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Deep Nikita competed in the 2013 ICGA contest!

 Play the world's smallest chess games against a perfect-playing computer opponent! (Click on the images to learn more.)

Play Reversi/Othello on one of three starting positions on 100 different playing levels. This AI algorithm features alpha-beta search with quiescence search for corner and X/C square moves, and diagonal breakage. The evaluation function computes stable discs, mobility, frontier discs, and the configurations of the four edges.

Play International/Polish Checkers on one of 100 levels. Computer plays with 3-piece endgame tablebase. Rules can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_draughts.

Dobutsu Shogi, also known as "Let's Catch the Lion", is a 3x4 variant of the traditional Japanese chess game Shogi designed by female Shogi champion Madoku Kiato (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/26621/madoka-kitao).

Dobutsu Shogi can be won by White (the 2nd player) under perfect play.

Play 4x5 micro-shogi with 100 different level settings.

Play a 5x5 variant of the traditional game of Shogi in one of 100 level settings.

Important to note: in Mini-Shogi, it is generally argeed that Black loses in a case of fourfold repetition. http://minerva.cs.uec.ac.jp/~uec55shogi/wiki.cgi?page=The+Rule+of+Mini-Shogi(in+English)#p4

Watch a game of Minishogi between two experts!

Play an ancient checkers game of Indonesia. AI player comes with 6-piece endgame tablebase (over 500MB!), and can search ~4-6 plies + quiescence for recapturing.

Clobber is a modern abstract-strategy game invented in 2001 by combinatorial game theorists Michael H. Albert, J.P. Grossman and Richard Nowakowski. Play 3 variations of clobber on one of 100 level settings.

Lines of action is a connections-type game, in which the aim is to connect all of ones' pieces, by moving your pieces along vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines. Play 3 different variants on 100 different level settings.

Einstein Wurfelt Nicht is a dice game involving probabilistic strategy. Play on one of 100 level settings. Computer opponent uses Monte-Carlo Tree Search with 4-piece endgame tablebase.

Chinese Dark Chess is a chess game involving probabilistic strategy. Play on one of 100 level settings. Computer opponent uses Monte-Carlo Tree Search.