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[[FILE:clobber.png|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/clobber.html|5 x 6 Clobber, Initial Position <ref>[http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/clobber.html IigGameCenter :: Clobber]</ref> ]]
'''Clobber''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-player_game two-player] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game abstract strategy] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_game partisan game] invented and introduced in 2001 at a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_game_theory combinatorial game theory] workshop in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality Halifax] by [[Michael H. Albert]], [[J. P. Grossman]], and [[Richard J. Nowakowski]]. The first competitive Clobber tournament was held in February at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagstuhl Dagstuhl] seminar on algorithmic combinatorial game theory <ref>[http://www.dagstuhl.de/de/programm/kalender/semhp/?semnr=02081 Schloss Dagstuhl : Seminar Homepage]</ref> , where the games were played on a 5x6 board, later computer tournaments include 8x8 and 10x10 boards, initially, each square occupied by a white or black stone, arranged so that the colors alternate. Both player moves in turn and "clobbering" an opponent's stone on an orthogonally adjacent square. White starts and the player with no more moves available loses. The [[ICGA]] organizes Clobber tournaments since 2005 during the [[Computer Olympiad|Olympiads]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/game.php?id=14 Clobber ICGA Tournaments]</ref>. So far, most successful is [[Johan de Koning|Johan de Koning's]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=169 Pan] ([https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=641 Pan.exe]).
=[[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]]=
* [[10th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|10th Computer Olympiad, Taipei 2005]]
* [[11th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|11th Computer Olympiad, Turin 2006]]
* [[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|16th Computer Olympiad, Tilburg 2011]]
* [[17th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|17th Computer Olympiad, Yokohama 2013]]
* [[18th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|18th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2015]]
* [[19th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|19th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2016]]
=Photos=
[[FILE:clobber-2011-gold-johan.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html]]
[[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|Tilburg 2011]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] congrats [[Johan de Koning]], [[Ingo Althöfer]] with silver medal for [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=717 McJena] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html Computer Olympiad 2011 - Clobber] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Erik D. Demaine]], [[Martin L. Demaine]], [[Rudolf Fleischer]] ('''2002'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-40031-8_13 Solitaire Clobber]''. [[CG 2002]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2002'''). ''[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content25-2.htm#CLOBBER Clobber – A New Game with Very Simple Rules]''. [[ICGA Journal#25_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2]]
* [[J. P. Grossman]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://discover-decouvrir.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/article/?id=1091458 Appendix A: Report on the First International Clobber Tournament]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29 Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 313, No. 3
* [[Michael H. Albert]], [[J. P. Grossman]], [[Richard J. Nowakowski]], [[David Wolfe]] ('''2005'''). ''An Introduction to Clobber''. [http://www.integers-ejcnt.org/vol5-2.html INTEGERS: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2]
* [[Jan Willemson]] ('''2005'''). ''A Computer-Clobber Tournament at the Tartu University''. [[ICGA Journal#28_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1]]
* [[Jan Willemson]], [[Mark Winands]] ('''2005'''). ''MILA wins Clobber Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#28_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3]], [http://research.cyber.ee/%7Ejan/publ/clobreport05.pdf pdf] » [[10th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|10th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Mark Winands]] ('''2006'''). ''Pan wins Clobber Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#29_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2]] » [[11th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|11th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Wojciech Wieczorek]], [[Rafał Skinderowicz]], [[Jan Kozak]], [[Przemysław Juszczuk]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.researchgate.net/publication/221932254_New_Trends_in_Clobber_Programming New Trends in Clobber Programming]''. [[ICGA Journal#34_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 3]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2012'''). ''PAN wins Clobber Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#35_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|16th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2013'''). ''PAN Wins Clobber Tournament - King of Clobber - De Koning and his PAN''. [[ICGA Journal#36_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3]] » [[17th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|17th Computer Olympiad]], [[Johan de Koning]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clobber Clobber from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clobbering Clobbering from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/game.php?id=14 Clobber ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html Computer Olympiad 2011 - Clobber] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://homepages.gac.edu/%7Ewolfe/games/clobber/ Clobber research]
* [http://homepages.gac.edu/%7Ewolfe/games/clobber/competition.html CG'02 Special Announcements], [[Elwyn Berlekamp|Elwyn Berlekamp's]] Clobber problem composition contest, [[CG 2002]]
* [https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/monthly/challenges/clobber Programming Problems and Competitions - Clobber]
* [http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/clobber.html IigGameCenter :: Clobber]
=References=
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[[FILE:clobber.png|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/clobber.html|5 x 6 Clobber, Initial Position <ref>[http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/clobber.html IigGameCenter :: Clobber]</ref> ]]
'''Clobber''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-player_game two-player] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_strategy_game abstract strategy] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_game partisan game] invented and introduced in 2001 at a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial_game_theory combinatorial game theory] workshop in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality Halifax] by [[Michael H. Albert]], [[J. P. Grossman]], and [[Richard J. Nowakowski]]. The first competitive Clobber tournament was held in February at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagstuhl Dagstuhl] seminar on algorithmic combinatorial game theory <ref>[http://www.dagstuhl.de/de/programm/kalender/semhp/?semnr=02081 Schloss Dagstuhl : Seminar Homepage]</ref> , where the games were played on a 5x6 board, later computer tournaments include 8x8 and 10x10 boards, initially, each square occupied by a white or black stone, arranged so that the colors alternate. Both player moves in turn and "clobbering" an opponent's stone on an orthogonally adjacent square. White starts and the player with no more moves available loses. The [[ICGA]] organizes Clobber tournaments since 2005 during the [[Computer Olympiad|Olympiads]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/game.php?id=14 Clobber ICGA Tournaments]</ref>. So far, most successful is [[Johan de Koning|Johan de Koning's]] program [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=169 Pan] ([https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=641 Pan.exe]).
