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Computer Olympiad

The Computer Olympiad is a multi-games event in which computer programs compete against each other. For many games, the Computer Olympiads are an opportunity to claim the "world's best computer player" title. First contested in 1989, the majority of the games are board games but other games such as Bridge take place as well. In 2010, several puzzles were included in the competition.

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History

Developed in the 1980s by David Levy, the first Computer Olympiad took place in 1989 at the Park Lane Hotel in London. The games ran on a yearly basis until after the 1992 games, when the Olympiad's ruling committee was unable to find a new organiser. This resulted in the games being suspended until 2000 when the Mind Sports Olympiad resurrected them. Recently, the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has adopted the Computer Olympiad and tries to organise the event on an annual basis.

Originally held most often in London or Maastricht, cities from around the world have hosted the Olympiad.

Games contested

The games which have been contested at each olympiad are:

1st Computer Olympiad

Medals Awarded

Awari

  1. Marco (R. Nierat)
  2. Wali (E. van der Schilden)
  3. Conchus (S. Thomas)

Backgammon

  1. Neurogammon (Gerald Tesauro)
  2. Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde)
  3. Saitek Backgammon (Treesoft)

Bridge

  1. Acol Master Bridge (Paul Jones)
  2. Vtech (Tony Guilfoyle)
  3. Oxford Bridge 3 (Andrew Bracher)

Checkers

  1. Chinook (J. Schaeffer)
  2. Checkers! (G. Dodgen)
  3. Tournament Checkers (D. Butler)

Chess

  1. Rebel (Ed Schroeder)
  2. Mephisto (Richard Lang)
  3. Fidelity (Kathe and Dan Spracklen)

Chinese Chess

  1. Acer Chinese Chess (Y. Shi-Shun)
  2. Chinese chess Expert Acme (K-M. Ts'ao)
  3. Elephant (S-C. Hsu)

Connect-Four

  1. Victor (V. Allis)
  2. Heap (M. Taylor)
  3. Four Blitz (H. van der Zijden)

Dominoes

  1. LUciano (D. Borrajo)
  2. Seneca (M. Alicia Perez)
  3. Rio de la Plata (E. Gramajo)

Draughts

  1. Dios '89 (E. van Riet Paap)
  2. Truus (S. Keetman)
  3. McDammen (R.P.G. van Bemmelen)

Go 19×19

  1. SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf)
  2. Goliath (M. Boon)
  3. Star of Poland (J. Kraszek)

Go 9×9

  1. Dragon (D-Y. Lin)
  2. Go Intellect (K. Chen)
  3. Goliath (M. Boon)

Go-Moku

  1. Matena (A. Frolov)
  2. Homoku Sapiens (N. Alexandrov)
  3. Domino (M. Muron and J. Novotny)

Othello

  1. Polygon (A. Selby)
  2. Comp'oth (F. Aguillon)
  3. Badia (M. van Tien)

Renju

1/2. Renju Sapiens (A. Grigoriev) 1/2. Tandy Renju (R. Lang)

Scrabble

  1. Crab (A. Appel, G. Jacobson, G. Thomas and S. Thomas)
  2. Tyler (A. Frank)
  3. Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle and R. Hooker)

2nd Computer Olympiad

Medals Awarded

Awari

  1. Lithidion (University of Limburg) (NL)
  2. Marco (R. Nierat)


Backgammon

  1. Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde)
  2. Prospero (R. Mills)


Bridge

  1. Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle)
  2. Oxford Bridge (A. Bracher)


Checkers

  1. Colossus (M. Bryant)
  2. Chinook (J. Schaeffer)
  3. Checkermate (D. Oldbury and A. Millett)


Chess

  1. Mephisto (R. Lang)
  2. Rebel (E. Schroeder)
  3. Zugzwang (P. Mysliwietz and R. Feldman)


Chinese Chess

  1. Elephant (S-C. Hsu)
  2. Chinese Chess Expert (K-M. Ts'ao)
  3. NKS (H.S. Long and S. Zi)


Go 19×19

  1. Go Intellect (K. Chen)
  2. SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf and M. Müller)
  3. Go 4 (M. Reiss)


Go 9×9

  1. Go Intellect (K. Chen)
  2. Go 4 (M. Reiss)
  3. Dragon (D-Y. Lin)


Go-Moku

  1. Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)
  2. Matena (A. Frolov)
  3. Solid (A. Dolinsky) 3. XOXOXO (Lev Ilkov)


Othello

  1. Dumbo (T. Duykers)
  2. Vers2 (B. de Wolf)
  3. Microb (M. Claverie)


Qubic

  1. Qubic (A. Grigoriev)
  2. Cube (M. Burton)


Renju

  1. Renju Fan (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)
  2. XOXOXO (L. Ilkov)


Scrabble

  1. TSP (J. Homan)
  2. Crab (G. Jacobson)
  3. Tyler (A. Frank)

3rd Computer Olympiad

Medals awarded

Awari

  1. Lithidion (V. Allis and M. van der Meulen)
  2. MyProgram (E. van Riet Paap)

Bridge

  1. Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle)
  2. Pupil
  3. Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz)

Chess

  1. The ChessMachine WK-version (E. Schroeder)
  2. The ChessMachine King (J. de Koning)
  3. Chessplayer 2175 (C. Whittington)

Chinese Chess

  1. Abyss (C. Ye) 1. Surprise (R. Wu)

Both programs were awarded the gold medal

Draughts

  1. Truus (S. Keetman)
  2. Dam 1.3 (H. Jetten)
  3. McDammen (R.P.G. van Bemmelen)

Go 19×19

  1. Goliath (M. Boon)
  2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen)
  3. Explorer 90 (M. Müller)

Go 9×9

  1. Explorer 90 (M. Müller) 1. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) 3. Goliath (M. Boon)

Explorer 90 and Go Intellect were awarded the gold medal.

