Welcome to CodeCup!

We offer you a challenging programming contest. Anybody can participate; there are no age restrictions or other special requirements. The CodeCup never charges entry fees.

In 2015 the game for the contest is Ayu. We have placed a description of the rules online. You can always watch a sample game being played.

Competition

After you login in to the CodeCup system you can submit your program. You can find the submission section under "My submissions". Your submission will be tested automatically against our sample players to ensure that it follows the rules. After passing this check your program is ready to compete! Note that your program must be capable of playing both as black and white.

We will hold test competitions every three weeks starting at the end of September. In these competitions you will see how your program performs against other players. You can follow the complete games and use this information to improve your strategy.

The official Ayu competition has been played on January 10th 2015.You can go directly to the final ranking of the programs.

Testing at home - Caia

The CodeCup Team enables you to test your program at home. Our testing software is free and enables you to organize competitions at home without involvement of other people. The software to play at home is called Caia. It works in the same way as our contest software. By hosting your own local competition you can test and improve your program in a fast and easy way. Download Caia and start today!

News

This year's CodeCup contest was won by Sergey Povalikhin. He won most of the test competitions. It seems he had the ultimate way to approach this game. The organization congratulates Sergey with his victory. We will get soon in touch with Sergey for the price he has won. Over the last month we were working on the 2016 game and we think we have a really challenging one for you, which we expect/hope to publish sooner than usual.