SOFTWARE ENGR IN C
EECS 22L, Course Code: 18020
Quarter: Winter Quarter 2017

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Chess Game Tournament

Tournament Scoreboard

Time and location: 5:00 PM - 8:50PM, Tue., Feb. 7 2017, DBH 1200

The tournament rules:

  1. Round one (16 teams, 1 hour):
    • 16 teams are divided into 4 groups: group 1 (1, 2, 3, 4), group 2 (5, 6, 7, 8), group 3 (9, 10, 11, 12), group 4 (13, 14, 15, 16).
    • Each team competes with the other 3 teams in the same group, chooses white AI VS black AI then black AI VS white AI, thus in total there will be 6 games for each team;
    • Each team provides at least 2 players and 1 observer per game;
      • One player stays at home station to operate its white AI (thus "black" should be chosen under the program's human VS AI mode)
      • The other player goes to a guest station to operate the black AI and compete with the opponent's white AI (thus "white" should be chosen under the program's human VS AI mode)
      • More games can be done in parallel if more players are provided
      • The observer monitors other teams playing and keeps an eye on the time via this (Online Chess Clock), reports the results to the TAs
    • Max time allowed per game: 20 mininutes (<= 10 minutes for each side)
    • The top 50% teams advance to next the round, if the last teams have the same scores, a random one will be chosen to advance, the same rule applies for other rounds
    • Only one game between every two teams in the following rounds, the start side is decided randomly by tossing a coin
  2. Round two (8 teams, 20 minutes):
    • Group 1's 1st place team VS Group 2's 2nd place team;
    • Group 1's 2nd place team VS Group 2's 1st place team;
    • Group 3's 1st place team VS Group 4's 2nd place team;
    • Group 3's 2nd place team VS Group 4's 1st place team;
  3. Round three (4 teams, 20 minutes):
    • The 1st place team among team 1-8 VS the 2nd place team among team 9-16;
    • The 2nd place team among team 1-8 VS the 1st place team among team 9-16;
  4. Round four (2 teams, 20 minutes):
    • The winners from round three compete with each other;

Bonus:

How do two teams compete?

It is the two AIs of both teams that compete with each other.
One player from team A and another one from team B operate their computer program to make team A's AI compete with team B's. The white side (AI) moves the piece first. Thus you do not have to be advanced chess players yourselves. For example:

The team with the strongest AI can win up to 9 games (45 bonus points). Team with the highest score is the winner of the tournament.

May the best team win!

Teams

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