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[[FILE:gavon_tontec.jpg|border|right|thumb| Gavon <ref>[[http://www.itontec.com/|Tontec's]] 320x480 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film-transistor_liquid-crystal_display|TFT display]] attached to [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberri Pi 2] and [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto Modular]]</ref> ]]
'''Gavon''',<br/>
a portable, commercial chess system by [[Josu Bergara Ede]] with the look and feel of the [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] of the 80's, using [[Windows]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer#Windows tablet], [[Raspberry Pi]], [[pcDuino]], or [[ODROID]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display LCD] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypad Keypad] unit <ref>[https://www.adafruit.com/products/1109 Adafruit RGB Positive 16x2 LCD+Keypad Kit for Raspberry Pi]</ref> or TFT displays,
and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital SD memory card] with pre-installed [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engines]], shipped via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay eBay].
Gavon can be classified as a chess UI similar to [[Arena]] or [[Scid vs. PC]] with the chess engines integrated. It is written in [[C]], like the chess engines compiled for the [[ARM11|ARM]] processor, running under [[Linux]], supporting both the [[UCI|Universal Chess Interface]] and the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[XBoard]].
=Playing Chess=
Gavon allows to play chess without connecting either to a PC or monitor. When the host system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting boots], it will automatically start the Gavon controller program which loads the chess engines available.
Indicated by its LCD, one can select the engine, level and mode of play via the selection buttons. [[Entering Moves|Entering moves]] is possible via the keypad as well, but Gavon is also able to interface with various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB USB] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Bluetooth] [[Sensory Board|Sensory boards]], such as the [[DGT Board#USB|DGT USB Board]] <ref>[http://www.dgtprojects.com/site/index.php/products/electronic-boards/usb DGT USB e-Board]</ref> , [[DGT Board#Bluetooth|DGT Bluetooth Board]] or [[SolusChess|Berger's USB Solus Board]] <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/bergersprojects/reedcb Magnetic USB Chessboard (SolusChess) - Berger's Projects - DIY]</ref> <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/bergersprojects/reedcb/gavon SolusChess connected to Gavon by Josu Bergara]</ref> Can be connected to classic chess computers such as [[SciSys Leonardo#Renaissance|Saitek Renaissance]] using the [[SciSys Leonardo#OSA|OSA-Link]] interface. Gavon has several opening created from world chess champions or from user custom [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] files that can be used to play the games. The played moves can be heard by an external speaker connected to the audio output of the Raspberry Pi.
=Available Chess Engines=
* [[Stockfish]] v. 5.0 by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], and [[Joona Kiiski]] 2733
* [[Stockfish]] v. 6.0 by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], and [[Joona Kiiski]] 2683
* [[DON]] v. 150914 by [[Ehsan Rashid]] 2635
* [[Stockfish]] v. 3.32 by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], and [[Joona Kiiski]] 2627
* [[Ivanhoe]] 999946f by ''Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin'' et al. 2545
* [[Firenzina]] v. 2.4.1 by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[Dmitri Gusev]] and [[Matthew R. Brades]] 2520
* [[Toga|Toga II]] v 1.4 by [[Thomas Gaksch]] and [[Fabien Letouzey]] 2437
* [[Protector]] v. 1.5 by [[Raimund Heid]] 2427
* [[Senpai]] v. 1.0 by [[Fabien Letouzey]] 2425
* [[Protector]] v. 1.8 by [[Raimund Heid]] 2419
* [[Protector]] v. 1.7 by [[Raimund Heid]] 2357
* [[Crafty]] v.24.1.by [[Robert Hyatt]] 2299
* [[Fruit]] v. 2.1 by [[Fabien Letouzey]] 2297
* [[Hakkapeliitta]] v.2 [[Mikko Aarnos]] 2294
* [[Cheng|Cheng4]] v. 0.36c by [[Martin Sedlak]] 2279
* [[DiscoCheck]] v.3.7 by Lucas Braesch 2278
* [[Rodent]] v. 1.2 by [[Pawel Koziol]] 2246
* [[Hakkapeliitta]] v.1 [[Mikko Aarnos]] 2229
* [[GNU Chess]] v 5.07 by [[Chua Kong Sian]] 2219
* [[GreKo]] v. 10.3 by [[Vladimir Medvedev]] 2207
* [[Pepito]] v1.59-2 by [[Carlos del Cacho]] 2205
