the Computer Olympiad 2016 will take place in Leiden (NL), organized by the ICGA. Start is on Monday, June 27. And everything will be finished on Sonday, July 03.
Several of the games from LG will be played, for instance Amazons, Breakthrough, Connect6, Lines of Action, Chess, Go, Hex, Dots and Boxes, Draughts, EinStein, ...
The event is not only a competition but also the opportunity to meet friends and interesting people.
> Thanks for the info! I am seriously considering going this year. When is the registration deadline?
I think that so far no concrete deadline has been published. Anyhow, early registration helps the organizers.
In which games do you intend to participate? (The reason for this question is that the Olympiad is a rather personal affair. A game will be played only if there are at least two competitors. In certain cases at least three competitiors are required when more than a Gold medal will be awarded.)
we are approaching the Computer Olympiads, to start in Leiden (NL) on June 27. Strong competitors have entered for Amazons and Breakthrough (4 bots each). A highlight will be Draughts (on 10x10 board) with 10 teams participating. "EInStein wurfelt nicht" will see seven starters: on each from the US, China, Japan, and Germany (team "Hanfried" from Jena, title defender) - and three from Taiwan. This year there even were National EWN computer Championships in Taiwan.
Of course, also classics like Chess, Go, and Hex will be played. And surprise: There is also an Othello competition with three bots to start. (Altogether 26 different games are announced.)
Feel free to visit the event. It is on Leiden University Campus, in the Snellius building (right wing, ground floor).
There is a tentative program (that is probably pretty close to how things will actually happen) in a pdf file, but I'm not sure the easiest way to make it publicly available. Suggestions welcome.
One piece of information: Ewn will definitely start on Monday already, and likely for more than one hour. We have seven teams; each pairing will have 8 games. Winner of the tournament will be the program with the largest number of wins in total.
Although I can't make it to the tournament, I'd be very interested to hear what happened in the dots and boxes games (June 30th) and the Hex games (27-28/6 and 1-2/7). Perhaps the best place to put any information like this would be in the dots and boxes / hex forum. I wonder if William Frazer managed to get his database back into shape?
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