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'''Mark Uniacke''',<br/>
a British computer scientist, and as computer chess programmer author of [[HIARCS]] <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/mark_uniacke.htm Mark Uniacke - the author of HIARCS] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>, available for [[Pocket PC]], [[Palm]], [[Apple]] [[iPhone]] & [[iPod Touch]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant PDAs], [[IBM PC|PC]] and [[Macintosh]] computers <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>. Mark started chess programming in 1979 and the very first Higher Intelligence Auto Response Chess System - HIARCS was already written in [[Basic]] in 1980 <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/hiarcs_chronicle.htm Hiarcs Chronicles] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>.
=Photos=
<ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
[[FILE:munich3playoff.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
[[WMCCC 1993]] Playoff [[Mephisto|Wundermaschine]] vs. [[HIARCS]], [[Richard Lang]], [[David Levy]],<br/> Mark's father and Mark watching
[[FILE:anandmark4Aegon97.gif|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Viswanathan Anand] playing [[HIARCS]], [[Aegon 1997]]
=HIARCS=
Quote by Mark Uniacke from ''Now Walking, 1982-1983: HIARCS 5'' <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/nowwalking.htm Now Walking, 1982-1983: HIARCS 5] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>:
The inspiration for the new HIARCS search was sought from the book [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]] and in particular the article "The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure" by [[Larry Harris]] from [[Dartmouth College]] <ref>[[Larry Harris]] ('''1974'''). ''Heuristic Search under Conditions of Error''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(journal) Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 5, No. 3, also as ('''1977'''). ''The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]]</ref>. HIARCS was still written in the relatively primitive [[BASIC]] programming language and being interpreted it meant the program was rather slow. To compensate for this I developed some heuristics to help guide the search and evaluation in a more targeted way.
=See also=
* [[Knowledge#SearchVersusEvaluation|Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation]]
=Publications=
* [[Mark Uniacke]] ('''1992'''). ''The Chess Tournament of the AST 4th Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#15_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3]] » [[4th Computer Olympiad#Chess|4th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Mark Uniacke]] ('''1995'''). ''Computers & Operators''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]] pp. 65
* [[Mark Uniacke]] ('''1995'''). ''Autoplayers''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]] pp. 66
* [[Thorsten Czub]] ('''2003'''). ''Mark Uniacke interviewed - Programming HIARCS 9''. [[Selective Search]] 108, pp. 12, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_108.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2944 Re: Search or Evaluation?] by [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], October 14, 2007 » [[Knowledge#SearchVersusEvaluation|Search versus Evaluation]], [[Search]], [[Evaluation]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.hiarcs.com/mark_uniacke.htm Mark Uniacke - the author of HIARCS] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=17 Mark Uniacke's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7069 HIARCS 13 – the Professional Openings Book] by [[Mark Uniacke]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 10, 2011 » [[Opening Book]]
* <span id="Video"></span>Hiarcs chess engine author, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQX_PxKAMTE?rel=0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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[[FILE:MarkUniacke.jpg|border|right|thumb| Mark Uniacke <ref>Capture from the 2011 [[#Video|Video Interview]]</ref> ]]
'''Mark Uniacke''',<br/>
a British computer scientist, and as computer chess programmer author of [[HIARCS]] <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/mark_uniacke.htm Mark Uniacke - the author of HIARCS] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>, available for [[Pocket PC]], [[Palm]], [[Apple]] [[iPhone]] & [[iPod Touch]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant PDAs], [[IBM PC|PC]] and [[Macintosh]] computers <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>. Mark started chess programming in 1979 and the very first Higher Intelligence Auto Response Chess System - HIARCS was already written in [[Basic]] in 1980 <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/hiarcs_chronicle.htm Hiarcs Chronicles] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>.
=Photos=
<ref>[http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]</ref>
[[FILE:munich3playoff.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
[[WMCCC 1993]] Playoff [[Mephisto|Wundermaschine]] vs. [[HIARCS]], [[Richard Lang]], [[David Levy]],<br/> Mark's father and Mark watching
[[FILE:anandmark4Aegon97.gif|none|border|text-bottom|560px|link=http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html]]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand Viswanathan Anand] playing [[HIARCS]], [[Aegon 1997]]
=HIARCS=
Quote by Mark Uniacke from ''Now Walking, 1982-1983: HIARCS 5'' <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.com/nowwalking.htm Now Walking, 1982-1983: HIARCS 5] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]</ref>:
The inspiration for the new HIARCS search was sought from the book [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]] and in particular the article "The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure" by [[Larry Harris]] from [[Dartmouth College]] <ref>[[Larry Harris]] ('''1974'''). ''Heuristic Search under Conditions of Error''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(journal) Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 5, No. 3, also as ('''1977'''). ''The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]]</ref>. HIARCS was still written in the relatively primitive [[BASIC]] programming language and being interpreted it meant the program was rather slow. To compensate for this I developed some heuristics to help guide the search and evaluation in a more targeted way.
=See also=
* [[Knowledge#SearchVersusEvaluation|Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation]]
=Publications=
* [[Mark Uniacke]] ('''1992'''). ''The Chess Tournament of the AST 4th Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#15_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3]] » [[4th Computer Olympiad#Chess|4th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Mark Uniacke]] ('''1995'''). ''Computers & Operators''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]] pp. 65
* [[Mark Uniacke]] ('''1995'''). ''Autoplayers''. [[Computer Chess Reports|Computer Chess Reports Vol. 5 No. 3+4]] pp. 66
* [[Thorsten Czub]] ('''2003'''). ''Mark Uniacke interviewed - Programming HIARCS 9''. [[Selective Search]] 108, pp. 12, [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/SS_108.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2944 Re: Search or Evaluation?] by [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Computer Chess Forums|HIARCS Forum]], October 14, 2007 » [[Knowledge#SearchVersusEvaluation|Search versus Evaluation]], [[Search]], [[Evaluation]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.hiarcs.com/mark_uniacke.htm Mark Uniacke - the author of HIARCS] from [http://www.hiarcs.com/index.htm HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=17 Mark Uniacke's ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.thorstenczub.de/hiarcs.html Hiarcs Fan Page] by [[Thorsten Czub]]
* [http://www.rebel.nl/authors.htm Meet the Authors] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]]
* [http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7069 HIARCS 13 – the Professional Openings Book] by [[Mark Uniacke]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], March 10, 2011 » [[Opening Book]]
* <span id="Video"></span>Hiarcs chess engine author, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQX_PxKAMTE?rel=0|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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