Multi-games event
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.
History
Venues and participation
Olympiad
Year
City, country
Venue
Sponsor(s)
Participation
Countries
Programs
1
1989 (August 9–15)
London, England
Park Lane Hotel
84
2
1990 (August 15–21)
London, England
3
1991 (August 22–25)
Maastricht, Netherlands
Maastricht University
4
1992 (August 5–11)
London, England
Park Lane Hotel
AST
5
2000 (August 21–25)
London, England
Alexandra Palace
6
2001 (August 18–23)
Maastricht, Netherlands
Maastricht University
CMG
7
2002 (July 5–11)
Maastricht, Netherlands
Maastricht University
8
2003 (November 23–27)
Graz , AustriaDom im Berg and Casineum
9
2004 (July 3–12)
Ramat Gan , IsraelBar-Ilan University
Aladdin, ChessBase, Golan Heights Winery IBM Israel, Intel Israel, Israeli Chess Federation Israel Ministry of Tourism, Mercury, Pitango PowerDsine, Rimonim Hotels, City of Ramat-Gan
10
2005
Taipei , Taiwan
11
2006
Turin , Italy
12
2007
Amsterdam , Netherlands
13
2008
Beijing , China
14
2009
Pamplona , Spain
15
2010
Kanazawa , Japan
16
2011
Tilburg , Netherlands
17
2013
Yokohama , Japan
18
2015
Leiden , Netherlands
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.
In the year 2024, parody website Mike Row Soft added an image of the Olympics with various Linux distros displayed inside the circles, and color-matched.
Games contested
The games which have been contested at each Olympiad are:
Game
1989
1990
1991
1992 (5–11 Aug)London, England
Awari
University of Limburg )V. Allis and M. van der Meulen)NL )CH )UK )
Backgammon
Neurogammon (Gerald Tesauro, CA )-
DE )US )US )
Bridge
DE )UK )RU )
Checkers
Chinook (J. Schaeffer )M. Bryant )Chinook (Jonathan Schaeffer )-
-
Chess
REBEL (Ed Schroeder)Mephisto (R. Lang )Mephisto (R. Lang )REBEL (E. Schroeder)ChessMachine WK-version (E. Schroeder)The King (J. de Koning)HIARCS 6.72 (M. Uniacke, (UK )The King (J. de Koning, NL )NL )
Chinese Chess
CH )TW )
Connect Four
V. Allis )-
-
-
Dominoes
-
-
-
Draughts
-
NL )UK )
Gin rummy
-
-
-
RU )RU )
Go 19x19
US )UK )TW )RU )
Go 9x9
UK )US )TW )
Gomoku
V. Allis and L. Schoenmaker, NL )NL )RU )
Nine men's morris
-
-
-
Othello
FR )NL )FR )
Qubic
-
V. Allis and P. Schoo)
Renju
RU )Latvia, LV )FI )
Scrabble
UK )US )NL )
After an eight-year hiatus, the Computer Olympiad was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad . The chess competition was a special event, since it was adopted by the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA) as the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC 2000). The 5th Olympiad was in 2000 at London's Alexandra Palace ; the 6th, in 2001 at Ad Fundunm at Maastricht University ; the 7th, in 2002 in Maastricht ; the 8th, in 2003 in Graz ; and the 9th, in 2004 in Ramat Gan . The 7th Olympiad was adopted by the ICCA as the 10th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC), and the 8th was held in conjugation with both 11th WCCC and the 10th Advances in Computer Games Conference . Because of this, no medals were awarded for the two chess events. The 9th was held in conjugation with WCCC and the Computers and Games 2004 Conference ; no medals were awarded to the two chess events. Jonathan Schaeffer and J. W. H. M. Uiterwijk were the tournament directors.