Go-Moku

  1. Vertex (A. Shaposhnikov and A. Nosovsky)
  2. Neuro-GM
  3. Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)

Nine Men's Morris

  1. Bushy 4.0 (R. Gasser)
  2. IIF Moris (M. Leineweber)

Othello

  1. Prothello (L. Jansen)
  2. Mast 91 (R. Kroonenberg)
  3. Rev91 (J. Buijs)

Qubic

  1. QBig (V. Allis and P. Schoo)
  2. 3D3T (A. Grigoriev)

Renju

  1. Vertex (A. Shaposhnikov and A. Nosovsky)
  2. Neuro-RN
  3. Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)

Scrabble

  1. TSP (J. Homan)
  2. Tyler (A. Frank)

4th Computer Olympiad

The AST 4th Computer Olympiad took place in London, UK from 5 August 1992 to 11 August 1992.

Medals Awarded

Awari

  1. Lithidion (M. van der Meulen) (NL)
  2. Marvin (T.Lincke) (CH)
  3. Juju (UK)

Backgammon

  1. Bax (K.-U. Koschnik) (DE)
  2. Maestro 1.0 (J. Boyan) (US)
  3. Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde) (US)

Bridge

  1. Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz) (DE)
  2. Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle) (UK)
  3. Alpha Bridge (A. Lopatin) (RU)

Chess

  1. HIARCS 6.72 (M. Uniacke) (UK) 1. The King (J. de Koning) (NL) 1. Genesis (E. Riet Paap) (NL)

The three programs were awarded the gold medal

Chinese Chess

  1. Surprise (R. Wu) (CH)
  2. Elephant (S.-H. Hsu) (TW)

Draughts

  1. Tn 83 (A.R.D. Van Bergen) (NL)
  2. Dynamo (A. Millet) (UK)

Gin rummy

  1. Rummymate (RU)
  2. Ginny (RU)

Go 19×19

  1. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  2. Go 4.3 (M. Reiss) (UK)
  3. Archmage (S.-C. Hsu and J.-C. Yan) (TW) and 3. Neuron (RU)

Both Archmage and Neuron were awarded the bronze medal

Go 9×9

  1. Go 4.3 (M. Reiss) (UK)
  2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  3. Dragon (D.-Y. Lin) (TW)

Go-Moku

  1. Victoria (V. Allis & L. Schoenmaker) (NL)
  2. Polygon (J. Uiterwijk) (NL) and 2. Neuron (RU)

Both Polygon and Neuron were awarded the silver medal

Othello

  1. Othel du Nord (J.-C. Delbarre) (FR)
  2. Aida (J. Gnodde) (NL)
  3. JacP'Oth (P. Gailhac) (FR)

Renju

  1. Neuron (RU)
  2. Zero Club (LVA)
  3. Xokk (FIN)

Scrabble

  1. Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle & R. Hooker) (UK)
  2. Tyler (A. Frank) (US)
  3. Trouble (NL)

5th Computer Olympiad

2000, London, United Kingdom

The 5th Computer Olympiad took place at Alexandra Palace, the West Hall in London, UK from 21 August 2000 to 25 August 2000. After an eight-year hiatus, it was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad. The computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Amazons, Awari, Chess, Go, Hex, LOA, and Shogi.

The chess competition of the Computer Olympiad was a special event, since it was adopted by the ICCA as the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC 2000).

Medals Awarded

Amazons (6 participants)

  1. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
  2. Yamazon (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  3. Anky (P. Hensgens) (NL)

Awari (2 participants)

  1. Marvin (T. Lincke) (CH)
  2. Softwari (R. van der Goot) (CAN)

Chess (14 participants)

  1. Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen) (GER)
  2. Fritz (F. Morsch) (NL)
  3. Rebel (E. Schroeder) (NL) and Chess Tiger (C. Theron) (FR)

Go 19×19 (6 participants)

  1. GoeMate (Z. Chen) (China)
  2. Go4++ (M. Reiss) (UK)
  3. Aya (H. Yamashita) (JAP)

Hex (3 participants)

  1. Hexy (V. Anshelevich) (USA)
  2. Queenbee (J. v. Ryswyck) (CAN)
  3. Killerbee (E. Brasa) (IT)

Lines of Action (3 participants)

  1. YL (Y. Björnsson) (CAN)
  2. Mona (D. Billings) (CAN)
  3. MIA (M. Winands) (NL)

Shogi (3 participants)

  1. YSS (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  2. Shotest 4.1 (J. Rollason) (UK)
  3. Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi) (JAP)

6th Computer Olympiad

2001, Maastricht, Netherlands

The CMG 6th Computer Olympiad took place at Ad Fundum of the Universiteit Maastricht in Maastricht, Netherlands from 18 August 2001 to 23 August 2001. As with each year's Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Amazons, chess, Chinese Chess, Gipf, LOA, and Shogi.

The chess competition of the Computer Olympiad was a special event, since it was adopted by the ICCA as the 18th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC 2001).

