Computer Games Olympiad

[Don Beal]

This is another reminder of the Computer Games Olympiad to be held in
London this August.

The second world Olympiad for computer programs will take place at Queen
Mary and Westfield College, London University, from August 15 to August
21, 1990. The Computer Olympiad, held last year for the first time, was
enormously successful, featuring tournaments for Chess, Bridge, Backgammon,
Draughts(Checkers), Poker, Go, Othello, Scrabble, and other classic
"thinking" games. In every tournament all of the competitors were computer
programs. The role of the human operators is merely to tell their own
programs what moves have been made by their opponents. 85 programs from
16 countries participated last year, and a similar entry is expected this
year.

The 2nd London Conference on Computer Games will take place as part of the
Computer Olympiad. There will be papers on various aspects of programming
computers to play such "thinking" games as Go, Othello, Draughts(Checkers),
etc. The conference chairman will be Tony Marsland from the Computer
Science department at University of Alberta, and the editor of the
conference proceedings will be Don Beal, from the Computer Science
Department at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University.

The Computer Olympiad is organised by International Chess Master David Levy,
who is President of the International Computer Chess Association.

One day after the Olympiad, there is a separate conference on
Computer Chess in particular, probably accompanied by a Man-Machine
challenge match.

Accomodation is available ranging from 5-star hotel to youth hostel. Anyone
wanting more information about attending either event should contact:

Computer Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP, England
Tel: +44 1 624 5551
Fax: +44 1 372 3266

(or send email to Don Beal at: d...@cs.qmw.ac.uk).