Table of contents
Welcome to HIARCS Chess Explorer ....................................................................................... 5 Credits & acknowledgements ............................................................................................... 5 System requirements .............................................................................................................. 6 Included items .......................................................................................................................... 6 Installation on PC Windows ................................................................................................... 6 Installation Folders .................................................................................................................. 9 Activation ............................................................................................................................... 10
Updating your license ...................................................................................................... 11
Concepts ............................................................................................................................... 12 Database tabs ................................................................................................................. 13 Databases and Filters ..................................................................................................... 13 Elo ratings ......................................................................................................................... 14 ECO opening naming ...................................................................................................... 14
Getting started ............................................................................................................................ 17 Launch HIARCS Chess Explorer ........................................................................................ 17
Open PGNs with .............................................................................................................. 17 Accessing help ...................................................................................................................... 18 Open database of games .................................................................................................... 18 Making moves ....................................................................................................................... 18 Playing games against the computer ................................................................................. 19 View previous games played against computer ............................................................... 19 Creating a database ............................................................................................................ 19 Managing my games ............................................................................................................ 19 Entering and annotating games .......................................................................................... 20 Analysing games .................................................................................................................. 20 Learning to play openings .................................................................................................... 20 Opening preparation ............................................................................................................ 21 Finding games ...................................................................................................................... 27 Finding players ...................................................................................................................... 27 Configuring the program ...................................................................................................... 27 Add a new chess engine ...................................................................................................... 27 Copy and paste game or positions .................................................................................... 28 Merge game .......................................................................................................................... 28 Copy filter and database games ......................................................................................... 28 Printing games ...................................................................................................................... 28 Setting a language ................................................................................................................ 29
User Interface ............................................................................................................................. 30
Main Window ......................................................................................................................... 30 Game Board ..................................................................................................................... 31 Game Notation ................................................................................................................. 33 Move context menu ..................................................................................................... 34 Comments ................................................................................................................... 35 Move symbols ............................................................................................................. 35 Evaluation symbols ..................................................................................................... 36 Other symbols ............................................................................................................. 37 Undo / Redo changes ................................................................................................... 37
Game Explorer ................................................................................................................. 38 Quick search ............................................................................................................... 38
Opening Explorer ............................................................................................................. 39 Move statistics ............................................................................................................ 40
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