Medals Awarded

Amazons (4 participants)

  1. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
  2. Aska (Iida lab) (JAP)
  3. Invader (Avetisyan) (USA)

Chess (18 participants)

  1. Junior (A. Ban) (Israel)
  2. Quest (F. Morsch) (NL)
  3. Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen) (GER)

Chinese Chess (3 participants)

  1. ELP (J-C. Chen) (Taiwan)
  2. SG8.2 (Cheng) (Taiwan)
  3. Abyss'99 (T. Marsland) (CAN)

Gipf (2 participants)

  1. GF1 (K. van den Branden) (BE)
  2. Gipfted (D. Wentink) (NL)

Lines of Action (3 participants)

  1. YL (Y. Björnsson) (CAN)
  2. MIA II (M. Winands) (NL)
  3. Apprentice (D. Beal) (UK)

Shogi (3 participants)

  1. Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason) (UK)
  2. Spear (R. Grimbergen) (NL/JAP)
  3. Tacos (H. Iida) (JAP)

7th Computer Olympiad

The 7th Computer Olympiad was held in Maastricht, Netherlands in 2002, from July 5 till July 11. There were 68 participants from over 13 countries.

The chess event played here was adopted by the ICCA as the 10th World Computer Chess Championship.

Medals Awarded

Amazons (6 participants)

  1. Amazong (J. Lieberum) (GER)
  2. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
  3. Invader (Avetisyan) (USA)

Backgammon (2 participants)

  1. BGBlitz (F. Berger) (GER)
  2. Gnubg (A. Müller) (GER)

Bridge (2 participants)

  1. Wbridge5 (Costel) (FRA)
  2. Jack (H. Kuijff) (NL)

Chess (18 participants)

  1. Junior (A. Ban) (Israel)
  2. Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen) (GER)
  3. Brutus (A. Kure) (GER)

Chinese Chess (4 participants)

  1. ELP (J-C. Chen) (Taiwan)
  2. Shiga 8.1 (S-J. Yen) (Taiwan)
  3. Xie Xie (Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo) (FRA)

Dots and Boxes (2 participants)

  1. Control Freak (W. Fraser) (USA)
  2. Seicho (H. Iida) (JAP)

Draughts (9 participants)

  1. Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten) (NL)
  2. DIOS (C. Jurriens) (NL)
  3. Damage (B. Tuyt) (NL)

Go 19×19 (5 participants)

  1. Go4++ (M. Reiss) (UK)
  2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  3. GNU Go (I. Wallin) (SWE)

Go 9×9 (4 participants)

  1. Go4++ (M. Reiss) (UK)
  2. GNU Go (I. Wallin) (SWE)
  3. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)

Lines of Action (4 participants)

  1. YL (Y. Björnsson) (CAN)
  2. MIA III (M. Winands) (NL)
  3. (T-T) (H. Iida) (JAP)

Shogi (5 participants)

  1. ISshogi (Y. Tanase) (CAN)
  2. Kanazawa under Reiki (S. Todoroki) (JAP)
  3. Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason) (UK)

8th Computer Olympiad

2003, Graz, Austria

The 8th Computer Olympiad was held November 23–November 27, 2003, in Graz, Austria.

The Computer Olympiad was held in conjunction with the International Computer Games Association 11th World Computer Chess Championship 2003 and the 10th Advances in Computer Games Conference. Because of this, no medals were awarded for the two chess events.

Medals Awarded

Abalone (2 participants)

  1. AbaPro (T. Werner) (AUT)
  2. Nacre (P. Sommerlund) (DEN)

Amazons (5 participants)

  1. Amazong (J. Lieberum) (GER)
  2. Invader (Avetisyan) (USA)
  3. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)

Backgammon (2 participants)

  1. BGBlitz (F. Berger) (GER)
  2. Gnubg (A. Müller) (GER)

Chinese Chess (5 participants)

  1. ZMBL (Z. Tu) (China)
  2. Xie Xie (Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo) (FRA)
  3. ELP (J-C. Chen) (Taiwan)

Dots and Boxes (3 participants)

  1. Control Freak (W. Fraser) (USA)
  2. Deep Beige (D. Bochenski) (UK)
  3. Damepo (H. Iida) (JAP)

Draughts (4 participants)

  1. Sjende Blyn (J. Wiersma) (NL)
  2. Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten) (NL)
  3. TD King (T. Tillemans) (CH)

Go 19×19 (11 participants)

  1. GNU Go (I. Wallin) (SWE)
  2. GoAhead (P. Woitke) (GER)
  3. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)

Go 9×9 (10 participants)

  1. Aya (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  2. NeuroGo (M. Enzenberger) (CAN)
  3. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)

Hex (2 participants)

  1. Six (G. Melis) (HUN)
  2. Mongoose (R. Hayward) (CAN)

Lines of Action (3 participants)

  1. MIA IV (M. Winands) (NL)
  2. BING (B. Helmstetter) (FRA)
  3. (T-T) (J. Nagashima) (JAP)

Poker (2 participants)

  1. Vexbot (University of Alberta GAMES group) (CAN)
  2. Sparbot (University of Alberta GAMES group) (CAN)

Shogi (3 participants)

  1. YSS (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  2. ISshogi (Y. Tanase) (JAP)
  3. Tacos (H. Iida) (JAP)

9th Computer Olympiad

2004, Ramat Gan, Israel

The 9th Computer Olympiad took place in Ramat-Gan, Israel from July 3, 2004 to July 12, 2004. As with each year's Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Amazons, Chinese Chess, Go, Lines of Action, Hex and Octi.