Game
2000 (21–25 Aug)London, England
2001 (18–23 Aug)Maastricht, Netherlands
2002 (5–11 July)Maastricht, Netherlands
2003 (23–27 Nov)Graz, Austria
2004 (3–12 July)Ramat Gan, Israel
Abalone
-
-
-
AT )DK )-
Amazons
NL )JP ) NL )NL ) JP )US )DE )NL )US )DE )}US )NL )NL )JP )
Awari
CH )CA )-
-
-
-
Backgammon
-
-
DE )DE )DE )DE )-
Bridge
-
-
FR )NL )-
-
Chess
Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE )NL )NL )FR )Rybka disqualified; gold rewarded Junior (A. Ban, IL )NL )Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE )Junior (A. Ban, IL )Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE )DE )-
-
Chinese chess
-
TW )TW )CA )TW )TW )FR )CN )FR )TW )TW )TW )
Dots and Boxes
-
-
US )JP )US )UK )JP )-
Draughts
-
-
NL )NL )NL )NL )CH )-
GIPF
-
NL )-
-
-
Go 19x19
CN )UK )JP )-
UK )US )GNU Go (I. Wallin) (Sweden)GNU Go (I. Wallin) (Sweden)DE )US )US ) US )FR )
Go 9x9
-
-
UK )GNU Go (I. Wallin, SE )US )JP )CA )US )US )Free Software Foundation ) (international)NL )
Hex
US )CA )IT -
-
CA )HU )CA )
Lines of Action
CA )CA )NL )CA )NL )UK )CA )NL ))JP )NL )FR )JP )NL )FR )IS )
Octi 6x7
-
-
-
-
CA )US )
Poker
-
-
-
University of Alberta GAMES group, CA )University of Alberta GAMES group, CA )-
Shogi
JP )UK )JP )UK )NL /JP )JP )CA )JP )UK )JP )JP )JP )-
The 10th Olympiad was in 2005 in Taipei ; the 11th, in 2006 in Turin ; the 12th, in 2007 at the Amsterdam Science Park ; the 13th, in 2008 at the Beijing Golden Century Golf Club; and the 14th, in 2009 in Pamplona . The 10th Olympiad wasa held at the same time and location as the 11th Advances in Computer Games and its organizing committee was made up of J. W. Hellemons (chair), H. H. L. M. Donkers , M. Greenspan , T-s Hsu , H. J. van den Herik , and M. Tiessen . Hand Talk, which won the gold medal in Computer Go, was originally written in assembly language by a retired chemistry professor of Sun Yat-sen University , China. The 11th Olympiad was held in conjugation with the 14th World Computer Chess Championship and the 5th Computer and Games Conference . Human FIDE 37th Chess Olympiad co-hosted this event; the 12th, with the 15th World Computer Chess Championship and the Computer Games Workshop ; the 13th, with the International Computer Games Championship , the World Computer Chess Championship , and a scientific conference on computer games; and the 14th with the World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games.
Rybka was retroactively disqualified from all ICCC events due to plagiarism . Rankings were adjusted appropriately.
