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'''EinStein würfelt nicht!''', (Ewn)<br/>
a turn-based two-player board game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_chance chance] and strategy, designed by [[Ingo Althöfer]] in 2004. It was the official game of an exhibition about [[Mathematician#AEinstein|Albert Einstein]] in Germany during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Year_of_Physics_2005 World Year of Physics 2005] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EinStein_w%C3%BCrfelt_nicht! EinStein würfelt nicht! - Wikipedia]</ref>. Ingo introduced his game to computer chess programmers at the [[IPCCC 2005]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn Paderborn], where it was immediately played with enthusiasm between rounds <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=414534 Re: Pictures of the IPCCC 2005] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2005</ref> <ref>[http://www.computerschach.de/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=109 Paderborner Bilderbogen], [[Computerschach und Spiele|Computerschach und Spiele Online]]</ref>, further spread and played during the [[ICT 2005]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden Leiden] the same year.
=Rules=
Played on a 5x5 board, each player has six cubes or stones numbered one to six, initially placed on the diagonal opposed six corner squares, ordered by their players discretion or randomly <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415431 Rules of "EinStein wuerfelt nicht"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], March 05, 2005</ref>. The object of the game is to either get an own stone to the opponent's corner, or to remove all of the opponent's stones. A move consists of rolling a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice six-sided dice] to determine a stone to move by its number, and pushing that stone one step forward in one of the three directions [[Manhattan-Distance|closer]] to opponent's corner. Own and opponent stones on the target square are (self) captured and removed from the board. If the matching stone is no longer on the board, the player choose a remaining one whose number is either next-highest or next-lowest. The fewer stones, the more "mobile" they are. With only one stone (German: "Ein Stein") left, rolling the dice is no longer necessary. This feature along with Albert Einstein's quote "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Modern_quantum_theory God doesn't play with dice]" <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_interpretation#Criticism Copenhagen interpretation - Criticism | Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein - Wikiquote]</ref> <ref>[http://izquotes.com/quote/305328 Quantum mechanics is very worthy of regard. But an inner voice..] from [http://izquotes.com/ iz quotes]</ref> was eponym of the game <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/origins-of-ewn.html On the Origins of "EinStein würfelt nicht!"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>.
=Computer Ewn=
Ewn Computer bots usually apply some sort of [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search|Monte-Carlo tree search]]. Since 2011, EinStein würfelt nicht! is played at the [[Computer Olympiad]], also with some computer chess programmers competing with their own Ewn bots - [[Richard Pijl]] and [[Johannes Zwanzger]] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" in the Computer Olympiad 2011] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>. In [[16th Computer Olympiad#EWN|Tilburg 2011]], [[Theo van der Storm|Theo van der Storm's]] former [[Connect6]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/downloads/stormys-corner Stormy's Corner] in remembrance on [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CSVN]] site, Download of [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein]</ref>, written in [[Java]], won the Gold medal, operated by [[Jan Krabbenbos]].
=[[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]]=
* [[16th Computer Olympiad#EWN|16th Computer Olympiad, Tilburg 2011]]
* [[18th Computer Olympiad#EWN|18th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2015]]
* [[19th Computer Olympiad#EWN|19th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2016]]
* [[20th Computer Olympiad#EWN|20th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2017]]
=Photos=
==ICT 2005==
[[FILE:Einstn51.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://old.csvn.nl/gallery22.html]]
[[Theo van der Storm]] and [[Jan Krabbenbos]] playing EinStein würfelt nicht! during [[ICT 2005]] <ref>Photo from [http://old.csvn.nl/gallery22.html 5th CSVN-Tournament 2005 Gallery]</ref>.
