We invite you to participate in CodeChef’s May Cook-Off, this Sunday, 24th May, from 9:30 pm to 12:00 am IST. 2.5 hours, 5 problems.

We will also be hosting a live problem discussion sessions for Cook-Off problems with our panelist Rajarshi RestingRajarshi Basu. You can register by clicking on the GOING button on the top right corner here. Also, if you have some original and engaging problem ideas, and you’re interested in them being used in CodeChef's contests, you can share them here.

Joining me on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: Ritesh rishup132 Gupta, Vikas [user: cus_pandey__ji] Pandey
• Admin: Teja teja349 Vardhan Reddy
• Tester: Raja raja1999 Vardhan Reddy
• Editorialist: Akash Whiplash99 Bhalotia
• Post-Contest Streaming: Rajarshi RestingRajarshi Basu
• Statement Verifier: Jakub Xellos Safin
• Mandarin Translator: Qingchuan Zhang
• Vietnamese Translator: Team VNOI
• Russian Translator: Fedor Mediocrity Korobeinikov
• Bengali Translator: Mohammad solaimanope Solaiman
• Hindi Translator: Akash Shrivastava

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!

Greetings Codeforces Community!

CodeChef invites you all to join us at CodeChef’s monthly serving of the Cookoff. A 2.5 hours contest with five servings of challenging problems for you and your peers to relish. Crafted out of the very best ideas, our set of curated problems will take your codebuds on a delightful trip.

Further, the February Cookoff will be the perfect opportunity to give a boost to your CodeChef ratings and rankings. Meanwhile, you can also share with us some original and engaging problem ideas which can be used in CodeChef's future contests, here: www.codechef.com/problemsetting/new-ideas.

I hope you will participate with your fellow programmers and enjoy the contest problems. Joining me on the problem setting panel are:

• Setters: teja349 (Teja Reddy), adarshagr8 (Adarsh Agrawal), fugazi ( Prashant Shishodia), codewiz (Nitish Gupta), taran_1407 (Taranpreet Singh), nagpaljatin1411 (Jatin Nagpal)
• Editorialist: (Akash Bhalotia)
• Tester: raja1999 (Raja Vardhan Reddy)
• Statement Verifier: Xellos (Jakub Safin)
• Admin: teja349 (Teja Reddy)
• Mandarin Translator: qingczha (Qingchuan Zhang)
• Vietnamese Translator: Team VNOI
• Russian Translator: Mediocrity (Fedor Korobeinikov)
• Bengali Translator: solaimanope (Mohammad Solaiman)
• Hindi Translator: Akash Shrivastava

Contest Details:

Time: 16th February 2020 (2130 hrs) to 16th February2020 (0000 hrs). (Indian Standard Time — +5:30 GMT) — Check your timezone.

• Contest link: http://bit.ly/COOK115-Codeforces
• 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 performers in Global and top 10 performers in the Indian category will get CodeChef laddus, with which the winners can claim cool CodeChef goodies. Know more here: https://discuss.codechef.com/t/how-do-i-win-a-codechef-goodie/7344

Good Luck!

Hope to see you participating!!

Happy Programming!!