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|| [[image:310px-Wilson-avernus.jpg link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson-avernus.jpg"]] ||~ || **Averno**,
a [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]] aka [[WinBoard]] compatible chess engine by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán]] written in [[Cpp|C++]] <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=50192&p=19006|Re: Engines written in which programming language?]] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], June 02, 2009</ref>. The development started in 1999, using a simple [[8x8 Board]] representation (board[64]) <ref>[[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=68623|Averno]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], September 14, 1999</ref>, later evolving to [[0x88]] <ref>[[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=42034&start=1|Re: Surprising performance {to me} by GLC 3 verses Comet B60]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|Jose Carlos]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], April 02, 2003</ref>. Averno played the ten first [[CCT Tournaments]] from 2000 to 2008.

The name Averno refers to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Avernus|Lake Avernus]] (Lago d'Averno) in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avernus|Avernus crate]] near [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples|Naples]], that the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome|Romans]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology|mythologized]] as the entrance to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underworld|underworld]]. ||
|| Lago d'Averno <ref>Lake Avernus by [[Arts#RichardWilson|Richard Wilson]] c. 1765, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Victoria|National Gallery of Victoria]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne|Melbourne]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons|Wikimedia Commons]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Avernus|Lake Avernus from Wikipedia]] </ref> ||~ ||^ ||
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=See also=
* [[Anubis]]
* [[Various Classifications#Mythology|Mythology]]

=Forum Posts=
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=67450|Averno]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], September 05, 1999
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=68623|Averno]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], September 14, 1999
* [[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=30371&p=115503|Averno 0.18b]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 27, 1999
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=76197|Averno's sources]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], November 03, 1999
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=130420|Averno 0.31 is ready for download]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], September 24, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=132039|Averno 0.31 source code in my web page]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], October 08, 2000
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=208926|First weekend of CCT4 from Averno's viewpoint]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], January 21, 2002 » [[CCT4]]
* [[http://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=210736|Averno in CCT4 - Second weekend]] by [[José Carlos Martínez Galán|José Carlos]], [[CCC]], January 29, 2002

=External Links=
==Chess Engine==
* [[http://www.quarkchess.de/averno/|Welcome to Averno home page]] hosted by [[Thomas Mayer]] 
* [[https://sites.google.com/site/hispanicchessengines/hispanic-american-engines-1/description|Descriptions - Hispanic Chess Engines]]
==Misc==
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averno|Averno (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avernus|Avernus from Wikipedia]]

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