chess moves, analysis, book moves, coach advice, move quality even legal moves + 8 Piece sets and 9 colour schemes + Integrated Html manual and help screens + 10 times faster loading of very large PGN databases + Handling of accented characters for European naming 13.31 09/06/2011 + New chess engine version 13.3 - much stronger than before and includes learning + Onscreen game navigation using special game move slider & VCR buttons + Advanced Coach shows move quality and danger by highlighting squares in colours + Coach move advice with move options the coach thinks are worth considering in the current position + Continuous coach assessment of position value + Coach alerts you to mistakes and good moves you may of missed + Much improved PGN handling and presentation of PGN database and game information + Transfer PGN databases to/from HIARCS Chess via iTunes file sharing + E-mail PGN games and even whole PGN databases as an attachment + Databases of all the games between Kasparov & Kaprov and Fischer & Spassky included + Special handling of loaded PGN to allow review/replays with game header and Elo data + Book move stats from the very strong HIARCS tournament opening book + Transfer new books via file sharing, free update to much larger opening book available for customers + Many more preset blitz, incremental and average time clock settings + Many new high quality piece sets (now 8 piece sets) + Many new board colour schemes with textures, e.g. wood, walnut, marble etc (now 9 colour schemes) + Support for iPhone 4 retina high resolution displays with detailed graphics 13.3 09/03/2011 New Fun Piece Set for Children Enhancements to weaker levels Last game restore issue resolved 12.4 06/14/2011 1) High resolution piece images for iPhone 4 2) Engine improvements 3) Energy saving set Elo strength levels improved so significantly less battery life is used 4) New integrated email feature 5) Game save and loading issues fixed 6) Improved recognition of left/right finger swiping for game navigation 7) Stability issue on start up fixed 8) UI consistency on naming improved 12.3 02/11/2011 New resign option Improved chess engine Piece set improvements Fixes to issues found since previous release 12.2 07/19/2010 12.1 08/28/2009

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of HIARCS Chess since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-27 15:07:06. The latest version is 13.88 and it was updated on 2026-06-28 01:02:44. See below the changes in each version.

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