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[[FILE:icgalogo.jpg|border|right|thumb|300px|link=http://icga.org/| ICGA logo ]]
The '''ICGA''', the '''International Computer Games Association''', was founded as the [[ICCA]] in [[Timeline#1977|1977]] by computer chess programmers to organize championship events for computer programs and to facilitate the sharing of technical knowledge via the [[ICGA Journal]].
=The Aims of the ICGA are=
* to publish a quarterly [[ICGA Journal]] <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
: [[FILE:ICGAJ.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=ICGA Journal]]
* to hold regular [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer-Chess Championships]], [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]], and [[Conferences#AdvancesinComputerChess|Advances in Computer Games]] conferences
* to strengthen ties and to promote cooperation between computer-game [[Researcher|researchers]]
* to introduce computer [[Games|games]] to the games world
* to support national computer-games organizations and computer-games tournament organizers
<span id="Board"></span>
=The Board of the ICGA=
* President: [[David Levy]]
* Vice-President: [[Ryan Hayward]]
* Vice-President Asian Countries: [[Shun-Chin Hsu]]
* Secretary-Treasurer: [[Hiroyuki Iida]]
* Programmers Representative: [[Mark Lefler]]
=ICCA / ICGA Presidents=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! President
! Org.
! from
! until
|-
| [[Ben Mittman]]
| [[ICCA]]
| 1977
| 1983
|-
| [[Monroe Newborn]]
|
| 1983
| 1986
|-
| [[David Levy]]
|
| 1986
| 1992
|-
| [[Tony Marsland]]
|
| 1992
| 1999
|-
| [[David Levy]]
| [[ICCA]]
| 1999
| 2002
|-
| [[David Levy]]
| '''ICGA'''
| 2002
|
|}
=ICGA Events=
<ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]</ref>
* [[Conferences#AdvancesinComputerChess|Advances in Computer Games]]
* [[Computer Olympiad]]
* [[World Chess Software Championship]] since 2010
* [[World Computer Chess Championship]]
: [[ICGA Tournament Rules|Tournament Rules]]
* [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]] until 2001
=Investigations=
* [[ICGA Investigations]]
<span id="Topics"></span>
=ICGA Topics=
* [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/games/chess/endgames.php ICGA: Chess Endgames] compiled by [[Guy Haworth]] and colleagues » [[Endgame Tablebases]]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/games/Loa/ ICGA: Lines of Action] by [[Mark Winands]] » [[Lines of Action]]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/games/losingchess/ ICGA: Losing Chess] by [[Guy Haworth]]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/games/roshambo/ ICGA: Roshambo] by [[Guy Haworth]]
=History and Purpose of the ICGA=
Renamed into the '''ICGA''' in [[Timeline#2002|2002]] <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content25-3.htm#ICCA%20BECOMES%20ICGA ICCA BECOMES ICGA] by [[David Levy]], President of the ICGA, [[ICGA Journal#25_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3]] - September 2002</ref> , the association now more broadly fosters the [[Games|Computer Games]] community through its relationships with Computer Science, Commercial and Game organizations throughout the world. The '''ICGA''''s broader scope reflects the more general way in which computer-game capability contributes to [[Artificial Intelligence]] and to the human experience of game-playing.
=Quotes=
==Robert Hyatt==
[[Robert Hyatt]], 1997 in a [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]] post <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/3a074c70a369937f# Does ICCA publish dissenting views?], post #18 by [[Robert Hyatt]], January 22, 1997, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]]</ref> :
I was there when [[Barend Swets]] (Believe the spelling is correct) proposed forming this organization in [[WCCC 1977|1977]] in Toronto. I was one of many that stood up and said "yes, I'll join." However, others stood up and said I'll not only join, I'll help for nothing, and the [[ICCA]] was formed, and continues to work this way.
==Jaap van den Herik==
[[Jaap van den Herik]] in 2001 in ''The Bell Captain'' <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''2001'''). ''The Bell Captain''. [[ICGA Journal#24_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2]]</ref> :
In 1977, the ICCA was founded during the [[WCCC 1977|Second World Computer-Chess Championship in Toronto]]. The organisation was the brainchild of [[Barend Swets]] and many participants supported the idea, among them [[Ken Thompson]] who then tied for 4th place amongst 16 participants with his program [[Belle|BELLE]]. [[Chess (Program)|CHESS 4.6]] won the title but Ken received credit for BELLE's KQKR endgame play against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Browne IGM Walter Browne] (Fenner, 1979) <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480950 Walter Shawn Browne vs Belle (Computer) - Queen vs Rook exhibition 1978] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref> <ref>[http://quux.org:70/Archives/usenet-a-news/NET.chess/82.01.07_sri-unix.458_net.chess.txt QUEEN vs. ROOK] by [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62632443.html Warren Stenberg] and Edware J. Conway, reprinted from the January, 1979 issue of the Minnesota Chess Journal, The Usenet Oldnews Archive, Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman » [[ACM 1978]], [[Belle]], [[Endgame Tablebases]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Browne Walter Browne]</ref> . Further, Ken agreed to serve as Secretary and Treasurer of the new organisation alongside [[Ben Mittman]], the first ICCA President, and did so successfully and with much enthusiasm for six years.
