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a [[WinBoard]] compliant [[:Category:Open Source Engines|open source chess engine]] written by [[Luca Dormio]] in [[Basic|Visual Basic]], inspired by the [[C]] program [[Faile]] by [[Adrien Regimbald]], and first released in October 1999 <ref>[http://www.reocities.com/TimesSquare/Chaos/9481/indexOld.html Golem's Page] by [[Gianluigi Masciulli]] ([http://www.reocities.com/ reocities])</ref>. LarsenVB participated at various [[Italian Computer Chess Championship|Italian Computer Chess Championships]], from [[CIPS 2001|2001]] until [[CCC 2008|2008]] .

LarsenVB has a [[Mailbox]] board representation, and features most "classics" algorithms like [[Alpha-Beta|alpha-beta]], [[Iterative Deepening|iterative deepening]], and [[Quiescence Search|quiescence search]], while it still lacks a [[Transposition Table|transposition table]] and [[Null Move Pruning|null move pruning]]. The [[Evaluation|evaluation function]] is quite simple and considers [[Pawn Structure|pawn structure]], [[Center Control|basic centralization]] of minor pieces and [[King Centralization|King]] (in the [[Endgame|endgame]]), basic [[King Safety|King safety]] related to [[Castling|castling]], pawn structure and [[Open fileFile|open files]] <ref>[http://xoomer.virgilio.it/ludormio/download_e.htm Downloads], Source code ver. 0.04.07, readme.txt</ref>.