HIARCS Chess Explorer 1 / 92 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 2 / 92 Sources ........................................................................................................................ 41 Database source ................................................................................................... 41 Filter source ............................................................................................................ 42 Local source ........................................................................................................... 42 Online sources ....................................................................................................... 42 Analysis Explorer ............................................................................................................. 43 Concise view ............................................................................................................... 44 History and Statistic view ........................................................................................... 45 Analyse game ............................................................................................................. 46 Endgame tablebase access ..................................................................................... 47 Play game mode .............................................................................................................. 48 Short cut toolbar icons ..................................................................................................... 49 Database icons ........................................................................................................... 49 Game icons ................................................................................................................. 50 View icons ................................................................................................................... 51 Play icons .................................................................................................................... 51 Short cut keystrokes ........................................................................................................ 52 Menus ..................................................................................................................................... 52 File menu .......................................................................................................................... 52 Edit menu .......................................................................................................................... 53 View menu ........................................................................................................................ 55 Game menu ...................................................................................................................... 56 Play menu ......................................................................................................................... 58 Search menu ...................................................................................................................