Nextgen HCE features

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Nextgen HCE features

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The nextgen HIARCS Chess Explorer will support its own database format, .hce which makes it possible to use very large databases (we are testing it on databases with many millions of games). It allows fast operations on databases and is an important basis for many advanced chess database features.

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Nextgen HCE features

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Hi Mark !

New database format (.hce) seems an interesting feature due to .pgn limitations. But what's about compatibility with .pgn format ?
960 Chess support is another great news.

Some questions :

• iPhone / iPad version ?
• Millenium ChessBoard support is interesting, but DGT ?
• And I'agree with ddlj81
ddlj81 wrote:It will be great to get a "pay on demand" cloud engine support in Hiarcs. I use a Mac and prefer to carry on a light laptop. Paying for a powerful cloud on as a service and use it in HIARCS would be a fantastic feature.
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Re: Nextgen HCE features

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jldchess wrote:Hi Mark !

New database format (.hce) seems an interesting feature due to .pgn limitations. But what's about compatibility with .pgn format ?
Well, I'm pretty sure it will still be totally compatible, there is no reason why they should remove existing support just because they introduce a native db system... I guess you will have the option to work with PGN directly or to import in the new format, just like Chessbase and Scid
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I can confirm PGN support remains and is improved for performance, invalid PGN compatibility and functions which can be applied to PGN databases is expanded.
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Any chance for an Android-based version with the next release?
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I have recently purchased an Android device to look at revising the Android project in the new year.
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Nextgen HCE features: Support for Chessbase CBH format

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The NextGen HIARCS Chess Explorer will support Chessbase CBH format.

This will allow customers with Chessbase databases to use them in HIARCS Chess Explorer. Customers will have the option to convert their CBH databases into HCE format so they can benefit from our new chess features.

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Great news! The next Chess Explorer looks promising!
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Re: Nextgen HCE features: Support for Chessbase CBH format

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Mark Uniacke wrote:The NextGen HIARCS Chess Explorer will support Chessbase CBH format.

This will allow customers with Chessbase databases to use them in HIARCS Chess Explorer. Customers will have the option to convert their CBH databases into HCE format so they can benefit from our new chess features.

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Great news! Could you please tell us if we will be able to convert large PGN databases to Hiarcs native database format without opening PGN database?

For example I would like to open databases from lichess website https://database.lichess.org/. There are several files that are larger than 8 GB. Hiarcs Chess Explorer 1.9.4. doesn't support large databases. I think we will not able to open very large PGN databases in Hiarcs Chess Explorer 2.0. Could you please give us an option to convert them to native Hiarcs format?

If this feature will be implemented, I can finally use lichess large databases. :D
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When a database (PGN or CBH) is first opened we ask the customer if they wish to convert the database into HCE format. Once confirmed the database is converted and opened in a new tab.

For example, I opened the Chessbase CBH Mega 2020 database and I chose to have the database converted into HCE format.

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Waooh ! It's a killer feature !
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Open CTG format opening books

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Another NextGen feature is CTG book support so you will be able to use CTG books inside NextGen Chess Explorer. It also means the HIARCS Tournament book from the book subscription can be opened...

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Hi Mark !

Thanx for your Advent Calendar !
Next steps about Mac version ?

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The Mac version will also support Chessbase CBH and CTG formats as described above.
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Mark Uniacke wrote:The Mac version will also support Chessbase CBH and CTG formats as described above.
This alone is wonderful news and will make it well worth the wait Mark. I have a number of CBH databases with annotations etc and they are the only thing for which I keep a Windows virtual machine (parallels) running. To be able to migrate them over natively to Mac will make life so much simpler.

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