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The CSVN organises on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 November its Autumn Activities. For the 47th time a Programmers Tournament will be held (over both days). Next to this there will be the traditional User Tournament for chess computers on Saturday. More information can be found below.

A week earlier, on November 8 and 9 the 2nd CSVN Internet Tournament will be held. For more information see this article.

The location for the tournaments will be "Leids Denksportcentrum", Robijnstraat 4, 2332 KE Leiden, room C.

Complete time schedule:

Saturday 15 November 2014

  • 09:30 - Location open
  • 10:00 - First round of the User Tournament
  • 11:00-12:00 - Arrival, installation and opening Programmers Tournament
  • 12:00-14:00 - 1st round Programmers Tournament
  • 14:10-16:10 - 2nd round Programmers Tournament
  • 16:20-18:20 - 3rd round Programmers Tournament
  • 17:00 - Prize giving ceremony User Tournament

Sunday 16 November 2014

  • 08:50 - Location open
  • 09:00-09:45 - Arrival and installation
  • 09:45-11:45 - 4th round Programmers Tournament
  • 11:55-13:55 - 5th round Programmers Tournament
  • 14:05-16:05 - 6th round Programmers Tournament
  • 16:15-18:15 - 7th round Programmers Tournament
  • 18:30 - Prize giving ceremony Programmers Tournament

Rules for participating in the 47th Programmers Tournament

[ This is a translation of the Dutch rules. Whenever there is a perceived discrepancy, the original Dutch rules shall apply. ]
  1. The programmer, being someone who has programmed at least a substantial part of the program, must register as a participant. Additionally other team members may be enrolled, for example the book author and/or tester.
  2. Any other programmer from whom a contribution is present in the program must be mentioned in the registration together with the nature of their contribution. The use of such contributions must (obviously) be legitimate.
  3. The tournament organization shall refuse the participation of programs that in their opinion are too closely related to other programs.
  4. As part of the registration process the programmer shall subject his program to a similarity test and submit the results. Failing this the entry shall not be accepted. The organization provides instructions on how this test must be executed, as well as example software for UCI and Winboard engines that could be used for this purpose.
  5. During the tournament the arbiter may request a supervised rerun of part of the similarity test.
  6. In case the tournament organization has reason to doubt the accuracy of the registration the participating programmer shall give the arbiter during the tournament access to and explanation of the program, as well as the computer system and development system.
  7. Legal use of endgame databases and opening books is allowed but must be declared during registration.
We request participants to register by e-mail with Jan Krabbenbos ( Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken. /Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.) no later than Monday November 3rd 2014.
 
There is no registration fee for members of the CSVN. The registration fee for non-members is €20.
A minimum of 8 programs is necessary to start the tournament! 
 
Your registration must include the following information:
  • Name of the program(*)
  • Name of the participating programmer and team members(*)
  • Names of all authors of source code of the program and the nature of their contributions(*)
  • The origin of any used endgame databases and opening books(*)
  • The on-site presence of team members during the tournament. The organization encourages the participating programmer to be present during the tournament
  • Correspondence address, email address and phone number of the participating programmer
  • The results (moves) of the similarity test(**). These may be submitted up to 24 hours before the start of the first round
  • Indication of playing strength
  • Type of computer that plays the games (processor, speed, memory, number of cores used(*))
(*) This information will be used in the tournament reporting.
(**) The moves will be treated confidentially. The degree of similarity with other participating programs will be reported. The similarity test will be published on the website including manual and supporting software.

 

29th User Tournament

On Saturday 15 November 2014 the 28th User Tournament for Chess Computers will be held. The start is at 10:00. Participants can mail their participation to Luuk Hofman (Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.).

The maximum playing strength of the chess computers to participate is 1850 ELO. An ELO list with chess computers <1850 can be found at http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Wiki-Elo-Liste.

 

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