Averno
Averno,
a Chess Engine Communication Protocol aka WinBoard compatible chess engine by José Carlos Martínez Galán written in C++ [2].
The development started in 1999, using a simple 8x8 Board representation (board[64]) [3], later evolving to 0x88 [4].
Averno played the ten first CCT Tournaments from 2000 to 2008.
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Etymology
Lago d'Averno
The name Averno refers to Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno) in the Avernus crate near Naples, that the Romans mythologized as the entrance to the underworld or hell.
The Path to Hell is Easy
Virgil (29-19 BCE). Aeneis, Book VI, lines 124-127 [5]
Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat,
cum sic orsa loqui vates: "Sate sanguine divom,
Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno;
noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis;"
loose translation by John Dryden, 1697
Then thus replied the prophetess divine:
"O goddess-born of great Anchises' line,
The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way
See also
Forum Posts
1999
- Averno by José Carlos, CCC, September 05, 1999
- Averno by José Carlos, CCC, September 14, 1999
- Averno 0.18b by José Carlos, Winboard Forum, September 27, 1999
- Averno's sources by José Carlos, CCC, November 03, 1999
2000 ...
- Averno 0.31 is ready for download by José Carlos, CCC, September 24, 2000
- Averno 0.31 source code in my web page by José Carlos, CCC, October 08, 2000
- First weekend of CCT4 from Averno's viewpoint by José Carlos, CCC, January 21, 2002 » CCT4
- Averno in CCT4 - Second weekend by José Carlos, CCC, January 29, 2002
External Links
Chess Engine
- Welcome to Averno home page hosted by Thomas Mayer
- Engine Download List from Ron Murawski's Computer-Chess Wiki
- Descriptions - Hispanic Chess Engines
- Averno 0.81 in CCRL 40/4
- Averno 0.81 in KCEC
Misc
- Averno - Wiktionary
- facilis descensus Averno - Wiktionary
- Avernus - Wiktionary
- Averno (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
- Avernus from Wikipedia
- Lake Avernus from Wikipedia
- Bullet - Hell, Demonic Possession, The Entrance to Hell (1971), YouTube Video
- feat. John Du Cann, John Gustafson, Paul Hammond
References
- ↑ Lake Avernus by Richard Wilson c. 1765, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Wikimedia Commons, Lake Avernus from Wikipedia
- ↑ Re: Engines written in which programming language? by Dann Corbit, Winboard Forum, June 02, 2009
- ↑ Averno by José Carlos, CCC, September 14, 1999
- ↑ Re: Surprising performance {to me} by GLC 3 verses Comet B60 by Jose Carlos, Winboard Forum, April 02, 2003
- ↑ facilis descensus Averno - Wiktionary
