Greetings to you all!

Note that CodeChef’s April Cook-Off is on a Monday this month instead of the usual Sunday. Also, this Cook-Off will use new cloud-based checkers, about which you can read here.

I take the opportunity to invite you to this 2.5-hour short contest. You’ll have 5 problems to solve and the best performers will be treated with Laddus redeemable for cool CodeChef goodies!

We will also be hosting a live problem discussion session on Tuesday (21st) from 5pm to 7pm IST on Zoom and Youtube Live, where our panelists, teja349 (Teja Vardhan Reddy) and RestingRajarshi (Rajarshi Basu) will discuss the Cook-Off problems. If you’re interested only in the hardest couple of problems, join in at 6pm. You can book your spot here.

The problem statements of the contest will be available in English, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, Mandarin, and Vietnamese.

The problem setting panel :

• Setters: FastestFinger (Ayush Ranjan), smartnj (Naman Jain)
• Tester: raja1999 (Raja Vardhan Reddy)
• Editorialist: RestingRajarshi (Rajarshi Basu)
• Statement Verifier: Xellos (Jakub Safin)
• Admin: teja349 (Teja Vardhan Reddy)
• Russian Translator: Mediocrity (Fedor Korobeinikov)
• Vietnamese Translator: Team VNOI
• Bengali Translator: solaimanope (Mohammad Solaiman)
• Hindi Translator: Akash Shrivastava
• Mandarin Translator: Qingchuan Zhang

Contest Details:

• Time: 20th April 2020 (21:30 hrs) to 21st April (00:00hrs). (Indian Standard Time: +5:30 GMT) — Check your timezone.
• Contest link: http://www.codechef.com/COOK117
• Registration: You just need to have a CodeChef handle to participate. For all those who are interested and do not have a CodeChef handle, are requested to register in order to participate.
• Prizes: Top 10 Indian and top 10 Global participants will receive CodeChef laddus, with which the winners can claim cool CodeChef goodies. Know more here.

Good luck and have fun!