Author: Tony Werten
Date: 06:59:23 02/25/02
THE CMG SEVENTH COMPUTER OLYMPIAD
Maastricht, The Netherlands
July 5-11, 2002
The CMG 7th Computer Olympiad is a multi-games event in which all of the
participants are computer programs. The purpose is to find the strongest
programs at each of the games, partly as an academic exercise and partly
because the competitions are fun. This year's Computer Olympiad takes place
from July 5 to 11 and will be played at the Universiteit Maastricht,
Maastricht, The Netherlands. The organizing committee consists of: H.H.L.M.
Donkers, J.W. Hellemons (chair), H.J. van den Herik, H.M.J. den Hoed, P.A.M.
van der Krogt, and J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk. We are planning tournaments for at
least 16 different games:
Amazons, Awari, Backgammon, Bridge, Chess [the 10th World Computer Chess
Championship], Chinese Chess, 8x8 Draughts, 10x10 Draughts, Gipf, Go, Hex,
Lines of Action, Othello, Poker, Scrabble, and Shogi.
We are willing to host more games, such as Tamsk, Zèrtz, Twixt and Onyx but
we do not know of the existence of adequately playing programs. Therefore we
are awaiting suggestions on games to be adopted and proposals of programmers
of games not included in the list above.
For each game a 2002 tournament will take place provided that at least two
programs enter the tournament for that particular game. The detailed
tournament schedule will not be announced until the closing date for entries
which is May 10, 2002. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded to the
leading programs in each tournament. There will be no cash prizes. The chess
competition of the Computer Olympiad will be a special event, since it is
adopted by the ICCA as the 10th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC
2002).
The Tournament Director of the Computer Olympiad will be Professor Jaap van
den Herik from the Computer Science Department of the Universiteit
Maastricht.
The rules of the CMG 7th Computer Olympiad will be published on our website
(see below).
The entry fees for the Olympiad are as follows:
Amateur: US $ 25
Semi-professional: US $ 250
Professional: US $ 500
A participant is expected to be ICCA member (see page 264).
"Amateur": programmers who have no commercial interest in their program, and
are not professional game programmers. Applicants for amateur classification
must supply information to justify their claim.
"Semi-professional": Any program submitted by an employee or associate from
a games-programming company. The program's name must not be derived from or
similar to a commercial product.
"Professional": A program whose name is the same as or derived from a
commercial product.
Any entry received after July 1 will be subject to a penalty fee, doubling
the above fees.
The latest information about the Computer Olympiad is now online at:
http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/Olympiad2002
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