* [[Diablo]] v. 0.5.1 [[Marcus Prewarski]] 2100
* [[RedQueen]] v 1.1.4 by [[Ben-Hur Carlos Vieira Langoni Junior]] 2089
* [[CPW-Engine]] v. 1.1 by [[Pawel Koziol]] and [[Edmund Moshammer]] 2047
* [[Faile]] v. 1.2 by [[Adrien Regimbald]] 2032
* [[Jazz]] by [[Evert Glebbeek]] 1978
* [[Gullydeckel]] v. 2.16 by [[Martin Borriss]] 1967
* [[Vice]] v. 1.0 by [[BluefeverSoft|Bluefever]] 1953
* [[Ifrit]] v. j3.6 by [[Andrey Brenkman]]
* [[Napoleon]] by [[Marco Pampaloni]] 1931
* [[Claudia]] v.02 by [[Antonio Garro]] 1931
* [[Jabba]] v. 1.0 by [[Richard Allbert]] 1888
* [[Sissa]] v. 2.0 by [[Christophe Mandin]] 1867
* [[Cinnamon]] v. 1.2b by [[Giuseppe Cannella]] 1805
* [[AdroitChess]] v.0.3 by [[Daniel White]] 1749
* [[Lime]] v. 66 by [[Richard Allbert]] 1778
* [[Robocide]] by [[Daniel White]] 1773
* [[Rocinante]] v. 2.0 by [[Antonio Torrecillas]] 1743
* [[Bismark]] v. 1.2 by [[Evgeny Shtranvasser]] 1741
* [[Maverick]] v. 0.05 by[[Steve Maughan| Steve Maughan]] 1738
* [[Darky]] v. 0.5e by[[Alex Guerrero| Alex Guerrero]]
* [[RedQueen]] v. 0.4 by [[Ben-Hur Carlos Vieira Langoni Junior]] 1686
* [[JFresh]] v. 0.1.a by [[Christian Daley]] 1603
* [[Rocinante]] v. 1.01 by [[Antonio Torrecillas]] 1565
=Etymology=
The name Gavon is the text reverse of [[Novag]], in honor to the famous company of dedicated chess computers.
=See also=
* [[Dedicated Chess Computers]]
* [[DGT Board]]
* [[Micro-Max]]
* [[pcDuino]]
* [[PicoChess]]
* [[Raspberry Pi]]
* [[Sensory Board|Sensory Boards]]
* [[SolusChess]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51200 GAVON Portable Chess System] by [[Bryan Whitby]], [[CCC]], February 08, 2014
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6575&sid=b7c1e806c342b662b536ab62b24d7929 GAVON Portable Chess System] by [[Bryan Whitby|Chessmaster Ireland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], February 08, 2014
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6599 Gavon is here...] by Paul Ward, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], February 17, 2014
* [https://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4906 Gavon, der flexible schachcomputer] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Schachcomputer.info], January 25, 2015 (German)
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7158 Dedicated computers vs PC, PICOCHESS, GAVON] by chesspcmac, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], April 16, 2015 » [[PicoChess]]
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7306 Gavon 2 Chess Test Scores] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 23, 2015
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7490 Gavon 3 Chess Test Scores] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 02, 2015
=External Links=
* [https://sites.google.com/site/bergersprojects/reedcb/gavon SolusChess connected to Gavon by Josu Bergara]
* [http://www.ebay.es/itm/Gavon-USB-DGT-Raspberry-Pi-chess-computer-Schach-computer-Ajedrez-electronico-/261506898461?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item3ce3069a1d&_uhb=1 Gavon USB DGT Raspberry Pi chess computer Schach computer, Ajedrez electronico] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay eBay]
=References=
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'''[[Dedicated Chess Computers|Up one level]]'''
'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[User Interface]] * Gavon'''
[[FILE:gavon_tontec.jpg|border|right|thumb| Gavon <ref>[[http://www.itontec.com/|Tontec's]] 320x480 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film-transistor_liquid-crystal_display|TFT display]] attached to [[Raspberry Pi|Raspberri Pi 2] and [[Mephisto Module Systems|Mephisto Modular]]</ref> ]]
'''Gavon''',<br/>
a portable, commercial chess system by [[Josu Bergara Ede]] with the look and feel of the [[Dedicated Chess Computers|dedicated chess computers]] of the 80's, using [[Windows]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_computer#Windows tablet], [[Raspberry Pi]], [[pcDuino]], or [[ODROID]] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display LCD] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keypad Keypad] unit <ref>[https://www.adafruit.com/products/1109 Adafruit RGB Positive 16x2 LCD+Keypad Kit for Raspberry Pi]</ref> or TFT displays,
and a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital SD memory card] with pre-installed [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess engines]], shipped via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay eBay].