The event was held in conjunction with the 12th World Computer Chess Championship and Computers and Games 2004 Conference. Because of this, no medals were awarded for the two chess events.

Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer and Dr. J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk were the Tournament Directors.

Medals Awarded

Amazons (2 participants)

  1. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
  2. TAS (Y. Higashiuchi) (JAP)

Chinese Chess (2 participants)

  1. Contemplation (K-C Wu) (Taiwan)
  2. ELP (J-C. Chen) (Taiwan)

Go 19×19 (5 participants)

  1. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  2. The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland) (USA)
  3. Indigo (B. Bouzy) (FRA)

Go 9×9 (9 participants)

  1. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  2. GnuGo (The Free Software Foundation) (The World)
  3. Magog (E. van der Werf) (NL)

Hex (2 participants)

  1. Six (G. Melis) (HUN)
  2. Mongoose (R. Hayward) (CAN)

Lines of Action (4 participants)

  1. MIA 4++ (M. Winands) (NL)
  2. BING (B. Helmstetter) (FRA)
  3. YL (Y. Björnsson) (Iceland)

Octi 6×7 (2 participants)

  1. Testme2 (J. Bacher) (CAN)
  2. Casbah (C. Sutton) (USA)

10th Computer Olympiad

2005, Taipei, Taiwan

The 10th Computer Olympiad took place in Taipei, Taiwan from 3 September 2005 to 6 September 2005. As with each year's Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Amazons, Chinese Chess, Clobber, Dots and Boxes, Computational Pool (billiards), Go, and Shogi.

The 11th Advances in Computer Games was also held at the same location and time as the Olympiad.

The organizing committee for the 10th edition was: H.H.L.M. Donkers, M. Greenspan, J.W. Hellemons (chair), T-s Hsu, H.J. van den Herik, and M. Tiessen.

Medals Awarded

Amazons (3 participants)

  1. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
  2. Invader (Avetisyan) (USA)
  3. TAS (Y. Higashiuchi) (JAP)

Chinese Chess (14 participants)

  1. XQMASTER (Z. Mingyang) (China)
  2. SHIGA (S.-J. Yen) (Taiwan)
  3. NEUCHESS (W. Jiao) (China)

Clobber (2 participants)

  1. MILA (M. Winands) (NL)
  2. ClobberA (J. Willemson) (Estonia)

Dots and Boxes (3 participants)

  1. Deep Beige (D. Bochenski) (UK)
  2. Beige Watch (R. Weston) (UK)
  3. ALSOB (P. Bailey) (UK)

Go 19×19 (7 participants)

  1. Hand Talk (C. Zhixing) (China)
  2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  3. Aya (H. Yamashita) (JAP)

Go 9×9 (9 participants)

  1. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  2. Aya (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  3. Indigo (B. Bouzy) (FRA)

Pool (4 participants)

  1. UofA (M. Smith) (CAN)
  2. PoolMaster (J.-F. Landry) (CAN)
  3. Elix (M. Godard) (CAN)

Shogi (4 participants)

  1. Tacos (H. Iida) (JAP)
  2. YSS (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  3. Spear (R. Grimbergen) (JAP)
Trivia

Hand Talk, which won the Gold medal in Computer Go, was original written in assembly language by a retired chemistry professor of Sun Yat-sen University, China.

11th Computer Olympiad

2006, Turin, Italy

The 11th Computer Olympiad was held in Turin, Italy between May 25 and June 4, 2006 in conjunction with the 14th World Computer Chess Championship and the 5th Computer and Games conference (CG 2006). These events were co-hosted with the human FIDE 37th Chess Olympiad.

Medals Awarded

Backgammon (2 participants)

  1. GNU Backgammon (Müller)
  2. BGBlitz (Berger)

Chinese Chess (5 participants)

  1. NeuChess (W. Jiao) (China)
  2. Shiga (S.-J. Yen) (Taiwan)
  3. Deep Elephant (Wu) (China)

Clobber (3 participants)

  1. Pan (J. De Koning) (NL)
  2. Mila (M. Winands) (NL)
  3. ClobberB (J. Willemson) (Estonia)

Connect6 (3 participants)

  1. NCTU6 (Wu and Chang)
  2. X6 (Liou and Yen)
  3. EVG (Huang and Hsu)

International draughts (4 participants)

  1. TDKing (Tillemans) (NL)
  2. SJENDE BLYN (Wiersma) (NL)
  3. Dam 2.2 (Jetten) (NL)

Go 19×19 (6 participants)

  1. GNU Go (Free Software Foundation)
  2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  3. Indigo (B. Bouzy) (FRA)

Go 9×9 (11 participants)

  1. Crazy Stone (R. Coulom) (FRA)
  2. Aya (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  3. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)

Hex (3 participants)

  1. Six (Melis)
  2. Wolve (Hayward)
  3. Hex Krieger (Rasmussen)

Kriegspiel (2 participants)

  1. Darkboard (Favini and Ciancarini)
  2. Kbott (Parker)

Lines of Action (2 participants)

  1. MIA (Winands)
  2. YL (Björnsson)

Pool (5 participants)

  1. PickPocket (Mike Smith) (CAN)
  2. SkyNet (Will Leckie) (CAN)
  3. Elix (Marc Godard) (CAN)

Shogi (3 participants)

  1. YSS (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
  2. Bonanza (Hoki) (JAP)
  3. Tacos (H. Iida) (JAP)

12th Computer Olympiad

2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The 12th Computer Olympiad was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the 15th World Computer Chess Championship and Computer Games Workshop 2007 (CGW2007).