==Tilburg 2011==
[[FILE:GraceJanWesley2011.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html]]
[[Grace Krabbenbos|Grace]] and [[Jan Krabbenbos]] with Gold for [[Theo van der Storm|Theo's]] [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein], Silver for [[Wesley Turner]] on the right <ref> [http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" in the Computer Olympiad 2011] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
=Publications=
==2009==
* [[Jakob Erdmann]] ('''2009'''). ''Chanciness: Towards a Characterization of Chance in Games.'' [[ICGA Journal#32_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4]], 7.2 EinStein Würfelt Nicht
==2010 ...==
* [[Jakob Erdmann]] ('''2010'''). ''The Characterization of Chance and Skill in Games''. Dissertation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Jena Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena], [http://www.althofer.de/erdmann-doctoral-thesis.pdf pdf], 20 "EinStein Würfelt Nicht!" and Variants Thereof, pp. 95-107 <ref>A central part of the thesis was published in: [[Jakob Erdmann]] ('''2009'''). ''Chanciness: Towards a Characterization of Chance in Games.'' [[ICGA Journal#32_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4]]</ref>
* [[Richard J. Lorentz]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-31866-5_5 An MCTS Program to Play EinStein Würfelt Nicht!]'' [[Advances in Computer Games 13]]
* [[Wesley Turner]] ('''2012'''). ''EinStein Würfelt Nicht – An Analysis of Endgame Play''. [[ICGA Journal#35_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#EWN|16th Computer Olympiad]]
==2015 ...==
* [[Michael Hartisch]] ('''2015'''). ''Impact of Rounding during Retrograde Analysis for a Game with Chance Nodes: Karl’s Race as a Test Case''. [[ICGA Journal#38_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2]] » [[Retrograde Analysis]] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/karls-race.html Karl's Race] A Game on [[Karl Scherer|Karl Scherer's]] Alternating Tiling by [[Ingo Althöfer]], 2006</ref>
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2015'''). ''HANFRIED wins EinStein Würfelt Nicht! Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#38_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4]] » [[18th Computer Olympiad#EWN|18th Computer Olympiad | EWN]]
* [[Edouard Bonnet|Édouard Bonnet]] ('''2017'''). ''Analytical Solution for "EinStein würfelt nicht!" with One Stone''. [[Advances in Computer Games 15]]
* [[Simon Viennot]] ('''2017'''). ''Toward Solving "EinStein würfelt nicht!"''. [[Advances in Computer Games 15]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=414534 Re: Pictures of the IPCCC 2005] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2005
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415206 Ein Stein Wuerfelt nicht (One stone doesn't throw dice)] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], March 03, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415289 A challenge to Theo van der Storm!] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], March 04, 2005 <ref>See the [[CCC]] match between [[Ingo Althöfer]] and [[Theo van der Storm]] on Ingo Althöfer's [http://www.3-hirn-verlag.de/MasterGame/regel.html "Einstein würfelt nicht" site] (German)</ref>
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415431 Rules of "EinStein wuerfelt nicht"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], March 05, 2005
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26007 EinStein würfelt nicht] by [[Edmund Moshammer]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60688 Einstein wuerfelt nicht] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], July 03, 2016 » [[WinBoard]], [[XBoard]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EinStein_w%C3%BCrfelt_nicht! EinStein würfelt nicht! - Wikipedia]
* [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18699/einstein-wurfelt-nicht EinStein würfelt nicht! | Board Game] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoardGameGeek BoardGameGeek]
* [http://www.althofer.de/origins-of-ewn.html On the Origins of "EinStein würfelt nicht!"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://www.3-hirn-verlag.de/MasterGame/regel.html Einstein würfelt nicht] von [[Ingo Althöfer]], Copyright 2004 (German)
* [http://www.perlhuhn.de/einsteinwuerfeltnicht.html Einstein wuerfelt nicht - Perlhuhn.de]
* [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Gott-wuerfelt-nicht-EinStein-auch-nicht-154987.html "Gott würfelt nicht" -- "EinStein" auch nicht], [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heise_online Heise online], April 21, 2005 (German)
* [http://www.csvn.nl/downloads/stormys-corner Stormy's Corner] in remembrance on [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CSVN]] site, Download of [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein]
==Tournaments==
* [http://www.althofer.de/ewn-duel-on-campus/ewn-duel-on-campus.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" - Duel on Campus 2005] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://www.althofer.de/einstein-turnier-jena.html "EinStein wurfelt nicht" - The Tournament in Jena 2005] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" in the Computer Olympiad 2011] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/game.php?id=46 EinStein würfelt nicht! (ICGA Tournaments)]
==Online Play==
* [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/ Little Golem - online board games]
* [http://www.mastermoves.eu/allgames.php?gametypeid=10 Mastermoves, THE games site!]
