The ''ICGA Journal'' is a quarterly
academic journal
An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which Scholarly method, scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the ...
published by the International Computer Games Association. It was renamed in 2000. Its previous name was the ''ICCA Journal'' of the
International Computer Chess Association, which was founded in 1977.
The journal covers computer analysis on two-player games, especially games with
perfect information
Perfect information is a concept in game theory and economics that describes a situation where all players in a game or all participants in a market have knowledge of all relevant information in the system. This is different than complete informat ...
such as
chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...
,
checkers
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), is a group of Abstract strategy game, strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game ...
, and
Go. It has been the primary outlet for publication of articles on
solved game
A solved game is a game whose outcome (win, lose or tie (draw), draw) can be correctly predicted from any position, assuming that both players play perfectly. This concept is usually applied to abstract strategy games, and especially to games with ...
s, including the development of
endgame tablebase
In chess, the endgame tablebase, or simply the tablebase, is a computerised database containing precalculated evaluations of chess endgame, endgame positions. Tablebases are used to analyse finished games, as well as by chess engines to evaluate ...
s in chess and other games. For example, John W. Romein and Henri E. Bal reported in the journal in 2002 that they had solved
Awari and, in 2015, David J. Wu reported his solution for the
Arimaa Challenge.
[{{cite journal , first=David J. , last=Wu , year=2015 , title=Designing a Winning Arimaa Program , journal=ICGA Journal , volume=38 , number=1 , pages=19–40 , doi=10.3233/ICG-2015-38104 , url=https://icosahedral.net/downloads/djwu2015arimaa.pdf ]
From 1983 till 2015 ''ICGA Journal'' was edited by
Jaap van den Herik.
See also
*
Computer chess
Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to practice even in the absence of human opponents, and also provides opportunities for analysi ...
References
External links
ICGA Journalpage at ICGA website.
ICGA Journalpage at
IOS Press website.
Computer science journals
Academic journals established in 1977
IOS Press academic journals