<span id="BestPublicationAwards"></span>
=Best-Publication Awards=
==Mephisto Best-Publication Award==
{{Mephisto Best-Publication Award}}
==Novag Best-Publication Award==
{{Novag Best-Publication Award}}
==ChessBase Best-Publication Award==
{{ChessBase Best-Publication Award}}
==Best-Publication Award==
Winners of the Best-Publication Award 2011 ...
* [[Sylvain Gelly]], [[David Silver]] ('''2011'''). ''Monte-Carlo tree search and rapid action value estimation in computer Go''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 175, No. 11
* [[Yoji Ojima]], [[Hideki Kato]] ('''2012'''). [[Go]] progam [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=594 Zen], that beat a 9 dan professional player ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Takemiya Takemiya Masaki]) in a 19x19 Go game with 4 stones of handicap on March 17, 2012.
* [[Abdallah Saffidine]] ('''2013'''). ''Solving Games and All That''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Paris#9|Université Paris-Dauphine]], advisor [[Tristan Cazenave]], [http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~abdallahs/Papers/2013/Solving%20Games%20and%20All%20That.pdf pdf]
* [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[Mark Lefler]] ('''2014'''). ''[[Main Page|The Chess Programming Wiki.]]''. (Thank you)
==ICGA Journal Awards==
{{ICGA Journal Awards}}
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46518 ICGA Olympiad 2013: Yokohama, Aug 12-18!] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], December 21, 2012 <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=44 Yokohama 2013 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=26290 ICGA Computer Olympiad 2013: Yokohama, Aug 12-18] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], December 21, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54972 WCCC 2015 Leiden] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64541 ICGA Facebook page] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://icga.org/ New ICGA website]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [https://www.facebook.com/theICGA/ ICGA - Home | Facebook] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64541 ICGA Facebook page] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2017</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computer_Games_Association International Computer Games Association from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?comid=44&task=committee International Computer Games Association (ICGA)], an [http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?view=affiliated Affiliated International Organizations] of [[FIDE]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Organizations|Up one level]]'''
[[FILE:icgalogo.jpg|border|right|thumb|300px|link=http://icga.org/| ICGA logo ]]
The '''ICGA''', the '''International Computer Games Association''', was founded as the [[ICCA]] in [[Timeline#1977|1977]] by computer chess programmers to organize championship events for computer programs and to facilitate the sharing of technical knowledge via the [[ICGA Journal]].
=The Aims of the ICGA are=
* to publish a quarterly [[ICGA Journal]] <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
: [[FILE:ICGAJ.JPG|none|border|text-bottom|link=ICGA Journal]]
* to hold regular [[World Computer Chess Championship|World Computer-Chess Championships]], [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]], and [[Conferences#AdvancesinComputerChess|Advances in Computer Games]] conferences
* to strengthen ties and to promote cooperation between computer-game [[Researcher|researchers]]
* to introduce computer [[Games|games]] to the games world
* to support national computer-games organizations and computer-games tournament organizers
<span id="Board"></span>
=The Board of the ICGA=
* President: [[David Levy]]
* Vice-President: [[Ryan Hayward]]
* Vice-President Asian Countries: [[Shun-Chin Hsu]]
* Secretary-Treasurer: [[Hiroyuki Iida]]
* Programmers Representative: [[Mark Lefler]]
=ICCA / ICGA Presidents=
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! President
! Org.
! from
! until
|-
| [[Ben Mittman]]
| [[ICCA]]
| 1977
| 1983
|-
| [[Monroe Newborn]]
|
| 1983
| 1986
|-
| [[David Levy]]
|
| 1986
| 1992
|-
| [[Tony Marsland]]
|
| 1992
| 1999
|-
| [[David Levy]]
| [[ICCA]]
| 1999
| 2002
|-
| [[David Levy]]
| '''ICGA'''
| 2002
|
|}
=ICGA Events=
<ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]</ref>
* [[Conferences#AdvancesinComputerChess|Advances in Computer Games]]
* [[Computer Olympiad]]
* [[World Chess Software Championship]] since 2010
* [[World Computer Chess Championship]]
: [[ICGA Tournament Rules|Tournament Rules]]
* [[World Microcomputer Chess Championship]] until 2001
=Investigations=
* [[ICGA Investigations]]
<span id="Topics"></span>
=ICGA Topics=
* [http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/games/chess/endgames.php ICGA: Chess Endgames] compiled by [[Guy Haworth]] and colleagues » [[Endgame Tablebases]]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/games/Loa/ ICGA: Lines of Action] by [[Mark Winands]] » [[Lines of Action]]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/games/losingchess/ ICGA: Losing Chess] by [[Guy Haworth]]
* [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/games/roshambo/ ICGA: Roshambo] by [[Guy Haworth]]
=History and Purpose of the ICGA=
Renamed into the '''ICGA''' in [[Timeline#2002|2002]] <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/contents/content25-3.htm#ICCA%20BECOMES%20ICGA ICCA BECOMES ICGA] by [[David Levy]], President of the ICGA, [[ICGA Journal#25_3|ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3]] - September 2002</ref> , the association now more broadly fosters the [[Games|Computer Games]] community through its relationships with Computer Science, Commercial and Game organizations throughout the world. The '''ICGA''''s broader scope reflects the more general way in which computer-game capability contributes to [[Artificial Intelligence]] and to the human experience of game-playing.