Game
2005 (3–6 Sept)Taipei, Taiwan
2006 (25 May-4 June)Turin, Italy
2007 (11–18 June)Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008 (28 Sept-5 Oct)Beijing, China
2009 (10–18 May)Pamplona, Spain
Amazons
NL )US )JP )-
NL )FR )US )NL )FR )US )NL )FR )
Backgammon
-
DE )DE )BE )-
-
Chess
-
-
TR )DE GridChess (K. Himstedt, U. Lorenz, et al., DE Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Necchi, DE (Rybka disqualified; gold reawarded) HIARCS (M. Uniacke, E. Hallsworth, UK Junior (A. Ban, S. Bushinsky, IL )DE (Rybka disqualified; gold reawarded) Rybka (V. Rajlich, US Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE Sjeng (G-C Pascutto , BE )
Chinese Chess
CN )TW )CN CN )TW )TW )CN TW )FR )CN ) CN )CN )TW )NL ))TW )
Clobber
NL )EE )NL )NL )EE )-
-
-
Computational Pool
-
-
-
US )CA )CA )-
Connect6
-
TW )NL )TW )TW )CN )CN )CN )NL )CN )
Dots and Boxes
UK )UK UK -
-
US )CN )US )-
Draughts
-
-
-
-
CH )NL ) NL )
Go
-
-
-
US )FR )Leela (G-C Pascutto , BE )Zen (Yamato, JP )CA )FR )
Go 19x19
CN )US )JP )GNU Go (Free Software Foundation )US )FR )FR )Crazy Stone (R. Coulom )GNU Go -
-
Go 9x9
US )JP )FR )FR )JP )US )NL )FR )Crazy Stone (R. Coulom , FR )US )Leela (G-C Pascutto , BE ) FR )CA )FR )CN )
International draughts
-
NL )NL )NL )NL )CH )NL )CH )NL )-
Havannah
-
-
-
-
US )FR )
Hex
-
-
CA )CA )HU )CA )CA )HU )
Kriegspiel
-
-
-
NA )CN )
Lines of Action
-
-
-
NL )CN )
Phantom Go
-
-
FR )NL )FR )CN )CN )FR )CN )
Pool
CA )CA )CA )CA )CA )CA )-
-
-
Shogi
JP )JP )JP )JP )JP )JP )JP ) JP )JP )JP )CN )JP )CN )
Speed chess
-
-
-
Sjeng (G-C Pascutto , BE )HIARCS (M. Uniacke, E. Hallsworth, UK )Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Necchi, DE (Rybka disqualified; silver reawarded) -
Surakarta
-
-
NL )NL )NL )CN )-
The 15th Olympiad was held in 2010 in Kanazawa, Japan along with the 18th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC), and a scientific conference on computer games. The 16th Olympiad was held in 2011 at Tilburg University at the same time as the 19th WCCC. The 17th Olympiad was held in 2013 at Keio University 's Collaboration Complex on the Hiyoshi Campus, and was at the same time as the 20th WCCC and a scientific conference on computer games. The 18th Olympiad was in 2015 at Leiden University and was organized by the International Computer Game Association , the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science , and the Leiden Centre of Data Science .[ 1]
Game
2010 (24 Sept-2 Oct)Kanazawa, Japan
2011 (18–26 Nov)Tilburg, Netherlands
2013 (12–18 Aug)Tokyo, Japan
2015 (29 June-6 July)Amsterdam, Netherlands
2048
-
-
-
Amazons
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Backgammon
-
Unknown
-
-
Chinese chess
TW )TW )TW )Unknown
Unknown
Chinese dark chess
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Chu Shogi
-
-
Unknown
Clobber
NL )No other competitors Unknown
Connect6
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Diplomacy
-
-
-
Dots and Boxes
US CH Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Draughts
CH )NL )Unknown
[ 2]
EinsStein würfelt nicht!
-
Unknown
Go
TW )Zen (Yamato, JP )US -
-
-
Go (9x9)
UK )CA )TW )Unknown
Unknown
Zen
Go (13x13)
US CA )FR )Unknown
Unknown
Zen
Go (19x19)
-
Unknown
Unknown
Zen [ 3]
Havannah
Unknown
Unknown
-
-
Hex
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Light Up
TW )TW )-
-
Unknown
Lines of Action
-
-
Mahjong
-
-
Minishogi
JP )NL )JP )-
-
-
NoGo
-
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Nonograms
TW )-
Unknown
Unknown
Nurikabe
Unknown
-
-
-
Phantom Go
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Quoridor
Unknown
-
-
-
Shogi
JP )JP )JP )Unknown
Unknown
Shogi (5x5)
-
-
Unknown
Surakarta
NL )CN )CN )Unknown
The 19th Olympiad was held 27 June – 3 July 2016 and the 20th Olympiad was held 1–7 July 2017, both at Leiden University and organized by the International Computer Game Association , the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science , and the Leiden Centre of Data Science . The 21st Olympiad was held 7–13 July 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan alongside the 10th International Conference on Computers and Games.[ 4] World Computer Chess Championships took place from 13–19 July in Stockholm , Sweden.[ 5] Macau, China and the 23rd (2020), 24th (2021), and 25th (2022) Olympiads were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Game
2019 (11–17 August)Macau, China [ 9]
