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[[FILE:GiancarloDelliColli.JPG|border|right|thumb| Giancarlo Delli Colli <ref>[http://software.chessdom.com/equinox-sedina-efimov Chessdom - WGM Sedina and GM Efimov battling against Equinox], [http://festival2009.festivalscienza.it/site/Home.html Festival della Scienza], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa Genoa], 2009</ref> ]]
'''Giancarlo Delli Colli''', (died in June 2017)<br/>
was an Italian software developer and CEO of the software development company ''Axios Italy''.
As computer chess programmer Giancarlo was author of the [[Fruit]] derivative [[Lion]], [[Cipollino]], and the in 2009 original chess engine [[Equinox]].
Lion, competing at the [[WCCC 2006]] in Turin, was disqualified <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''2006'''). ''The Interpretation of Rules''. Editorial, [[ICGA Journal]], Vol. 29, No. 2, [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/pdf/toc29-2.pdf pdf]</ref>
in consideration of the unclear wording of a rule concerning the conditions for the participation to WCCC 2006, a rule that has been subsequently amended by the [[ICGA]].
Cipollino played the [[CIPS 2007]] with 5½/6, with hindsight zeroed on the [[G 6]] tournament page <ref>[http://e4e6.altervista.org/cips7.php G6 - Live GSEI events: 7. CIPS 2007 & 2. CCC Bologna]</ref>.
Giancarlo came back <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=83&sid=29f8eba894c6840bf10da3e34d3ce75f ICGA Welcomes Lion programmer back to the fold] by [[David Levy]], [[Computer Chess Forums|ICGA-Forum]], May 16, 2009 (dead link)</ref> as co-author of the then original <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=590 Equinox' ICGA Tournaments]</ref> chess engine [[Equinox]] (along with [[Stefano Rocchi]] and Book author [[Harry Schnapp]]),
which competed at the [[WCCC 2009]] in Pamplona. Equinox has won the [[IOCSC 2011]] beating [[Chiron]] - [[IOCSC 2010|last years edition]] winner - at the end of an intense play-off match.
At the [[IOCSC 2012]], Equinox competed as "free" engine <ref>[https://www.g-sei.org/italian-open-chess-software-cup-2012/ Italian Open Chess Software Cup 2012 « G 6]</ref> and became runner up behind [[Vitruvius]]. Giancarlo Delli Colli died in June 2017 after battling two years against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer pancreatic cancer] <ref>[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1075433592600108&id=100004004336068 Announcement] by [[Giuseppe Sgrò]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook Facebook], June 2017</ref>
=Photos=
[[FILE:teamequinox.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|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>[https://www.facebook.com/pg/Italian-Open-Chess-Software-Cup-356448134432104/photos/ Italian Open Chess Software Cup - Photos | Facebook]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [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=64430 A sad news] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2017
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=114 Giancarlo Delli Colli's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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[[FILE:GiancarloDelliColli.JPG|border|right|thumb| Giancarlo Delli Colli <ref>[http://software.chessdom.com/equinox-sedina-efimov Chessdom - WGM Sedina and GM Efimov battling against Equinox], [http://festival2009.festivalscienza.it/site/Home.html Festival della Scienza], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa Genoa], 2009</ref> ]]
'''Giancarlo Delli Colli''', (died in June 2017)<br/>
was an Italian software developer and CEO of the software development company ''Axios Italy''.
As computer chess programmer Giancarlo was author of the [[Fruit]] derivative [[Lion]], [[Cipollino]], and the in 2009 original chess engine [[Equinox]].
Lion, competing at the [[WCCC 2006]] in Turin, was disqualified <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''2006'''). ''The Interpretation of Rules''. Editorial, [[ICGA Journal]], Vol. 29, No. 2, [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/pdf/toc29-2.pdf pdf]</ref>
in consideration of the unclear wording of a rule concerning the conditions for the participation to WCCC 2006, a rule that has been subsequently amended by the [[ICGA]].
Cipollino played the [[CIPS 2007]] with 5½/6, with hindsight zeroed on the [[G 6]] tournament page <ref>[http://e4e6.altervista.org/cips7.php G6 - Live GSEI events: 7. CIPS 2007 & 2. CCC Bologna]</ref>.
Giancarlo came back <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=83&sid=29f8eba894c6840bf10da3e34d3ce75f ICGA Welcomes Lion programmer back to the fold] by [[David Levy]], [[Computer Chess Forums|ICGA-Forum]], May 16, 2009 (dead link)</ref> as co-author of the then original <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=590 Equinox' ICGA Tournaments]</ref> chess engine [[Equinox]] (along with [[Stefano Rocchi]] and Book author [[Harry Schnapp]]),
which competed at the [[WCCC 2009]] in Pamplona. Equinox has won the [[IOCSC 2011]] beating [[Chiron]] - [[IOCSC 2010|last years edition]] winner - at the end of an intense play-off match.
At the [[IOCSC 2012]], Equinox competed as "free" engine <ref>[https://www.g-sei.org/italian-open-chess-software-cup-2012/ Italian Open Chess Software Cup 2012 « G 6]</ref> and became runner up behind [[Vitruvius]]. Giancarlo Delli Colli died in June 2017 after battling two years against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer pancreatic cancer] <ref>[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1075433592600108&id=100004004336068 Announcement] by [[Giuseppe Sgrò]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook Facebook], June 2017</ref>
=Photos=
[[FILE:teamequinox.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|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>[https://www.facebook.com/pg/Italian-Open-Chess-Software-Cup-356448134432104/photos/ Italian Open Chess Software Cup - Photos | Facebook]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
* [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=64430 A sad news] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2017
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=114 Giancarlo Delli Colli's ICGA Tournaments]
=References=
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