=References=
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'''[[Games|Up one Level]]'''
[[FILE:EinStein.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.althofer.de/origins-of-ewn.html|EinStein würfelt nicht! <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/origins-of-ewn.html On the Origins of "EinStein würfelt nicht!"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref> ]]
'''EinStein würfelt nicht!''', (Ewn)<br/>
a turn-based two-player board game of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_chance chance] and strategy, designed by [[Ingo Althöfer]] in 2004. It was the official game of an exhibition about [[Mathematician#AEinstein|Albert Einstein]] in Germany during the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Year_of_Physics_2005 World Year of Physics 2005] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EinStein_w%C3%BCrfelt_nicht! EinStein würfelt nicht! - Wikipedia]</ref>. Ingo introduced his game to computer chess programmers at the [[IPCCC 2005]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paderborn Paderborn], where it was immediately played with enthusiasm between rounds <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=414534 Re: Pictures of the IPCCC 2005] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2005</ref> <ref>[http://www.computerschach.de/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=109 Paderborner Bilderbogen], [[Computerschach und Spiele|Computerschach und Spiele Online]]</ref>, further spread and played during the [[ICT 2005]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden Leiden] the same year.
=Rules=
Played on a 5x5 board, each player has six cubes or stones numbered one to six, initially placed on the diagonal opposed six corner squares, ordered by their players discretion or randomly <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415431 Rules of "EinStein wuerfelt nicht"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], March 05, 2005</ref>. The object of the game is to either get an own stone to the opponent's corner, or to remove all of the opponent's stones. A move consists of rolling a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice six-sided dice] to determine a stone to move by its number, and pushing that stone one step forward in one of the three directions [[Manhattan-Distance|closer]] to opponent's corner. Own and opponent stones on the target square are (self) captured and removed from the board. If the matching stone is no longer on the board, the player choose a remaining one whose number is either next-highest or next-lowest. The fewer stones, the more "mobile" they are. With only one stone (German: "Ein Stein") left, rolling the dice is no longer necessary. This feature along with Albert Einstein's quote "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#Modern_quantum_theory God doesn't play with dice]" <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_interpretation#Criticism Copenhagen interpretation - Criticism | Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein - Wikiquote]</ref> <ref>[http://izquotes.com/quote/305328 Quantum mechanics is very worthy of regard. But an inner voice..] from [http://izquotes.com/ iz quotes]</ref> was eponym of the game <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/origins-of-ewn.html On the Origins of "EinStein würfelt nicht!"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>.
=Computer Ewn=
Ewn Computer bots usually apply some sort of [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search|Monte-Carlo tree search]]. Since 2011, EinStein würfelt nicht! is played at the [[Computer Olympiad]], also with some computer chess programmers competing with their own Ewn bots - [[Richard Pijl]] and [[Johannes Zwanzger]] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" in the Computer Olympiad 2011] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>. In [[16th Computer Olympiad#EWN|Tilburg 2011]], [[Theo van der Storm|Theo van der Storm's]] former [[Connect6]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein] <ref>[http://www.csvn.nl/downloads/stormys-corner Stormy's Corner] in remembrance on [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CSVN]] site, Download of [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein]</ref>, written in [[Java]], won the Gold medal, operated by [[Jan Krabbenbos]].
=[[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]]=
* [[16th Computer Olympiad#EWN|16th Computer Olympiad, Tilburg 2011]]
* [[18th Computer Olympiad#EWN|18th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2015]]
* [[19th Computer Olympiad#EWN|19th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2016]]
* [[20th Computer Olympiad#EWN|20th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2017]]
=Photos=
==ICT 2005==
[[FILE:Einstn51.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://old.csvn.nl/gallery22.html]]
[[Theo van der Storm]] and [[Jan Krabbenbos]] playing EinStein würfelt nicht! during [[ICT 2005]] <ref>Photo from [http://old.csvn.nl/gallery22.html 5th CSVN-Tournament 2005 Gallery]</ref>.