=Quotes=
==Robert Hyatt==
[[Robert Hyatt]], 1997 in a [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]] post <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/3a074c70a369937f# Does ICCA publish dissenting views?], post #18 by [[Robert Hyatt]], January 22, 1997, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]]</ref> :
I was there when [[Barend Swets]] (Believe the spelling is correct) proposed forming this organization in [[WCCC 1977|1977]] in Toronto. I was one of many that stood up and said "yes, I'll join." However, others stood up and said I'll not only join, I'll help for nothing, and the [[ICCA]] was formed, and continues to work this way.
==Jaap van den Herik==
[[Jaap van den Herik]] in 2001 in ''The Bell Captain'' <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''2001'''). ''The Bell Captain''. [[ICGA Journal#24_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2]]</ref> :
In 1977, the ICCA was founded during the [[WCCC 1977|Second World Computer-Chess Championship in Toronto]]. The organisation was the brainchild of [[Barend Swets]] and many participants supported the idea, among them [[Ken Thompson]] who then tied for 4th place amongst 16 participants with his program [[Belle|BELLE]]. [[Chess (Program)|CHESS 4.6]] won the title but Ken received credit for BELLE's KQKR endgame play against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Browne IGM Walter Browne] (Fenner, 1979) <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1480950 Walter Shawn Browne vs Belle (Computer) - Queen vs Rook exhibition 1978] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]</ref> <ref>[http://quux.org:70/Archives/usenet-a-news/NET.chess/82.01.07_sri-unix.458_net.chess.txt QUEEN vs. ROOK] by [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62632443.html Warren Stenberg] and Edware J. Conway, reprinted from the January, 1979 issue of the Minnesota Chess Journal, The Usenet Oldnews Archive, Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman » [[ACM 1978]], [[Belle]], [[Endgame Tablebases]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Browne Walter Browne]</ref> . Further, Ken agreed to serve as Secretary and Treasurer of the new organisation alongside [[Ben Mittman]], the first ICCA President, and did so successfully and with much enthusiasm for six years.
<span id="BestPublicationAwards"></span>
=Best-Publication Awards=
==Mephisto Best-Publication Award==
{{Mephisto Best-Publication Award}}
==Novag Best-Publication Award==
{{Novag Best-Publication Award}}
==ChessBase Best-Publication Award==
{{ChessBase Best-Publication Award}}
==Best-Publication Award==
Winners of the Best-Publication Award 2011 ...
* [[Sylvain Gelly]], [[David Silver]] ('''2011'''). ''Monte-Carlo tree search and rapid action value estimation in computer Go''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 175, No. 11
* [[Yoji Ojima]], [[Hideki Kato]] ('''2012'''). [[Go]] progam [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=594 Zen], that beat a 9 dan professional player ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Takemiya Takemiya Masaki]) in a 19x19 Go game with 4 stones of handicap on March 17, 2012.
* [[Abdallah Saffidine]] ('''2013'''). ''Solving Games and All That''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Paris#9|Université Paris-Dauphine]], advisor [[Tristan Cazenave]], [http://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~abdallahs/Papers/2013/Solving%20Games%20and%20All%20That.pdf pdf]
* [[Gerd Isenberg]], [[Mark Lefler]] ('''2014'''). ''[[Main Page|The Chess Programming Wiki.]]''. (Thank you)
==ICGA Journal Awards==
{{ICGA Journal Awards}}
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46518 ICGA Olympiad 2013: Yokohama, Aug 12-18!] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], December 21, 2012 <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=44 Yokohama 2013 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=26290 ICGA Computer Olympiad 2013: Yokohama, Aug 12-18] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], December 21, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54972 WCCC 2015 Leiden] by [[Stefano Gemma]], [[CCC]], January 14, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64541 ICGA Facebook page] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2017
=External Links=
* [http://icga.org/ New ICGA website]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/ ICGA Tournament Database]
* [https://www.facebook.com/theICGA/ ICGA - Home | Facebook] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64541 ICGA Facebook page] by [[Harvey Williamson]], [[CCC]], July 06, 2017</ref>
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Computer_Games_Association International Computer Games Association from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?comid=44&task=committee International Computer Games Association (ICGA)], an [http://www.fide.com/component/fidedirectory/?view=affiliated Affiliated International Organizations] of [[FIDE]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Organizations|Up one level]]'''
