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Slots & Deployments

Slots represent different versions of your bot. Each team has multiple slots available.
  • One deployment per slot
  • One slot = one version of your bot
  • Your bot keeps playing games until you deploy a new version to that slot

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ELO System

Each slot has its own independent ELO rating:
  • ELO resets when you deploy a new bot to that slot
  • Your best ELO from your best slot at the end of the hackathon determines your ranking
  • This lets you experiment with different strategies across slots

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Game Format

Input: PGN (Portable Game Notation) string
Output: UCI (Universal Chess Interface) format Examples: e2e4, e1g1 (castle), e7e8q (promotion)

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Watching Games

Use the platform dashboard to:
  • Watch live games
  • Review game history and PGNs
  • Analyze your bot’s performance
  • Debug runtime errors

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Performance Optimization

  • Profile code to find bottlenecks
  • Optimize move generation
  • Implement alpha-beta pruning
  • Use move ordering
  • Add transposition tables