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)Copyright © 1999-present www.arimaa.com. All Rights Reserved. Contact author for permission.