=[[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]]=
* [[10th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|10th Computer Olympiad, Taipei 2005]]
* [[11th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|11th Computer Olympiad, Turin 2006]]
* [[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|16th Computer Olympiad, Tilburg 2011]]
* [[17th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|17th Computer Olympiad, Yokohama 2013]]
* [[18th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|18th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2015]]
* [[19th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|19th Computer Olympiad, Leiden 2016]]
=Photos=
[[FILE:clobber-2011-gold-johan.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html]]
[[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|Tilburg 2011]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] congrats [[Johan de Koning]], [[Ingo Althöfer]] with silver medal for [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=717 McJena] <ref>[http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html Computer Olympiad 2011 - Clobber] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]</ref>
=Publications=
* [[Erik D. Demaine]], [[Martin L. Demaine]], [[Rudolf Fleischer]] ('''2002'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-540-40031-8_13 Solitaire Clobber]''. [[CG 2002]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2002'''). ''[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content25-2.htm#CLOBBER Clobber – A New Game with Very Simple Rules]''. [[ICGA Journal#25_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2]]
* [[J. P. Grossman]] ('''2004'''). ''[http://discover-decouvrir.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/article/?id=1091458 Appendix A: Report on the First International Clobber Tournament]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29 Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 313, No. 3
* [[Michael H. Albert]], [[J. P. Grossman]], [[Richard J. Nowakowski]], [[David Wolfe]] ('''2005'''). ''An Introduction to Clobber''. [http://www.integers-ejcnt.org/vol5-2.html INTEGERS: The Electronic Journal of Combinatorial Number Theory, Vol. 5, No. 2]
* [[Jan Willemson]] ('''2005'''). ''A Computer-Clobber Tournament at the Tartu University''. [[ICGA Journal#28_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1]]
* [[Jan Willemson]], [[Mark Winands]] ('''2005'''). ''MILA wins Clobber Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#28_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3]], [http://research.cyber.ee/%7Ejan/publ/clobreport05.pdf pdf] » [[10th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|10th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Mark Winands]] ('''2006'''). ''Pan wins Clobber Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#29_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2]] » [[11th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|11th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Wojciech Wieczorek]], [[Rafał Skinderowicz]], [[Jan Kozak]], [[Przemysław Juszczuk]] ('''2011'''). ''[http://www.researchgate.net/publication/221932254_New_Trends_in_Clobber_Programming New Trends in Clobber Programming]''. [[ICGA Journal#34_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 3]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2012'''). ''PAN wins Clobber Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#35_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1]] » [[16th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|16th Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2013'''). ''PAN Wins Clobber Tournament - King of Clobber - De Koning and his PAN''. [[ICGA Journal#36_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3]] » [[17th Computer Olympiad#Clobber|17th Computer Olympiad]], [[Johan de Koning]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clobber Clobber from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clobbering Clobbering from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/game.php?id=14 Clobber ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://www.althofer.de/clobber-2011.html Computer Olympiad 2011 - Clobber] by [[Ingo Althöfer]]
* [http://homepages.gac.edu/%7Ewolfe/games/clobber/ Clobber research]
* [http://homepages.gac.edu/%7Ewolfe/games/clobber/competition.html CG'02 Special Announcements], [[Elwyn Berlekamp|Elwyn Berlekamp's]] Clobber problem composition contest, [[CG 2002]]
* [https://www.hackerrank.com/contests/monthly/challenges/clobber Programming Problems and Competitions - Clobber]
* [http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/en/clobber.html IigGameCenter :: Clobber]
=References=
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