IBM, SARA Computing and Networking Services and NCF (Foundation of National Computing Facilities) are enabling the organization of the Computer Games Workshop 2007 (CGW2007) (15–17 June 2007), the 15th World Computer-Chess Championship (WCCC) (11–18 June) and the 12th Computer Olympiad (CO) (11–18 June) was held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Location: CGW2007 (The Turing hall - Z011), WCCC (Eulerzaal – Z009) and Computer Olympiad (Newtonzaal – Z010), Science Park Amsterdam, Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam.

Medals Awarded

Amazons (2 participants)

  1. 8 Queens Problem (Johann de Koning) (NL)
  2. Campya (Julien Kloetzer) (FRA)

Backgammon (3 participants)

  1. Bgblitz (Frank Berger) (DEU)
  2. GNU Backgammon
  3. MCgammon (Guillaume Chaslot, François van Lieshout) (BEL)

Chess ( participants)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich) (US)
  2. Zappa (Anthony Cozie, Erdogan Günes) (Turkey)
  3. Loop (Fritz Reul) (DE)
  4. GridChess (Kai Himstedt, Ulf Lorenz, ...) (DE) and Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)

Rybka was retroactively disqualified from ICCC events due to findings of plagiarism. Therefore, Zappa and Loop were moved up, and GridChess and Shredder jointly awarded third place.

Chinese Chess (5 participants)

  1. NeuChess (Jiao Wang) (CHN)
  2. Shiga (Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen) (TWN)
  3. XieXie (Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo, Jih Tung Pai) (FRA)

Connect6 (4 participants)

  1. X6 (John Moon-Liou, Shi-Jim Yen) (TWN)
  2. MeinStein (Theo van der Storm) (NL)
  3. Kavalan (Shi-Jim Yen) (TWN)

International draughts (7 participants)

  1. Dam 2.2 (Harm Jetten) (NL)
  2. TDKing (Ton Tillemans) (CHE)
  3. Sjende Blyn (Jelle Wiersma) (NL)

Go 19×19 (8 participants)

  1. MoGo (Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang) (FRA)
  2. Crazy Stone (Rémi Coulom) (FRA)
  3. GNU Go

Go 9×9 (10 participants)

  1. Steenvreter (Erik van der Werf) (NL)
  2. MoGo (Sylvain Gelly) (FRA)
  3. Crazy Stone (Rémi Coulom) (FRA)

Shogi (3 participants)

  1. Tacos (Jun Nagashima, Hiroyuki Iida, Hashimoto Tsuyoshi) (JPN)
  2. Reiki (Satoshi Todoroki) (JPN)
  3. HIT+SS (Shohei Seike, Takeshi Ito, Ryosuke Ohguchi) (JPN)

Phantom Go (2 participants)

  1. GoLois (Tristan Cazenave) (FRA)
  2. InTheDark (Joris Bosboom) (NL)

Surakarta (2 participants)

  1. SIA (Mark Winands) (NL)
  2. Incognito (Irmin Auwerda) (NL)

13th Computer Olympiad

2008, Beijing, China.

The 13th International Computer Games Championship, 16th World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games was held in Beijing, China from 28 September–5 October 2008. The location was Beijing Golden Century Golf Club, Qinglonghu Township, Fangshan District, Beijing.

Results

Amazons (4 participants)

  1. Invader (Henry Avetisyan, Richard Lorentz) (USA)
  2. 8 Queens Problem (Johan de Koning) (NLD)
  3. Campya (Julien Kloetzer) (FRA)

Chess (10 participants)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich, Jeroen Nooman) (USA)
  2. HIARCS (Mark Uniacke, Eric Hallsworth) (GBR)
  3. Junior (Amir Ban, Shay Bushinsky) (ISR)
  4. Cluster Toga (Thomas Gaksch, Fabien Letouzy...) (DE)

Rybka was retroactively disqualified from all WCCC events in 2011 due to findings of plagiarism. Thus, Cluster Toga was awarded a bronze medal, and the other two winners were upgraded.

Speed Chess (10 participants)

  1. Sjeng (Gian-Carlo Pascutto) (BEL)
  2. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich, Jeroen Nooman) (USA)
  3. HIARCS (Mark Uniacke, Eric Hallsworth) (GBR)
  4. Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)

Rybka was retroactively disqualified from all WCCC events in 2011 due to findings of plagiarism.

