HIARCS Chess for MAC
Moderators: Watchman, Mark Uniacke, mrudolf
HIARCS Chess for MAC
Hi - i was looking for a chess programme for my mac computer, HIARC got suggested and i was told to drop a post on this forum...
The HIARC site's pretty hectic and I wasn't really sure which one of them i wanted.
I'm a beginner so the tuition side of thing's important to me.
At the moment Shredder and HIARC seem to be the main two...
Cheers!
The HIARC site's pretty hectic and I wasn't really sure which one of them i wanted.
I'm a beginner so the tuition side of thing's important to me.
At the moment Shredder and HIARC seem to be the main two...
Cheers!
- Harvey Williamson
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6079
- Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:57 am
- Location: Media City, UK
- Contact:
- Harvey Williamson
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6079
- Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:57 am
- Location: Media City, UK
- Contact:
This is the one you want https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/chec ... 0531162]=1RedTea wrote:Oh right, well it won't need more than one core to beat me for a fair old while
can't seem to find a trial version for HIARC at the moment, got one for shredder.
more details on this page http://www.hiarcs.com/mac-chess-explorer.htm
- Harvey Williamson
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6079
- Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:57 am
- Location: Media City, UK
- Contact:
brought HIARC's the other day... As a programme it's better than shredder IMO just on the grounds the window is all one thing instead of lots of little separate ones, that was really annoying.
The tutor bit doesn't seem that good to me - doesn't really give that much, just flags when you're doing a particularly bad move, no reasoning or anything.
Looks good though, takes a fair bit of time to move sometimes, im not sure whether thats to simulate a human opponent or because thats just how long it takes.
I really haven't dug that deep though, opened the notated matches the other day and all thats way too advanced for me, if that gives any indication where I'm at level wise.
is there a way to manually edit your ELO rating thing? I think i'd be best off starting from the lowest possible...
cheers
The tutor bit doesn't seem that good to me - doesn't really give that much, just flags when you're doing a particularly bad move, no reasoning or anything.
Looks good though, takes a fair bit of time to move sometimes, im not sure whether thats to simulate a human opponent or because thats just how long it takes.
I really haven't dug that deep though, opened the notated matches the other day and all thats way too advanced for me, if that gives any indication where I'm at level wise.
is there a way to manually edit your ELO rating thing? I think i'd be best off starting from the lowest possible...
cheers
- Harvey Williamson
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6079
- Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:57 am
- Location: Media City, UK
- Contact:
At 900 you must get a fair chance, even if you are beginning. Don't play too fast and play with some increment, that is some extra seconds for each move. In chess, time is very important for human quality play. For a beginner or an occasional player with few practice I wouldn't recommended anything faster than 5 12 (five minutes per game plus 12 seconds for each move). Enjoy.
Another funny way is like this. Play first game with the lowest rated possible, then when you draw, play next game with same rating; when you win or lose, increase or drop 25 rating points in the next game. Play all games with automatic selection of pieces color.Harvey Williamson wrote: I suggest you use the option where Hiarcs matches your strength. It will adapt its level to how you play and should prove to be an interesting opponent.