Computer Go Tournament Specification

Liberec, Czech Republic, 29th July 2015, as a part of EGC 2015.

http://pasky.or.cz/iggsc2015/ :: iggsc2015@v.or.cz

Registration deadline: July 5, 2015 July 20, 2015.

Rules

The Chinese rules with 7.5 komi are used. The system should be Swiss, 5 rounds, even games (tournament system could be modified according to the number of participants). The thinking time is 60 minutes plus 10 stones/30 seconds Canadian byo-yomi. The tournament will take place on KGS (see Communication Protocol below). The winning operator/bot will have a chance to play against a professional player.

HW Specification

The participants will have to use provided HW. The specification follows:

Operator

Each program that enters the tournament must be accompanied by someone who will operate it. This may be its author or any volunteer. It is up to the person who enters the tournament to find someone who will operate his/her program.

Bot Communication Protocol

The program should support communication using the GTP protocol, at least to the extent required by the official kgsGTP wrapper. We recommend that programs test playing complete games on KGS before the tournament.

Fairplay

The participants must honor fairplay. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and any violation will result in immediate disqualification from the tournament and will be publicly announced.

Registration

The Computer Go Tournament Registration Deadline is July 5, 2015 July 20, 2015. Please register by sending an email to iggsc2015@v.or.cz (possibly with subject "IGGSC2015 Computer Go Turnament").

Prizes

Financial prizes for the best three participants.