2011 Arimaa World Championship Registration begins: Nov 1, 2010 Registration ends: 6PM EST Saturday Jan 1, 2011 (four days before first game) Players notified to select times: 8PM EST Saturday Jan 1, 2011 (four days before first game) Ratings fixed: 8PM EST Sunday Jan 2, 2011 (three days before first game) 1st Round Pairing: 8PM EST Monday Jan 3, 2011 (two days before first game) 1st Round Scheduling: 8PM EST Tuesday Jan 4, 2011 (one day before first game) First game: Wednesday Jan 5, 2011 (first Wednesday of Jan) Tournament ends: Late March 2011 2011 Arimaa World Championship Spectator Contest Registration begins: Nov 1, 2010 Registration ends: 6PM EST Friday Feb 4, 2011 (first Friday of Feb) Spectators notified to predict: after pairing 1st round of finals 2011 Arimaa Computer World Championship Registration begins: Nov 1, 2010 Registration ends: 6PM EST Dec 31, 2010 (last day of Dec) Qualifying period begins: 12AM GMT Jan 1, 2011 (qualifying games must start after this time) Qualifying period ends: 12AM GMT Feb 1, 2011 (qualifying games must finish before this time) Top 8 qualifying bots determined: Feb 1, 2011 (gold.arimaa.com server becomes available: Feb 1, 2011) (install packages and configure gold.arimaa.com: Feb 6, 2011) Linux account provided for top 8 bots: Feb 7, 2011 Program uploaded to server by: 6PM EST Feb 22, 2011 Programs tested by organizer: Feb 28, 2011 (allow time to resolve issues; account access disabled after sucessful testing) (silver.arimaa.com server becomes available: Feb 22, 2011) (install packages and configure silver.arimaa.com: Feb 28, 2011) Tournament begins: Mar 1, 2011 Tournament ends: Mar 14, 2011 2011 Arimaa Challenge Computer Selection Screening period begins: Mar 17, 2011 Screening period ends: Mar 30, 2011 2011 Arimaa Challenge Match Match begins: Sunday Apr 3, 2011 (first Sunday of Apr) Match ends: Saturday Apr 23, 2011 (3rd Saturday after begin date) 2011 Arimaa Postal Mixer Registration begins: Nov 1, 2010 Registration ends: 6PM EST Apr 1, 2011 Games begin: Sunday Apr 10, 2011 (second Sunday of Apr) Games end: in 2011Copyright © 1999-present www.arimaa.com. All Rights Reserved. Contact author for permission.