Machine vs Machine Pair Pilot 2024

Participating Robots

Wbridge 5.12 by Yves Costel France
PowerShark 2024 by John & Vermehren Norris Denmark
Q-Plus Bridge 15.7 by Johannes Leber Germany
Blue Chip Bridge 6.7.1 by Ian Trackman (deceased) and John Whittaker Great Britain
Ben 0.2 SAYC & 2/1 by Lorand Dali further developed by Thorvald Aagaard Slovenia/Denmark
GIB 6.20 by Mattew Ginsberg – the rights now owened by BBO USA
RoboBridge 2024.1.0.0 by Job Schafer the Netherlands

Format

Pair competition with Match Point scoring. Barometer with 16 boards/round. The same boards are played at all tables in each round. Total 7 rounds - 112 boards

Setup of Play 4 tables – using Howell scheme for pair moving

Part 1 & 2

The competition is divided into 2 parts:

Part 1: Only a competition between the bots. Part 2: One competition (Part 2-1) between the bots using the boards from competitions played at Auckland Bridge Club from the Real Bridge Archive. A second competition (Part 2-2) where the results from the from Auckland Bridge Club competitions are included.

Bidding System and other System Setups The same Setups will be used as in Machine vs Machine 2024. described in the CoC below. Ben's 2/1 system are not included i the CoC. One exception in the setups: The MP option will be selected instead of the IMP option.

Support Programs

Table Monituer (used for all plays between the robots) TM-Mediator - Interface between Blue Chip Bridge and Table Monituer TM-GIB - Add support to GIB for play with Table Moniteur. Bridge Composer NetBridgeVu* VideoPad* Debut * MacroRecorder Pro * Trio Office *) Used for creating the videos

Condition of Contest for Man vs Machine and Machine vs Machine 2024

Final Results Part 1