The Arimaa Challenge: From Inception to Completion

Abstract

In 2003, I published a paper in the ICGA Journal describing the game Arimaa and offering a challenge prize of $10,000 USD to develop a program capable of defeating the top human player before the year 2020. In 2015, David Wu developed a program called SHARP which won the Arimaa Challenge. This article will discuss my perspective of the Arimaa Challenge over the years from inception to completion.