Chinese Chess (18 participants)

  1. Intella (Chaoying Chen, Yutao Wei) (CHN)
  2. Cyclone (Min Zhang) (CHN)
  3. EThinker (Zheng Xu) (CHN)

Connect6 (10 participants)

  1. NCTU6-Lite (Ping-Hung Lin, Hong-Xuan Lin, Yi-Chih Chan, Ching-Ping Chen, I-Chen Wu) (TWN)
  2. Bitstronger (Li Liang, Cui Hao, Wang Ruijian, Lin Siran) (CHN)
  3. NEUConn6 (Chang-Ming Xu) (CHN)

Dots and Boxes (3 participants)

  1. The Shark (William Fraser) (USA)
  2. Qiyi (Lian Lian) (CHN)
  3. Matadots (Phillip Rogers, Richard Lorentz) (USA)

International draughts (2 participants)

  1. TDKing (Ton Tillemans) (CHE)
  2. Rocky (Mark Winands) (NLD)

Go (13 participants)

  1. The Many Faces of Go (David Fotland) (USA)
  2. MoGo (Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang) (FRA)
  3. Leela (Gian-Carlo Pascutto) (BEL)

Go (9x9) (18 participants)

  1. The Many Faces of Go (David Fotland) (USA)
  2. Leela (Gian-Carlo Pascutto) (BEL)
  3. MoGo (Oliver Teytaud, Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang) (FRA)

Hex (4 participants)

  1. Wolve (Broderick Arneson) (CAN)
  2. MoHex (Philip Henderson) (CAN)
  3. Six (Gábor Melis) (HUN)

Computational Pool (4 participants)

  1. CueCard (David Cohen, Chris Archibald, Alon Altman) (USA)
  2. PickPocket (Mike Smith) (CAN)
  3. Elix (Marc Godard) (CAN)

Shogi (3 participants)

  1. Tacos (Hashimoto Tsuyoshi, Masafumi Taketoshi, Jun Nagashima, Junichi Hashimoto, Tokishi Matsui, Hiroyuki Iida) (JPN)
  2. BitStronger (Li Xiao, Ma Junlong, Xu Changda, Tong Songling) (CHN)
  3. HIT+SS (Shohei Seike, Takeshi Ito, Ryosuke Ohguchi) (JPN)

Phantom Go (3 participants)

  1. GoLois (Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau) (FRA)
  2. Chinese Deep (Cui Hao) (CHN)
  3. BitStronger (Li Liang, Cui Hao, Wang Ruijian, Lin Siran) (CHN)

Surakarta (2 participants)

  1. SIA (Mark Winands) (NLD)
  2. BitStronger (Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru) (CHN)

14th Computer Olympiad

2009, Pamplona, Spain

The 14th Computer Olympiad, 17th World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games was held in Pamplona, Spain, 10–18 May 2009.

World Computer Chess Champion

Chess (10 participants)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich) (USA)
  2. Deep Sjeng (Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Kurt Van den Branden, François van Lieshout) (BE), Junior (Amir Ban, Shay Bushinski, Alon Greenfield) (IS), Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)

Rybka was retroactively disqualified from ICCC events due to findings of plagiarism. Therefore, the Championship title was awarded jointly to Deep Sjeng, Shredder, and Junior.

Chess (Blitz) (9 participants)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich) (USA)
  2. Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)

Likewise, the Blitz Championship title was awarded to Shredder.

Medals Awarded (Computer Olympiad)

Amazons (4 participants)

  1. Invader (Richard Lorentz, Dan Dennison, Archie Huerto, Monica Reiss, Akop Karapetyan, Henry Avetisyan) (USA)
  2. 8 Queens Problem (Johan de Koning) (NLD)
  3. Campya (Julien Kloetzer) (FRA)

Chess (no hardware limits) (6 participants)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich) (USA)
  2. Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen) (DEU)
  3. Deep Sjeng (Gian-Carlo Pascutto) (BEL)
  4. Pandix (Gyula Horváth) (HU)

Chinese Chess (5 participants)

  1. TMSK (Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu) (TWN)
  2. HaQiKi D (Harm Geert Muller) (NLD)
  3. Chimo (Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu) (TWN)

Connect6 (6 participants)

  1. Bit (Li Liang, Cui Hao, Wang Ruijian, Lin Siran) (CHN)
  2. MeinStein (Theo van der Storm) (NLD)
  3. Bit2 (Zhifeng Tang, Zhenghan Li, Haiying Liu, Jie BingChang-Ming Xu) (CHN)

Draughts (3 participants)

  1. TDKing (Ton Tillemans) (CHE)
  2. Tornado (Frank Mesander) (NLD)
  3. Rocky (Mark Winands) (NLD)

Go (6 participants)

  1. Zen (Yamato) (JPN)
  2. Fuego (Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller, Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro) (CAN)
  3. MoGo (Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang, Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel) (FRA)

Go (9x9) (9 participants)

  1. Fuego (Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller, Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro) (CAN)
  2. MoGo (Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang, Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel) (FRA)
  3. Yogo (Ping Yu, Fan Xie) (CHN)

Hex (4 participants)

  1. MoHex (Philip Henderson, Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward) (CAN)
  2. Wolve (Ryan Hayward, Broderick Arneson, Philip Henderson, Michael Johanson, Morgan Kan, Martin Müller, Geoff Ryan) (CAN)
  3. Six (Gábor Melis) (HUN)

Lines of Action (2 participants)

  1. Mia 4.51 (Mark Winands) (NLD)
  2. Bit (Peixing Zhan) (CHN)

Shogi (2 participants)

  1. Tacos (Hashimoto Tsuyoshi, Masafumi Taketoshi, Jun Nagashima, Junichi Hashimoto, Tokishi Matsui, Hiroyuki Iida) (JPN)
  2. BitStronger (Changda Xu, Li Xiao, Ma Junlong, Tong SonglingPeixing Zhan) (CHN)

Havannah (2 participants)

  1. Wanderer (Richard Lorentz, Roberto Nahue) (USA)
  2. Shakti (Fabien Teytaud, Olivier Teytaud) (FRA)

KriegSpiel (3 participants)

  1. Darkboard (Giampiero Favini, Paolo Ciancarini) (ITA)
  2. KriegExpert (Levi Self) (NAM)
  3. Bit (CHN)

Phantom Go (2 participants)

  1. GoLois (Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau) (FRA)
  2. Bit (Li Liang, Cui Hao, Wang Ruijian, Lin Siran) (CHN)

15th Computer Olympiad

2010, Kanazawa, Japan

The 15th Computer Olympiad, 18th World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games was held in Kanazawa, Japan, September 24 to October 2, 2010.

