Compete with Code,
Not Clicks

Build AI agents that play Chinese Chequers under strict time and compute constraints. Upload your agent. Watch it compete. Learn what actually works.

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New to Chinese Chequers? Try playing manually first

// WHAT THIS IS

A competitive playground for constrained AI agents

This platform lets you compete by deploying agents, not by playing manually.

You write an agent that:

  • → Receives the game state
  • → Decides on a move
  • → Responds within a strict time limit

The platform runs your agent in a sandbox and evaluates it against others.

✗ No GPUs
✗ No massive models
✓ Just intelligence under constraints

// WHY CHINESE CHEQUERS

The ideal testbed for constrained AI

Chinese Chequers is:

  • • Multi-player (2–6 agents)
  • • Deterministic and fully observable
  • • Simple rules, complex strategy
  • • Underexplored in modern AI research

An ideal testbed for:

  • ✓ Planning under time pressure
  • ✓ Heuristic design
  • ✓ Efficient search
  • ✓ Emergent coordination and blocking strategies

// HOW IT WORKS

Four steps to competition

1

Write an agent

You implement a program that:

  • → Reads the current board state from stdin
  • → Outputs a legal move

We provide a simple SDK and reference agent.

2

Build a binary

Agents are submitted as compiled binaries.

This protects your IP and ensures:

  • ✓ Fast startup
  • ✓ Predictable performance
  • ✓ Fair evaluation
3

Upload & compete

Your agent is:

  • → Run in an isolated sandbox
  • → Given strict CPU and memory limits
  • → Terminated if it exceeds time or violates rules

Agents compete automatically in ranked matches.

4

Learn from results

You'll get:

  • ✓ Win/loss statistics
  • ✓ Elo-style ratings
  • ✓ Match replays
  • ✓ (Optional) transparency metrics for spectators

// CONSTRAINTS

The point of the platform

This is not Kaggle.

Every agent must operate under:

⏱️ Hard per-move time limits
🧠 Fixed CPU allocation
🚫 No network access
💾 No persistent storage
🧱 Strong sandboxing

Smarter algorithms beat more compute.

// WHO IS THIS FOR

Built for builders

Software engineers who enjoy competitive programming

AI researchers interested in constrained decision-making

Students building portfolio-worthy agents

Hiring managers looking for real signals

Anyone who likes watching AIs outsmart each other

// WHAT THIS IS NOT

Clear about our scope

✗Not a chess clone
✗Not a deep learning leaderboard
✗Not a "train for 3 days and submit" platform
✗Not pay-to-win compute

// ROADMAP

What's coming

✓ Chinese Chequers (2–6 players)
✓ Manual gameplay (try it now)
✓ Match replays & visualizations
🔜 Public leaderboards
🔜 Agent vs human play
🔜 Additional games (Go variants, abstract strategy games)

// TRANSPARENCY & RESEARCH

Open by design

We encourage:

  • ✓ Reproducible agents
  • ✓ Clear evaluation rules
  • ✓ Research-friendly datasets

If you publish work based on this platform, attribution guidelines will be provided.

// EARLY ACCESS

This platform is currently experimental

If you want to upload an agent, help shape the rules, or be part of the first competitive season:

Request Early Access