This allows you to select from well over a hundred named openings both to learn different opening systems
and get practice in those positions.
Please see the Play game section for further details on other elements of this dialog.
Opening preparation
One the advanced features of HIARCS Chess Explorer is its ability to allow players of all strengths to
prepare their openings and also prepare for opponents. As an example we will briefly take a hypothetical
look at how you could prepare an opening to play as Black against ex World Chess Champion Garry
Kasparov.
Find games of opponent
We first open the "TopGames" database which is packaged with HIARCS Chess Explorer.
In the Game Explorer dialog we can use the Quick search field to find all games played by Garry Kasparov
with the White pieces. We simply enter "Kasparov-" and press return (or click Find) and all Kasparov's
white games will appear in the Game Explorer pane. Please note you can easily make advanced searching
combinations, see the Quick search section for details.
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