(Deep) HIARCS Chess Explorer

Michal Rudolf and Mark Uniacke · A Mac chess application for managing PGN games, analyzing positions, and playing against the HIARCS engine or other UCI-compatible engines.

CaskGamesApple silicon · Intel
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Latest version1.143 days ago · Oct 7
Download size200MBarm64 / x86_64 · pkg
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(Deep) HIARCS Chess Explorer is a graphical chess application for Mac that combines game databases, chess analysis, and play. The edition described here includes the single-core HIARCS 14 engine; the separate HIARCS Chess Explorer Pro product is not covered by this entry.

  • Organize and search PGN databases, including games, players, openings, and positions; work with multiple databases and edit game notation with variations and comments.
  • Analyze positions or complete games with chess engines, review multiple analysis lines, and check games for blunders and possible improvements.
  • Play against the built-in HIARCS engine at adjustable playing strengths, or use other UCI-compatible chess engines. Play options include time controls and chosen starting positions.
  • Explore openings and game statistics, and use the included chess books and databases described for this product.

Install with brew install --cask hiarcs-chess-explorer. The official product page lists macOS 10.10 or later and Intel and ARM/M-series Mac computers. It also describes interface languages including English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

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