Gavon can be classified as a chess UI similar to [[Arena]] or [[Scid vs. PC]] with the chess engines integrated. It is written in [[C]], like the chess engines compiled for the [[ARM11|ARM]] processor, running under [[Linux]], supporting both the [[UCI|Universal Chess Interface]] and the [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[XBoard]].
=Playing Chess=
Gavon allows to play chess without connecting either to a PC or monitor. When the host system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting boots], it will automatically start the Gavon controller program which loads the chess engines available.
Indicated by its LCD, one can select the engine, level and mode of play via the selection buttons. [[Entering Moves|Entering moves]] is possible via the keypad as well, but Gavon is also able to interface with various [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB USB] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth Bluetooth] [[Sensory Board|Sensory boards]], such as the [[DGT Board#USB|DGT USB Board]] <ref>[http://www.dgtprojects.com/site/index.php/products/electronic-boards/usb DGT USB e-Board]</ref> , [[DGT Board#Bluetooth|DGT Bluetooth Board]] or [[SolusChess|Berger's USB Solus Board]] <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/bergersprojects/reedcb Magnetic USB Chessboard (SolusChess) - Berger's Projects - DIY]</ref> <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/bergersprojects/reedcb/gavon SolusChess connected to Gavon by Josu Bergara]</ref> Can be connected to classic chess computers such as [[SciSys Leonardo#Renaissance|Saitek Renaissance]] using the [[SciSys Leonardo#OSA|OSA-Link]] interface. Gavon has several opening created from world chess champions or from user custom [[Portable Game Notation|PGN]] files that can be used to play the games. The played moves can be heard by an external speaker connected to the audio output of the Raspberry Pi.
=Available Chess Engines=
* [[Stockfish]] v. 5.0 by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], and [[Joona Kiiski]] 2733
* [[Stockfish]] v. 6.0 by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], and [[Joona Kiiski]] 2683
* [[DON]] v. 150914 by [[Ehsan Rashid]] 2635
* [[Stockfish]] v. 3.32 by [[Tord Romstad]], [[Marco Costalba]], and [[Joona Kiiski]] 2627
* [[Ivanhoe]] 999946f by ''Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin'' et al. 2545
* [[Firenzina]] v. 2.4.1 by [[Norman Schmidt]], [[Dmitri Gusev]] and [[Matthew R. Brades]] 2520
* [[Toga|Toga II]] v 1.4 by [[Thomas Gaksch]] and [[Fabien Letouzey]] 2437
* [[Protector]] v. 1.5 by [[Raimund Heid]] 2427
* [[Senpai]] v. 1.0 by [[Fabien Letouzey]] 2425
* [[Protector]] v. 1.8 by [[Raimund Heid]] 2419
* [[Protector]] v. 1.7 by [[Raimund Heid]] 2357
* [[Crafty]] v.24.1.by [[Robert Hyatt]] 2299
* [[Fruit]] v. 2.1 by [[Fabien Letouzey]] 2297
* [[Hakkapeliitta]] v.2 [[Mikko Aarnos]] 2294
* [[Cheng|Cheng4]] v. 0.36c by [[Martin Sedlak]] 2279
* [[DiscoCheck]] v.3.7 by Lucas Braesch 2278
* [[Rodent]] v. 1.2 by [[Pawel Koziol]] 2246
* [[Hakkapeliitta]] v.1 [[Mikko Aarnos]] 2229
* [[GNU Chess]] v 5.07 by [[Chua Kong Sian]] 2219
* [[GreKo]] v. 10.3 by [[Vladimir Medvedev]] 2207
* [[Pepito]] v1.59-2 by [[Carlos del Cacho]] 2205
* [[Diablo]] v. 0.5.1 [[Marcus Prewarski]] 2100
* [[RedQueen]] v 1.1.4 by [[Ben-Hur Carlos Vieira Langoni Junior]] 2089
