Author: Eduard Nemeth
Date: 04:51:52 12/06/04
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That is a very nice message! The Palm HIARCS is real very strong. I like it. See my message here (with pgn): http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?399040 Eduard. On December 05, 2004 at 22:07:38, enrico carrisco wrote: >Macintosh HIARCS >---------------- >The new Mac HIARCS product is nearing completion and we hope to have it >available before Christmas. We believe it will be the strongest chess >software ever on Macintosh computers and will also have a high quality >graphical user interface. We will be updating the website accordingly over >the next week to explain the product offering in more detail. > > >Palm HIARCS >----------- >The new Palm HIARCS 9.50 update has been placed on the Hiarcs web site. This >is a FREE update for all registered customers. > >This update provides the following improvements: >1) Set Elo levels 1350 Elo to 2000 Elo inclusive catering for players of >intermediate strength. Palm HIARCS now offers opponents from absolute >beginner (750 Elo) to Strong Grandmaster (2600 Elo). Fast ARM based hardware >is required for GM strength. > >2) Chess coaching has now been extended to support ALL levels including the >weaker instant sparring levels. If you accept the coach's warning and take >back your move you can now ask for a move hint using the Move Hint menu item >to perhaps see a better alternative move. > >3) Move Hints are now almost always available (except in analysis mode where >the best variations are displayed instead). So for example if you are >playing on one of the weaker instant sparring levels you can now ask for >move hints. > >4) Some piece graphics have been improved in multiple board views. In >particular the knights in both Classic and Challenger piece styles have been >enhanced. Thanks to Bryan Whitby for the new Challenger knight. > >5) There is now a separate indicator that the board has been flipped. When >the board is flipped a pixel above the side to play box in the bottom right >hand corner is set. This information is available in all board sizes. > >6) A number of other improvements to areas such as clocks, typewriter input, >book move display. > >You can download the update from http://www.hiarcs.com by selecting the Palm >Chess download link to visit our download page. > >Simply install it over the previous version, if you are a registered >customer the product will remain fully registered. > >-elc.
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