- HIARCS
HIARCS is a commercial
computer chess program developed byMark Uniacke . Its name is anacronym stands for "Higher Intelligence Auto Response Chess System".Overview
The first version of the program was released in 1980. Version 11, the first version to support
multiprocessing , was released in December 2006. The current version, version 12, was released in April 2008.The strength of the program comes more from its positional algorithms than from its search speed. [Christian Kongsted, "How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess" (London: Gambit Publications, 2003), p. 111.]
Availability
HIARCS is available for
Microsoft Windows ,Mac OS X , and (since 2004) ARM-basedPalm OS operating systems . It is one of the few top-level chess programs which are available forMac OS X .Performances and benchmarks
HIARCS won the 1993
World Microcomputer Chess Championship .In January
2003 HIARCS played a four game match of chess against grandmasterEvgeny Bareev , the world's number 8 at the time. All the four games were draws, resulting in a tied match.Since 2005, it has been tested to be the strongest chess program available on a handheld device. It is the top handheld on the SSDF rating list, and was considered the strongest engine in a comprehensive review of 63 handheld chess programs. [cite web|url=http://www.grailmaster.com/misc/chess/comp/chessrev/chessreview.html | title=Chess Programs for Pocket PC and Palm devices|accessdate=2007-08-24] It is also the engine inside of
Pocket Fritz 3.HIARCS 10 with the "Hypermodern" setting enabled placed second on the SSDF rating list for June 8, 2006, with a rating of 2856. [http://web.telia.com/~u85924109/ssdf/list.htm]
Hiarcs has maintained a top 5 rating in the SSDF rating list for longer than any other Chess engine.Fact|date=March 2008
HIARCS won the 17th International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship, in December 2007. [cite web|url=http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=475|title=Developers' announcement of 17th Paderborn championship victory|accessdate=2008-03-04] [cite web|url=http://wwwcs.upb.de/~IPCCC/IPCCC2007/ranking.html|title=Paderborn 2007 results|accessdate=2008-03-04]
HIARCS won the silver medal behind
Rybka at the 2008World Computer Chess Championship .In the news
HIARCS 10 appears to have been the program used by the accomplices of Indian chess player
Umakant Sharma , who was expelled from competitive chess for allegedly having the engine's moves illegally communicated to him via aBluetooth device implemented in his headwear. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/06/stories/2006120612002200.htm "Player Expelled for Technology Misuse"] "The Hindu" ]References
External links
* [http://www.hiarcs.com/ HIARCS Chess Software]
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