==Tilburg 2011==
[[FILE:GraceJanWesley2011.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html]]
[[Grace Krabbenbos|Grace]] and [[Jan Krabbenbos]] with Gold for [[Theo van der Storm|Theo's]] [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein], Silver for [[Wesley Turner]] on the right <ref> [http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" in the Computer Olympiad 2011] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
=Publications=
==2009==
* [[Jakob Erdmann]] ('''2009'''). ''Chanciness: Towards a Characterization of Chance in Games.'' [[ICGA Journal#32_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4]], 7.2 EinStein Würfelt Nicht
==2010 ...==
* [[Jakob Erdmann]] ('''2010'''). ''The Characterization of Chance and Skill in Games''. Dissertation, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Jena Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena], [http://www.althofer.de/erdmann-doctoral-thesis.pdf pdf], 20 "EinStein Würfelt Nicht!" and Variants Thereof, pp. 95-107 <ref>A central part of the thesis was published in: [[Jakob Erdmann]] ('''2009'''). ''Chanciness: Towards a Characterization of Chance in Games.'' [[ICGA Journal#32_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4]]</ref>
* [[Richard J. Lorentz]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-31866-5_5 An MCTS Program to Play EinStein Würfelt Nicht!]'' [[Advances in Computer Games 13]]
* [[Wesley Turner]] ('''2012'''). ''EinStein Würfelt Nicht – An Analysis of Endgame Play''. [[ICGA Journal#35_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#EWN|16th Computer Olympiad]]
==2015 ...==
* [[Michael Hartisch]] ('''2015'''). ''Impact of Rounding during Retrograde Analysis for a Game with Chance Nodes: Karl’s Race as a Test Case''. [[ICGA Journal#38_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2]] » [[Retrograde Analysis]] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/karls-race.html Karl's Race] A Game on [[Karl Scherer|Karl Scherer's]] Alternating Tiling by [[Ingo Althöfer]], 2006</ref>
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2015'''). ''HANFRIED wins EinStein Würfelt Nicht! Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#38_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4]] » [[18th Computer Olympiad#EWN|18th Computer Olympiad | EWN]]
* [[Edouard Bonnet|Édouard Bonnet]] ('''2017'''). ''Analytical Solution for "EinStein würfelt nicht!" with One Stone''. [[Advances in Computer Games 15]]
* [[Simon Viennot]] ('''2017'''). ''Toward Solving "EinStein würfelt nicht!"''. [[Advances in Computer Games 15]]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=414534 Re: Pictures of the IPCCC 2005] by [[Richard Pijl]], [[CCC]], February 27, 2005
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415206 Ein Stein Wuerfelt nicht (One stone doesn't throw dice)] by [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CCC]], March 03, 2005
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415289 A challenge to Theo van der Storm!] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], March 04, 2005 <ref>See the [[CCC]] match between [[Ingo Althöfer]] and [[Theo van der Storm]] on Ingo Althöfer's [http://www.3-hirn-verlag.de/MasterGame/regel.html "Einstein würfelt nicht" site] (German)</ref>
: [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=415431 Rules of "EinStein wuerfelt nicht"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]], [[CCC]], March 05, 2005
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26007 EinStein würfelt nicht] by [[Edmund Moshammer]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2009
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60688 Einstein wuerfelt nicht] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], July 03, 2016 » [[WinBoard]], [[XBoard]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EinStein_w%C3%BCrfelt_nicht! EinStein würfelt nicht! - Wikipedia]
* [http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18699/einstein-wurfelt-nicht EinStein würfelt nicht! | Board Game] | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BoardGameGeek BoardGameGeek]
* [http://www.althofer.de/origins-of-ewn.html On the Origins of "EinStein würfelt nicht!"] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://www.3-hirn-verlag.de/MasterGame/regel.html Einstein würfelt nicht] von [[Ingo Althöfer]], Copyright 2004 (German)
* [http://www.perlhuhn.de/einsteinwuerfeltnicht.html Einstein wuerfelt nicht - Perlhuhn.de]
* [http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Gott-wuerfelt-nicht-EinStein-auch-nicht-154987.html "Gott würfelt nicht" -- "EinStein" auch nicht], [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heise_online Heise online], April 21, 2005 (German)
* [http://www.csvn.nl/downloads/stormys-corner Stormy's Corner] in remembrance on [[Theo van der Storm]], [[CSVN]] site, Download of [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=508 MeinStein]
==Tournaments==
* [http://www.althofer.de/ewn-duel-on-campus/ewn-duel-on-campus.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" - Duel on Campus 2005] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://www.althofer.de/einstein-turnier-jena.html "EinStein wurfelt nicht" - The Tournament in Jena 2005] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://www.althofer.de/ewn-tilburg-2011.html "EinStein würfelt nicht" in the Computer Olympiad 2011] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/game.php?id=46 EinStein würfelt nicht! (ICGA Tournaments)]
==Online Play==
* [http://www.littlegolem.net/jsp/ Little Golem - online board games]
* [http://www.mastermoves.eu/allgames.php?gametypeid=10 Mastermoves, THE games site!]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Games|Up one Level]]'''