* [[CPW-Engine]] v. 1.1 by [[Pawel Koziol]] and [[Edmund Moshammer]] 2047
* [[Faile]] v. 1.2 by [[Adrien Regimbald]] 2032
* [[Jazz]] by [[Evert Glebbeek]] 1978
* [[Gullydeckel]] v. 2.16 by [[Martin Borriss]] 1967
* [[Vice]] v. 1.0 by [[BluefeverSoft|Bluefever]] 1953
* [[Ifrit]] v. j3.6 by [[Andrey Brenkman]]
* [[Napoleon]] by [[Marco Pampaloni]] 1931
* [[Claudia]] v.02 by [[Antonio Garro]] 1931
* [[Jabba]] v. 1.0 by [[Richard Allbert]] 1888
* [[Sissa]] v. 2.0 by [[Christophe Mandin]] 1867
* [[Cinnamon]] v. 1.2b by [[Giuseppe Cannella]] 1805
* [[AdroitChess]] v.0.3 by [[Daniel White]] 1749
* [[Lime]] v. 66 by [[Richard Allbert]] 1778
* [[Robocide]] by [[Daniel White]] 1773
* [[Rocinante]] v. 2.0 by [[Antonio Torrecillas]] 1743
* [[Bismark]] v. 1.2 by [[Evgeny Shtranvasser]] 1741
* [[Maverick]] v. 0.05 by[[Steve Maughan| Steve Maughan]] 1738
* [[Darky]] v. 0.5e by[[Alex Guerrero| Alex Guerrero]]
* [[RedQueen]] v. 0.4 by [[Ben-Hur Carlos Vieira Langoni Junior]] 1686
* [[JFresh]] v. 0.1.a by [[Christian Daley]] 1603
* [[Rocinante]] v. 1.01 by [[Antonio Torrecillas]] 1565
=Etymology=
The name Gavon is the text reverse of [[Novag]], in honor to the famous company of dedicated chess computers.
=See also=
* [[Dedicated Chess Computers]]
* [[DGT Board]]
* [[Micro-Max]]
* [[pcDuino]]
* [[PicoChess]]
* [[Raspberry Pi]]
* [[Sensory Board|Sensory Boards]]
* [[SolusChess]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51200 GAVON Portable Chess System] by [[Bryan Whitby]], [[CCC]], February 08, 2014
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6575&sid=b7c1e806c342b662b536ab62b24d7929 GAVON Portable Chess System] by [[Bryan Whitby|Chessmaster Ireland]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], February 08, 2014
* [http://hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6599 Gavon is here...] by Paul Ward, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], February 17, 2014
* [https://www.schachcomputer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4906 Gavon, der flexible schachcomputer] by [[Thorsten Czub]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Schachcomputer.info], January 25, 2015 (German)
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7158 Dedicated computers vs PC, PICOCHESS, GAVON] by chesspcmac, [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], April 16, 2015 » [[PicoChess]]
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7306 Gavon 2 Chess Test Scores] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], July 23, 2015
* [http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7490 Gavon 3 Chess Test Scores] by [[The Spacious Mind|Spacious Mind]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], November 02, 2015
=External Links=
* [https://sites.google.com/site/bergersprojects/reedcb/gavon SolusChess connected to Gavon by Josu Bergara]
* [http://www.ebay.es/itm/Gavon-USB-DGT-Raspberry-Pi-chess-computer-Schach-computer-Ajedrez-electronico-/261506898461?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_186&hash=item3ce3069a1d&_uhb=1 Gavon USB DGT Raspberry Pi chess computer Schach computer, Ajedrez electronico] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay eBay]
=References=
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'''[[Dedicated Chess Computers|Up one level]]'''
