HIARCS

HIARCS
Developer(s)Mark Uniacke
Initial release1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Stable release
15 / January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01)
Written inC
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Pocket PC, Palm OS
TypeChess engine
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.hiarcs.com

HIARCS is a proprietary UCI chess engine developed by Mark Uniacke.[1] Its name is an acronym standing for higher intelligence auto-response chess system. Because Hiarcs is written portable in C, it is available on multiple platforms such as Pocket PC, Palm OS, PDAs, iOS, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

HIARCS opening book authors over time were Eric Hallsworth, Sebastian Böhme and Harvey Williamson, who is also operating HIARCS regularly at various computer chess tournaments. HIARCS author Mark Uniacke said in a 2011 video interview that one of his current priorities in development is improving HIARCS to play in a more "human-like fashion" at different Elo strengths.[2]

  1. ^ Uniacke, Mark. "Milestone History". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ^ Kingscrusher YouTube Interview. London, December 11, 2011. "Hiarcs chess engine author." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQX_PxKAMTE