ACG2015 et al.

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The ICGA is delighted to announce that the 2015 ICGA events will be organized in Leiden, the Netherlands, at the Department of Computer Science LIACS, Leiden University.

The events will start at Monday 29 June 2015 and end at 5 July 2015 (with a possible extension of a day, if there are many contestants).

The Events will consist of
[*] The ACG2015 Advances in Computer Games Conference (1-3 July) https://acg2015.wordpress.com/
[*] The World Computer Chess Championship
[*] The World Computer Software Championship
[*] The Speed Computer Chess Championship
[*] The Computer Olympiad

I personally happen to be in Germany the week of July 6-10 for a math conference, and thus will likely attend the latter days.

[User923005]

I am glad that they are finally true to their word about alternating between North America and the European continent.
Oh, wait...

[hyatt]

I am glad that they are finally true to their word about alternating between North America and the European continent.
Oh, wait...

Actually, when the ICCA changed to ICGA, the charter was changed. That NA/E alternation was removed.

[User923005]

That's fine.
But let's call it what it is...
The European Championship.

[hyatt]

That's fine.
But let's call it what it is...
The European Championship.

My feelings on THAT issue are already quite well known.

[Harvey Williamson]

That's fine.
But let's call it what it is...
The European Championship.

I don't remember Japan or China joining the European Union!?

It would be great to have the tournament in America. If a sponsor could be found there I am sure it will happen.

[User923005]

Which relevant engines from Japan and China have joined the fray?
The contest is no longer relevant. If several engines from the top 8 are missing, then the contest is not what it purports to be.
It's great for the commercial engines, because they can show up, beat some weak engines, and put a stamp that says, "Official World Champion" on the box.
It will fool the ignorant consumers, but it's a greasy lie.

TCEC says:

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Ratings after Season 7 - Superfinal (2014.12.28) # PLAYER : RATING POINTS PLAYED (%)
 1 Stockfish : 3216 319.5 538 59.4% 
2 Komodo : 3213 291.5 491 59.4% 
3 Houdini : 3190 215.0 364 59.1% 
4 Vitruvius : 3159 21.5 34 63.2% 
5 Bouquet : 3135 39.5 72 54.9% 
6 Rybka : 3129 83.5 149 56.0% 
7 Fire : 3122 31.5 54 58.3% 
8 Gull : 3118 127.0 236 53.8%

CCRL 40/40 says:

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Rank	Name	Rating	Score	Average Opponent	Draws	Games	LOS
Elo	+	−
1	Stockfish 6 64-bit 4CPU	3315	+21	−21	69.6%	−120.1	53.7%	674	 80.2%
2	Komodo 8 64-bit 4CPU	3304	+16	−16	70.4%	−130.4	48.7%	1276 99.9%
3	Houdini 4 64-bit 4CPU	3272	+14	−14	63.1%	−83.1	48.9%	1618 99.9%
4	Fire 4 64-bit 4CPU	3224	+26	−26	47.3%	+14.3	62.1%	401 83.9%
5	Gull 2.8b 64-bit 4CPU	3207	+22	−22	54.2%	−29.0	53.6%	606 86.6%
6	Equinox 3.20 64-bit 4CPU	3189	+23	−23	50.6%	−3.9	65.9%	516 86.1%
7	Critter 1.6a 64-bit 4CPU	3175	+10	−10	53.6%	−22.2	58.5%	3108 95.7%
8	Rybka 4 64-bit 4CPU	3161	+12	−12	56.0%	−39.4	49.7%	2080

CEGT 40/20 (after removal of duplicates) says:

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no	Program	Elo	+	-	Games	Score	Av.Op.	Draws
1 	Stockfish 6.0 x64 4CPU 	3282 	20 	20 	852 	71.9% 	3101 	46.9%
2 	Komodo 8.0 x64 4CPU 	3262 	15 	15 	1546 	65.4% 	3143 	51.7%
5 	Houdini 4.0 x64 4CPU 	3210 	13 	13 	2310 	61.6% 	3115 	46.8%
7 	Gull 3.0 x64 4CPU 	3195 	11 	11 	3432 	66.6% 	3048 	44.7%
19 	Equinox 3.20 x64 4CPU 	3124 	18 	18 	899 	51.9% 	3110 	60.6%
24 	Critter 1.6 x64 4CPU 	3106 	12 	12 	2273 	49.5% 	3109 	60.3%
28 	Deep Rybka 4.1 x64 4CPU 	3086 	11 	11 	2855 	50.1% 	3083 	51.1%
61 	Chiron 2.0 x64 4CPU 	3017 	23 	23 	618 	50.1% 	3017 	53.6%

How many of those engines will be represented?
If most top contenders are missing, how shall we call it a world championship?

[User923005]

The short list of the world's top engines:

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Vitruvius
Stockfish
Rybka
Komodo
Houdini
Gull
Fire
Equinox
Critter
Chiron
Bouquet

[User923005]

I should mention that Hiarcs, ranked 9th on TCEC, is a realistic contender given a few improvements.

[Harvey Williamson]

I misunderstood I thought you were talking about the location of the event. I think there is a chance we will see komodo at the next WC. Maybe even a version of Stockfish?!