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announcement 18th World Computer Chess Championship World Chess Software Championship World Computer Chess Blitz Championship JAIST Computer Olympiad International Conference on Computers and Games 2010 Kanazawa, Japan : September 24th to October 2nd 2010 The ICGA is delighted to announce that our events for 2010 will be held in Kanazawa, Japan, hosted by the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). The contract for hosting this event was signed on October 5th in Kanazawa by ICGA President David Levy and JAIST President Takuya Katayama. The dates are September 24th to October 2nd 2010. 2010 is the 20th anniversary of the founding of JAIST and our events will form an important role in their anniversary celebrations. Kanazawa is a city with a strong cultural identity. One of the most important sights in the city is Kenroku-en Garden, which is one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan. This announcement serves also as a call for papers for the International Conference on Computer Games (2010). Full details of the conference will be available in due course. ICGA tournament links: English or Japanese Directly to the JAIST site: Click here! For CG 2010 reviewers: The CG 2010 website and The conference Tool |
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WCCC, WCSC, and Computer Olympiad announcements |
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The 7th Annual Arimaa Man vs Machine Challenge Match |
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The third edition of the Chess Programmers Tournament |
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announcement World Computer Chess Championship and World Chess Software Championship 2010 Financial Support for Participants The ICGA is offering ten travel support grants of 1,000 Euro each to assist participants at the 2010 World Computer Chess Championship and World Chess Software Championship in Kanazawa, Japan (September 24th-October 2nd 2010). In order to be eligible for consideration for an early decision as to the award for a grant, participants must send in their entry for the event to reach the ICGA secretariat not later than May 31st 2010. Entries received after that date will be considered for a grant only if all ten of the awards are not made to those who enter before the May 31st deadline. The ICGA will allocate the grants in accordance with the following order of priorities: Programming team members before operators who are not in the programming team. [NOTE: For the purposes of this priority, someone who worked on the openings book but not on the programming will not be considered as a member of the programming team.] The purpose of this priority is to encourage the presence of as many of the programmers as possible. Within each of the two above groups the grants will be allocated in accordance with the following priority order: [1] Amateurs who take part in both the WCCC and the WCSC. [2] Amateurs who take part only in the WCCC. [3] Amateurs who take part only in the WCSC. [4] - [6] Semi-professionals in the same order. [7] - [9] Professionals in the same order. The ICGA secretariat will take appropriate steps where necessary to verify the status of entrants who apply to take part in the Amateur or Semi-Professional categories. Entrants do not need to make any special application for a travel grant. The ICGA will assume that everyone will want one if available! All those who enter one or both of the chess events by May 31st will be notified by June 15th as to whether or not they will receive a travel grant. Those who are offered grants will have the 1,000 Euro credited to their bank accounts shortly after completion of the event in Kanazawa. David Levy [ICGA President] |
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