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The 2013 Arimaa World Championship is just around the corner. Just like last year, we are going to have awesome live audio commentary of the championship games, but at the moment I am recruiting players, not spectators. Last year's "elite" tournament had a $100 entry fee and a large prize fund, but this year we are back to the "everybody plays" entry fee of $10. With 21 players signed up already, we are almost certain to break the record participation of 33 from 2011. See below for a list of the registrants so far. The format is six rounds of Swiss Divider followed by elimination finals until only the champion remains. This means everyone is guaranteed six games against unique opponents, with the games becoming more evenly matched as the rounds progress. The complete rules are here: http://arimaa.com/arimaa/mwiki/index.php/2013_World_Championship_Rules Registration closes midnight UTC January 4, so if you don't already have Arimaa points or money in PayPal you can use, now is the time to figure out how to register. Omar has been lenient about the registration deadline in the past, but I'm scheduling the first round on January 5, so no late registrations will be accepted this year. Register now! http://arimaa.com/arimaa/events/reg.cgi?e=2013wc 1316 ddyer Dave Dyer US 1345 alien1020hk Leung Yu Fung HK 1460 hull Josh Hull US 1564 aurelian Aurelian Florea RO 1655 UMDRevan Umd Revan US 1683 crazyharry Jacob Gray US 1847 RmznA Ramazan Aydin NL 1853 odin73 Christian S DE 1881 omar Omar Syed US 1942 woh Herve Dhondt BE 1982 Brendan_M Brendan M GB 1998 ChrisB Christopher Bovee US 2013 mistre Mark Mistretta US 2015 Nombril Eric Momsen US 2057 supersamu Samuel Schueler DE 2073 Thiagor Peter U DE 2093 Harren Daniel Worm NL 2186 browni3141 Mathew Brown US 2202 rabbits Gregory Clark US 2204 Alfons Ulrich Galster DE 2289 Adanac Greg Magne CA

This is a community arimaa game. Anyone can join a team and make a move. Please post the current game state after the end of your move. Gold: Tazerdadog Silver: Note that trap squares will not be visible on a chessboard. The pieceequivalents are as follows: Elephant = King Camel = Queen Horse = Rook Dog = Bishop Cat = Knight Rabbit = Pawn I'll start gold off with the 99 of 9 opening.

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