HIARCS Chess by Mark Uniacke is a multiple World Championship winning computer chess program, four time World Chess Software Champion and World Computer Chess Champion. HIARCS is the chess program generally used by five time World Chess Champion Vishy Anand and used by Garry Kasparov in his preparation for Deep Blue2.

The new Hiarcs 13.1 Palm Chess Pro really is the ultimate Palm chess program. HIARCS for Palm has proven to be significantly stronger than all other Palm and Pocket PC chess software since 2004 and now it's much stronger than ever before! It is the strongest and most successful handheld chess player in history. You can read about its amazing exploits including 4 match wins over top Grandmasters and its Grandmaster tournament win on our Palm Rating & Games page. Now the new update, HIARCS Palm Chess Pro 13.1 is over 70 Elo stronger again!

With the pedigree of a past World Chess Software Champion, HIARCS Palm Chess Pro offers the premier chess engine to learn from, analyse with or simply play against. Great features for beginners to help learn and improve their game including a full range of weaker levels tailored for realistic opposition and rapid learning, a coach and a rating system to measure and report progress. HIARCS Palm Chess Pro now has superb energy saving handicap set Elo levels massively extending battery life both in play and analysis. Now with databases of the greatest players and games for you to enjoy and learn from. In fact HIARCS Palm Chess Pro makes a perfect travelling companion for players of all strengths and all ages. Packed with many more features than any other Palm chess program, HIARCS for Palm Chess is really beyond comparison.

Key features:

• World's strongest PDA chess program, true super GM strength in the Palm of your hand!

• Unlimited beginner, intermediate and advanced levels challenging all players.

• Special Energy Saver Handicap levels reduce battery use and can be set to your strength.

• Coach to teach moves, watch your games, point out mistakes and give hints.

• Built in Elo rating monitor rates your play and measures your progress.

• Multiple database support, includes 4 game databases of the great champions.

• Game variations through multiple linked game branches.

• Interfaces with desktop software using PGN format import and export.

• Unlimited levels and time controls: Casual, Blitz, Active, Fischer and Tournament.

• Numerous opening books with latest opening theory for study and preparation.

• High res, colour graphics, multiple boards sizes, piece sets and VCR controls.

Why not learn, play or analyse chess while you travel? HIARCS Palm Chess Pro makes a perfect companion on a journey.

For more information visit: https://www.hiarcs.com/palm_hiarcs.html

Versions

• Version 13.1 for both 68k and ARM
• Version 12.7 for ARM palmOS 5 only
• Version 9.7 for both 68k and ARM

You need to purchase the program to unlock full features.

Chess ratings:

SSDF rating for "Hiarcs 13.1" is 2652 on Palm Tungsten T5 running at 416 MHz. According to Eric Hallsworth of Selective Search Magazine Hiarcs is rated

• 2525 on 400 MHz ARM

• 2425 on 126-144 MHz ARM

• 2150 on 16-20 MHz 68K processors.

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