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|| [[image:320px-Saturn,_its_rings,_and_a_few_of_its_moons.jpg link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saturn,_its_rings,_and_a_few_of_its_moons.jpg"]] ||~   || **Equinox**,
a former [[Private Engines|private]] and as of September 30, 2014 and version **3.20** <ref> [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53884|Equinox 3.20 (free to all)]] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], September 30, 2014</ref>, free [[UCI]] compliant [[SMP Engines|SMP chess engine]] by primary author [[Giancarlo Delli Colli]], at times supported by [[Stefano Rocchi]] et al.. As noted by Giancarlo Delli Colli, the progress of Equinox is the result of years of hard work by the authors - and "//[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum|of course, like everybody else does]]//", taking ideas from open source engines like [[Crafty]], [[Stockfish]], [[Ippolit]], and others, from the [[Home|Chess Programming Wiki]] and the [[ICGA Journal]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47411|Message from the Equinox author]] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]] Engine Origins (requires registration), March 05, 2013</ref> . ||
|| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn|Saturn]] at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox|Equinox]] <ref>When the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet|planet]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn|Saturn]] is at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox|equinox]], its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn|rings]] pick up almost no light, as seen in this image by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%E2%80%93Huygens|Cassini]], August 12, 2009, source [[http://ciclops.org/view/5773/The_Rite_of_Spring?js=1|NASA CICLOPS]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox|Equinox from Wikipedia]]</ref> ||~   ||^   ||
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=Tournament Play= 
After the [[Lion]] disaccord at the [[WCCC 2006]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turin|Turin]], Giancarlo was welcomed back to the [[ICGA]] in 2009, to play with the then original Equinox the [[WCCC 2009]] and the open hardware [[14th Computer Olympiad|14th Computer Olympiad 2009]] <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27881|Strongest chess event ever - TODAY]] by [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[CCC]], May 13, 2009</ref> in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona|Pamplona]], supported by opening book author [[Harry Schnapp]]. During the Italian Festival della Scienza Futuro <ref>[[http://festival2009.festivalscienza.it/site/Home.html|Festival della Scienza 2009]]</ref> , [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa|Genoa]] at November 01, 2009, Equinox drew from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_Grandmaster#Woman_Grandmaster_.28WGM.29|WGM]] [[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Sedina|Elena Sedina]], and won versus [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmaster_%28chess%29|GM]] [[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Efimov|Igor Efimov]] <ref>[[http://software.chessdom.com/equinox-sedina-efimov|WGM Sedina and GM Efimov battling against Equinox]], November 4, 2009</ref> <ref>[[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30463|Sedina/Equinox - Efimov/Equinox]] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], November 03, 2009</ref> . It further participated at [[Italian Computer Chess Championship#IOCSC|Italian Open Chess Software Cups]], the [[IOCSC 2010]], the [[IOCSC 2011]], where it won ahead of [[Chiron]], and the "free" group of the [[IOCSC 2012]], where Equinox became runner-up behind [[Vitruvius]]. The "free" group includes both derivative engines and engines whose teams do not accept examinations accordant to the current regulation of the [[G 6]] for original engines <ref>[[http://www.g-sei.org/chess-engines/|Le pagine dei chess engines italiani « G 6]] (Italian)</ref> <ref>[[http://www.g-sei.org/italian-open-chess-software-cup-2012/|Italian Open Chess Software Cup 2012 « G 6]] (Italian)</ref> . Equinox further is active in various private engine tournaments, such as the [[TCEC|Thoresen Chess Engines Competition]] <ref>[[http://www.tcec-chess.net/engine_ratings.php|TCEC - Engine Ratings]]</ref> .

=Photos= 
|| [[image:teamequinox.jpg link="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=410803932329857&set=pb.356448134432104.-2207520000.1364194825&type=3&theater"]] ||
|| Team Equinox celebrating [[IOCSC 2012]] at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Alberto_Sordi|Galleria Alberto Sordi]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome|Rome]] <ref>[[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Italian-Open-Chess-Software-Cup/356448134432104?id=356448134432104&sk=photos_stream|Italian Open Chess Software Cup - Photos | Facebook]]</ref> <ref>[[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=356448134432104&story_fbid=366536400089944|3ª Italian Open... | Facebook]]</ref> ||

=Selected Games= 
Festival della Scienza Futuro, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa|Genoa]], [[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Efimov|Igor Efimov]] - [[Equinox]] <ref>[[http://festival2009.festivalscienza.it/site/Home.html|Festival della Scienza 2009]]</ref>
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[Event "Festival della Scienza Futuro"]
[Site "Genoa, Italy"]
[Date "2009.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Igor Efimov"]
[Black "Equinox"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Be3 g6 11.Bxb6 Bh6 12.e4 d5 13.Nd4 dxe4 14.fxe4 Be3 15.Bb5 Bd7
16.Ngf3 Nxe4 17.Ke2 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Nxd4+ 19.Nxd4 e5 20.Bxd7+ Kxd7 21.Nf3 Ke6
22.a4 Rhd8 23.Ra3 f5 24.Rb3 Rxa4 25.Rxb7 Nxc3+ 26.bxc3 Ra2+ 27.Ke1 Ra1+ 28.Ke2
Rxh1 29.Ng5+ Kd5 30.Rxh7 e4 31.h4 Ra8 32.Rd7+ Ke5 33.Rd2 Rxh4 0-1
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=See also= 
* [[Various Classifications#Astronomy|Astronomy]]
* [[Cipollino]]
* [[Lion]]

=Forum Posts= 
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30463|Sedina/Equinox - Efimov/Equinox]] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], November 03, 2009
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39420|SWCR: Equinox 0.97e x64 in LIVE result mode ...]] by [[Frank Quisinsky]], [[CCC]], June 18, 2011
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47411|Message from the Equinox author]] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]] Engine Origins (requires registration), March 05, 2013
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53884|Equinox 3.20 (free to all)]] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], September 30, 2014
* [[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54627|Equinox 3.30 (both 64-bit and 32-bit)]] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], December 12, 2014

=External Links= 
==Chess Engine== 
* [[http://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=590|Equinox' ICGA Tournaments]]
* [[http://www.g-sei.org/equinox/|Equinox]] « [[G 6]] (Italian)
* [[http://software.chessdom.com/equinox-sedina-efimov|WGM Sedina and GM Efimov battling against Equinox]], November 4, 2009
==Misc== 
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox|Equinox from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_equinox|March equinox from Wikipedia]]
> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_equinox|September equinox from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28disambiguation%29|Equinox (disambiguation) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28celestial_coordinates%29|Equinox (celestial coordinates) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28Amiga_demogroup%29|Equinox (Amiga demogroup) from Wikipedia]]
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28Atari_demogroup%29|Equinox (Atari demogroup) from Wikipedia]]
* [[Videos#JohnColtrane|John Coltrane]] - [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28standard%29|Equinox]] from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltrane%27s_Sound|Coltrane's Sound]] (recorded 1960, released 1964), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube|YouTube]] Video
> John Coltrane Quartet with [[Videos#McCoyTyner|McCoy Tyner]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvin_Jones|Elvin Jones]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Davis_%28bassist%29|Steve Davis]]
> [[media type="youtube" key="5m2HN2y0yV8" width="480"]]

=References= 
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=What links here?= 
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