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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