Not necessarily. You get an awesome engine plus Hiarcs Chess Explorer for $80-120 dependent on what you want. The $170/month is to get database/opening book updates for one whole year. Chessbase alone costs that much alone depending on what you want to get.
Hiarcs 15 is out
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Given my excitement of Shredder 14 with NNUE due out first quarter this year, this was a welcome surprise
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