AIIDE 2026 Schedule

No exact schedule has yet been made for the 2026 competition. Registration will happen sometime in later summer, with submission being approximately one month after that.

AIIDE Specific Rules

The following rules are specific only to the AIIDE competition.

Competition Format and Final Ranking

• The tournament will be run for approximately one week in a round robin format
• The final results will be ranked by total win percentage after those round robins have been played

Open Source Submission Required

• Your submission must include the full source code for your bot, with easy to follow compilation / setup instructions
• Your bot must compile and run with an official release of the BWAPI libary
• Any attempts to omit or obfuscate the source code submission will result in disqualification
• If I cannot get your bot to compile prior to the start of the competition it will be disqualidied

Common Competition Rules

Rules which are common to both competitions can be found on the compete page.