The 2015 Arimaa Events Schedule

2015 Arimaa World Championship
Registration begins: 7PM EST Dec 1, 2014
Registration ends: 7PM EST Friday Jan 2, 2015 (five days before first game)
Players notified to select times: 7PM EST Saturday Jan 3, 2015 (four days before first game)
Ratings fixed: 7PM EST Sunday Jan 4, 2015 (three days before first game)
1st Round Pairing and Scheduling: 7PM EST Monday Jan 5, 2015 (two days before first game)

First game: Wednesday Jan 7, 2015 (first Wednesday of Jan > 6th)
Tournament   ends: Late March 2015

2015 Arimaa World Championship Spectator Contest
Registration begins: 7PM EST Dec 1, 2014
Registration ends: 7PM EST Feb 22, 2015 (about two months after registration begins; date may vary)
Spectators notified to predict: 7PM EST Feb 23, 2015 (after pairing 1st finals round; this date may change)

2015 Arimaa Computer World Championship
Registration begins: 7PM EST Dec 1, 2014
Registration ends: 7PM EST Dec 31, 2014 (last day of Dec)
Qualifying period begins: 7PM EST Jan 1, 2015 (qualifying games must start after this time)
Qualifying period ends: 7PM EST Feb 1, 2015 (qualifying games must finish before this time)
Top 8 qualifying bots determined: Feb 1, 2015
    (gold.arimaa.com server becomes available: Feb 1, 2015)
    (install packages and configure gold.arimaa.com: Feb 6, 2015)
Linux account provided for top 8 bots: Feb 8, 2015
Program uploaded to server by: 7PM EST Feb 22, 2015
Programs tested by organizer: Feb 28, 2015 (allow time to resolve issues; account access disabled after sucessful testing)
    (silver.arimaa.com server becomes available: Feb 22, 2015)
    (install packages and configure silver.arimaa.com: Feb 28, 2015)
Challenge Match Defenders announced: 7PM EST Feb 28, 2015 (last day of Feb)
Tournament begins: 7AM EST Mar 1, 2015 (first day of March)
Tournament   ends: 7PM EST Mar 15, 2015 (or sooner)

2015 Arimaa Challenge Computer Selection
Screening period begins: Mar 15, 2015 (after computer tournament endS)
Screening period ends: Mar 31, 2015 (at least 2 weeks duration, but not more than 4 weeks)

2015 Arimaa Challenge Match
Match begins: Saturday 7AM EST Apr 4, 2015 (first Saturday of Apr)
Match ends: Sunday 7PM EST Apr 26, 2015 (4th Sunday after begin date)

2015 Arimaa Postal Mixer
Registration begins: 7PM EST Mar 1, 2015
Registration ends: 7PM EST Mar 31, 2015
Games begin: 7PM EST Apr 1, 2015
Games end: in 2015 (game time control selected to ensure games end in 2015)


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