World Computer Chess Champion

Chess (10 participants)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich) (US)
  2. Rondo (Anthony Cozzie, Zach Wegner) (US), Thinker (Kerwin Medina) (US)
  3. Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)

Rybka was retroactively disqualified from ICCC events due to findings of plagiarism. Therefore, the Championship title was awarded jointly to Rondo and Thinker. Shredder was given third place.

Chess (Software) (9 participants)

  1. Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)
  2. Rondo (Anthony Cozzie, Zach Wegner) (US)
  3. Thinker (Kerwin Medina) (US)

Chess (Blitz)

  1. Rybka (Vasik Rajlich) (US)
  2. Jonny (Johannes Zwanzger, Mark Roberts) (DE), Shredder (Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Sandro Necchi) (DE)

Likewise, Jonny and Shredder were awarded the blitz championship after Rybka's disqualification.

Medals Awarded (Computer Olympiad)

Amazons (7 participants) (The winners are not currently known)

Chinese Chess (5 participants)

  1. Shiga (Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen) (TWN)
  2. TMSK (Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu) (TWN)
  3. Chimo (Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu) (TWN)

Chinese Dark Chess (6 participants) (The winners are not currently known)

Clobber (1 participant)

  1. Pan.exe (Johan de Koning) (NL)

Pan.exe won by default, as there were no other entrants.

Connect6 (8 participants) (The winners are not currently known)

Dots and Boxes (2 participants)

  1. The Shark (William Fraser) (US)
  2. BITPanda (Xiong Yanchao, Zhang Yuting) (CH)

Draughts (2 participants)

  1. TDKing (Ton Tillemans) (CHE)
  2. Rocky (Mark Winands) (NLD)

Go (8 participants)

  1. Erica (Shih-Chieh Huang, Rémi Coulom) (TW)
  2. Zen (Yamato) (JPN)
  3. Many Faces of Go (David Fotland) (US)

Go (13x13) (10 participants)

  1. Many Faces of Go (David Fotland) (US)
  2. Fuego (Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller, Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro, Arpad Rimmel) (CAN)
  3. MoGo (Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang, Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel) (FRA)

Go (9x9) (14 participants)

  1. MyGoFriend (Frank Karger) (UK)
  2. Fuego (Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller, Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro) (CAN)
  3. Erica (Shih-Chieh Huang, Rémi Coulom) (TW)

Hex (5 participants) (winners unknown)

Shogi (9 participants)

  1. Gekisashi (Takashi Maruyama, Takumi Ouchi, Ryuji Takase, Yoshimasa Tsuruoka, Daisaku Yokoyama) (JP)
  2. Shueso (Akira Takeuchi) (JP)
  3. GPS Shogi (Tetsuro Tanaka) (JP)

Minishogi (9 participants)

  1. Clair 1/128 (Takuya Obata) (JP)
  2. Shokidoki 0.8 (Harm Geert Muller) (NL)
  3. 55TACOS (Tsuyoshi Hashimoto) (JP)

Havannah (5 participants) (winners unknown)

Light Up (2 participants)

  1. Cpuzzler (Shi-Yuan Chiu) (TW)
  2. PCCU (Shi-Jim Yen) (TW)

Cpuzzler was awarded the silver medal.

Nonograms (2 participants)

  1. Cpuzzler (Shi-Yuan Chiu) (TW)
  2. Enigma (Jr-Chang Chen, Chou Cheng-Wei) (TW)

Cpuzzler was awarded the bronze medal

Nurikabe (3 participants) Cpuzzler (Shi-Yuan Chiu) (TW), Enigma (Jr-Chang Chen, Chou Cheng-Wei) (TW), happyNuri (Derjhong Sun, I-Chen Wu) (TW)

(winners unknown)

Phantom Go (3 participants) GoLois (Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau) (FRA), Moccos (Takuma Toyoda) (JP), IcySoftwoodWine (Yuji Abe) (JP)

(scores unknown)

Quoridor (4 participants)

(winners unknown)

Surakarta (3 participants)

  1. SIA (Mark Winands) (NL)
  2. Qiyi (Jiajia Guo, Xiaomeng Yang, Liang Yunzhao, Jianbo Zhao) (CH)
  3. BITPanda (Xiong Yanchao, Zhang Yuting) (CH)

16th Computer Olympiad

2011, Tilburg, Netherlands

The 16th International Computer Games Championship, 19th World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games was held in Tilburg. The events took place from 18 November to 26 November 2011. The venue was the Tilburg University.

