#Hiarcs chess explorer mac Pc#
The database search on Fritz is quite powerful (but a little unorthodox), more powerful and useful than ChessX/HIARCS/Shredder, I think the only thing that competes is SCID (SCID vs PC is the windows version I think).įritz interface also supports engines using UCI as well as Chessbase’s own proprietary engine interface.Īs for engine: Stockfish is king of the hill, Komodo is available directly from Komodo as a UCI engine. And it supports the open source chess database formats (e.g. Their proprietary file formats for the chess database, and the ability to create your own opening books (something I’ve recently started experimenting with). I’d recommend the Fritz interface, because it’s simpler, it has the baseline features of Chessbase, e,g. So start simply with Fritz 16 on one core.
Though I’d avoid Fat Fritz 17 - that requires an available GPU to work properly. If it stops malfunctioning, then you can start tweaking the engine parameters. First step, in the engine analysis window where it says, for example “4 CPUs”, click that and select “1 CPUs” and retry your testing. Since the engines you mention in this interface are multi-core engines, it’s probably a case that you’ve configured the engine to use all the cores in your machine, leaving no resources for Windows and running apps and the GUI (Open up Windows Task Manager and keep that running when you test, then watch the CPU usage). Something like the configured hash table is too big and runs your computer out of memory, at which point the application hangs. This is likely a misconfiguration of the engine. You mention that the Fritz-GUI engines malfunctions on your computer. You can have just the board in the Fritz interface if you want. In all Chess GUIs you can remove the components you don’t need, resize the board, change how the board and pieces look. The Fritz GUI is much better on Windows than the alternatives. You can buy them standalone, and mix and match the GUI with multiple engines.Ĭhessbase’s simple Chess GUI is what’s called the Fritz interface - that’s what you are referring to when you mention Fritz 16/17/18/Komodo. HIARCS (standard or deep), Shredder (standard or deep) engines are UCI engines.
UCI is the protocol programs and GUIs use to talk to chess engines.
#Hiarcs chess explorer mac software#
HIARCS Chess Explorer is a chess GUI, it’s a commercial derivative of open source software called ChessX.Īll of these chess GUIs you can add in chess engines that support UCI. I think you are confusing the graphical interface with the chess engine. I am an amateur player, I play for joy and out of passion. occasional practice games for ELO evaluation with the engine. learning endings (but it doesn't matter that much),
#Hiarcs chess explorer mac pro#
I have the budget for the HCE Pro Deep, but I don't know if it makes sense to overpay. HCE Pro is newly released, and will probably be supported for years. At this point, I also don't know whether to buy the standard version or the deep version, not so much because of the multi-core support, but the GM+ 2022 online book (12 million positions where the standard version has 3 million) and 1000GB online endgame tablebases. HCE Pro is in my native language, has great support and forum, but is more expensive (70 euro - standard version, 100 euro - deep version). But I don't know if it is further developed. I'm wondering which one to choose? Shredder 13 is the cheapest for me (single core option, 50 euro), supports the chessboards I have (Novag Citrine, DGT Pegasus), has slightly more training options (hard for me to research, but that's how they advertise the product on their website). I just want one, without discussing the others and the fact that there are cheaper/free replacements. The engines of both play humanely (which is important to me). I like HCE Pro and Shredder 13 because they have a simple, easy to read GUI. It seems that HIARCS and Shredder will offer longer support (does Chessbase continue to support Frtiz 17? Probably not - I mean). I rejected Aquarium because it is undevelopable and complicated, and Fritz 18/17/16/Komodo because their interface sometimes malfunctions on my computer, and I have the impression that of the Chessbase family only the title "Chessbase" matters. After gathering the pros and cons of each program, I decided that I was interested in the new HIARCS Chess Explorer PRO and Shredder 13. My search included commercial solutions such as: Shredder, HIARCS, Aquarium, Fritz 18/17/16/Komodo Dragon. I wanted a cool GUI and at the same time an interesting engine. The moment has come, when I want to have finally some universal, local program to work on chess.
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