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   3 <title> UCC::Progcomp 2013 </title>\r
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   7 <h1> Quantum Chess </h1>\r
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   9 <p> <b>Competition: </b> Write an AI to play Quantum Chess. You can enter in <b>any</b> language that supports reading/writing from standard input/output. </p>\r
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  11 <p> Quantum chess is a variant of chess in which the type of a piece changes during play. </p>\r
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  13 <p> The game was invented by Selim Akl, and first implemented by Alice Wismath. You can see their original website <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://research.cs.queensu.ca/Parallel/QuantumChess/QuantumChess.html"/>here</a>. \r
  14 </p>\r
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  16 <hr><h2> Rules </h2><p> The rules are basically the same as <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://research.cs.queensu.ca/Parallel/QuantumChess/QuantumChess.html"/>the original rules</a>. </p>\r
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  18 <h3> Differences / Clarifications </h3> \r
  19 <ul>\r
  20         <li> The bottom right and top left squares are white (as in traditional chess), not black. </li>\r
  21         <li> Castling and en passen are <b>not</b> allowed (I'm not sure whether they are in the original version). </li>\r
  22         <li> If a piece in a <b>pawn</b> state ends its move in the opposing back row, that state is <i>always</i> replaced with a <b>queen</b> state. </li>\r
  23                 <ul> <li> (because I'm too lazy to give players a choice) </li> </ul>\r
  24         <li> I might shorten the number of moves before a draw is declared, we'll see. </li> \r
  25 </ul>\r
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  27 <hr><h2> Getting Started </h2>\r
  28 <ol>\r
  29         <li> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/progcomp" target="_blank"/>Join the mailing list</a> </li>\r
  30                 <ul> <li> <b> Important: </b> Don't email the mailing list directly; email the competition organiser (matches at ucc dot asn dot au) </li> </ul>\r
  31         <li> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://www.ucc.asn.au/services/irc.ucc"/>Join the #progcomp channel on IRC</a> </li>\r
  32         <li> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/2013/web/get.html"/>Obtain a copy of the qchess program</a> </li>\r
  33         <li> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/2013/web/using.html"/>Using the qchess program</a> </li>\r
  34         <li> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/2013/web/agent.html"/>Writing an agent for the qchess program</a> </li>\r
  35         <li> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/2013/web/enter.html"/>Entering the competition</a> </li>\r
  36 </ol>\r
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  38 <hr><h2> Important Links </h2>\r
  39 <table border="1">\r
  40         <tr> <th> git </th> <td> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://git.ucc.asn.au/?p=progcomp2013.git" target="_blank"/>http://git.ucc.asn.au</a> </td> </tr>\r
  41         <tr> <th> IRC </th> <td> <a href="/web/20130509192429/irc://irc.ucc.asn.au/progcomp"/>#progcomp</a> </td> </tr>\r
  42         <tr> <th> Mailing List </th> <td> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/progcomp" target="_blank"/>progcomp at ucc</a> </td> </tr> <tr>\r
  43         <th> Dates </th> <td> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/2013/web/dates.txt"/>subject to change</a> </td> </tr>\r
  44         <tr> <th> Results </th> <td> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/2013/web/results"/>will appear here</a> </td> </tr>\r
  45         <tr> <th> Contact </th> <td> matches or wheel at ucc </td> </tr>\r
  46 </table>\r
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  48 <hr><p> Page last updated 2013-03-29 by matches </p>\r
  49 \r
  50 <p> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://www.ucc.asn.au/">The UCC Website</a> </p>\r
  51 \r
  52 <p> <a href="/web/20130509192429/http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/">UCC::Progcomp Website</a> </p>\r
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