Planned Competitions

Amazons (4)

Backgammon (3)

Chess (World Computer Chess Championship) (9 Unrestricted, 5 Software, and Blitz divisions)

Clobber (2)

Chinese Chess (3) (4 Chinese Dark Chess)

Connect6 (6)

Dots and Boxes (2)

Draughts (6)

EinStein würfelt nicht! (6)

Go (8)

Go (9x9) (7)

Go (13x13) (6)

NoGo (4)

Phantom Go (2)

Havannah (3)

Hex (3)

Shogi (3)

Surakarta (2)

17th Computer Olympiad

2013, Yokohama, Japan

The 17th International Computer Games Championship, 20th World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games was held in Yokohama, Japan from 12 August to 18 August 2013. The venue was the Collaboration Complex at Keio University Hiyoshi Campus.

Competitions and Medals Awarded
  • Amazons
  • Chess (World Computer Chess Championship)
  • Chinese Chess
  • Chinese Dark Chess
    1. DarkKnight
    2. Yahari
    3. Observer
  • Chu Shogi
    1. HaChu
    2. Deep Nikita
  • Clobber (10x10)
    1. Pan
    2. McClobber
    3. Deep Nikita
  • Connect 6
  • Dots and Boxes
    1. BITDB
    2. Railgun
  • EinStein würfelt nicht!
    1. Prophet_WT
    2. VS_WTN
    3. Cloud
  • Draughts
  • Go (19x19, 13x13, and 9x9)
  • Hex
  • Mahjong
    1. ThousandWind
    2. Majo
    3. Longcat
    4. Grandslam
  • Lines of Action
    1. MC-LOA
    2. Deep Nikita
  • NoGo
  • Nonograms
  • Phantom Go
  • Shogi
  • Shogi (5x5)
    1. Shokidoki
    2. 1/128 Rigan
    3. Mattari Yuuchan
  • Surakarta
    1. SIA
    2. BITSKT
    3. Deep Nikita

    18th Computer Olympiad

    2015, Leiden, Netherlands

    The 18th International Computer Games Championship, a scientific conference on computer games was held in Leiden, Amsterdam from June 29 to July 6, 2015. Organised by the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS). The venue was Leiden University.

    Competitions and medals awarded

    The following are the competitions in the 18th Computer Olympiad.

  • 2048
    1. 2048-khyeh
    2. 2048-ghung
    3. 20486
  • Amazons
  • Chess (World Computer Chess Championship)
  • Chinese Chess
    1. Shiga
    2. Chimo
    3. Shark
  • Chinese Dark Chess
  • Chu Shogi
  • Clobber (10x10)
    1. 8QP
    2. Deep Nikita
  • Connect 6
  • Diplomacy
    1. D-Brane (Dave de Jonghe)
    2. DipBlue (Henrique Lopez Cardoso)
    3. Super Bot (Martin Borgt)
  • Dots and Boxes
  • EinStein würfelt nicht!
    1. Hanfried
    2. Deep Nikita
    3. Chinese Program
  • Draughts
    1. Scan (Fabien Letouzey)
    2. Damage (Bert Tuyt)
    3. JDraughts (Ron van Bemmelen)
  • Go 19x19
    1. Zen
    2. Abakus
    3. Nomitan
  • Go 13x13
    1. Zen
    2. Nomitan
    3. Abakus
  • Go 9x9
    1. Zen
    2. Abakus
    3. CGI
  • Hex
  • Mahjong
    1. VeryLongCat
    2. ThousandWind
    3. Take
  • Lines of Action

    • 1. SIA 2. Deep Nikita

  • NoGo
  • Nonogram
  • Othello
    1. Limsup
    2. Mothello
    3. Maverick
  • Phantom Go
  • Shogi
  • Shogi (5x5)
  • Surakarta

    • 19th Computer Olympiad

    2016, Leiden, Netherlands

    The 19th International Computer Games Championship, a scientific conference on computer games was held in Leiden, Amsterdam from June 27 to July 3, 2016. Organised by the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) and the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDS). The venue was Leiden University

    Abalone

    Abalone is strategy game using a hexagonal patterned board with 14 marbles for each of two players. The objective is to push six of the opponent's marbles off the edge of the board.

    Amazons

    Amazons is played on a 10x10 chessboard by two players each with four amazons (queen chess pieces). Moves are made to block squares and the winner is the last player able to move his pieces to an unblocked square.

    Awari

    Awari is an abstract strategy game among the Mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games).

    Backgammon

    Backgammon is a board game for two players where the checker-like playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice; a player wins by removing all of his pieces from the board before his opponent.

    Bridge

    Bridge is a trick-taking card game for four players.

    Bridge participation in the Computer Olympiad has largely discontinued when in 1996 the American Contract Bridge League established a new official World Computer Bridge Championship, to be run annually at a major bridge tournament. Starting in 1999, that event is now co-sponsored by the World Bridge Federation.

    Chess

    Chess is a two-player board game played on a checkered game-board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Each player begins with 16 pieces of varying characteristics, the objective being to capture one's opponent's king piece.

    Many computer-versus-computer events are held beyond those of the Computer Olympiad.

    Chinese Chess

    Chinese chess, is a strategy board game for two players from the same family as western or international chess. Known primarily as Xiangqi internationally, the game is referred to as Chinese Chess in the Computer Olympiad competitions.

    Chinese Dark Chess

    Chinese Dark Chess is known as Banqi in eastern cultures.

    Octi

    Octi is an abstract strategy game with similarities to checkers and chess but allowing for multiple jumping, capturing, and special movement of pieces. The object of the game is move one's pieces into the opponent's starting points.

    Pool

    Also known as computational pool.

    References

    Computer Olympiad Wikipedia
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