Amazons
University of Science and Technology Beijing )Beijing Institute of Technology )Paris Dauphine University )
Block Go
National Dong Hwa University )
Breakthrough
Washington Technology University )Paris Dauphine University )National Taiwan Normal University )
Chinese checkers
National Taiwan Normal University )
Chinese chess
Chinese dark chess
National Taipei University and Academia Sinica )
Connect 6
Beijing Institute of Technology )Lan Yang Institute of Technology )
Dice-shogi
National Taipei University )Washington Technology University )National Taiwan Normal University )
Draughts
Beijing Institute of Technology )
Einstein Würfelt Nicht
National Chiao Tung University )University of Science and Technology Beijing )Beijing Institute of Technology )
Fighting Landlord
Chongqing Three Gorges University )Chongqing University of Technology )Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology )
Go (9x9)
National Chiao Tung University )Chang Yuan Christian University )
Hex (11x11)
Beijing Institute of Technology )University of the Littoral Opal Coast )
Hex (13x13)
Hokaido University )Beijing Institute of Technology )University of the Littoral Opal Coast )
Kyoto Shogi
Washington Technology University )
Mahjong
National Taiwan Normal University )National Chiao Tung University )
Shogi (5x5)
National Taipei University )Chang-Jung Christian University )
NoGo
National Chiao Tung University )Washington Technology University )
Nonogram
National Taiwan Normal University )National Taichung University of Education )
Othello
National Dong Hwa University )National Taiwan Normal University )National Chiao Tung University )
Surakarta
Washington Technology University )National Taiwan Normal University )University of Science and Technology Beijing )
Summary by game
Abalone
Abalone board and marbles Abalone is a 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.
Events held by Olympiad and year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1989
1990
1991
1992
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2015
Y
Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 10]
Program
Authors
8
2003
2
Aba-Pro
Nacre
Tino Werner, Austria
Peer Sommerlund, Denmark
Amazons
Amazons is played on a 10×10 chessboard by two players each with four amazons
Events held by Olympiad and year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1989
1990
1991
1992
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2015
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 11]
Program
Authors
5
2000
6
8 Queens Problem
Yamazon
Anky
Antiope
Aska
Otrere
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Hiroshi Yamashita, Japan
Patrick Hensgens, Netherlands
Theo Tegos, Greece
Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
Paul Utgoff, United States
6
2001
4
8 Queens Problem
Aska
Invader
Anky
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Patrick Hensgens, Netherlands
7
2002
6
Amazong
8 Queens Problem
Invader
Tanazon
Aska
Antiope
Jens Lieberum, Germany
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Yasushi Tanase, Japan
Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
Theo Tegos, Greece
8
2003
5
Amazong
Invader
8 Queens Problem
Aska
TAS
Jens Lieberum, Germany
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
9
2004
2
8 Queens Problem
TAS
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
10
2005
3
8 Queens Problem
Invader
TAS
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
12
2007
2
8 Queens Problem
Campya
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Julien Kloetzer, France
13
2008
4
Invader
8 Queens Problem
Campya
BitStronger
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Julien Kloetzer, France
Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru, China
14
2009
5
Invader
8 Queens Problem
Campya
BitStronger
FindFire
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Julien Kloetzer, France
Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru, China
Xiaowei Hu, Zhang Yuting, Wen Zhang, China
15
2010
7
Invader
8 Queens Problem
Campya
FindFire
Arrow 2
Bit(Go)
Qiyi
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Julien Kloetzer, France
Xiaowei Hu, Zhang Yuting, Wen Zhang, China
Martin Müller et al., Canada[ 13]
Peixing Zhan, China
16
2011
4
Invader
8 Queens Problem
Arrow 2
Fortress
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Martin Müller et al., Canada[ 13]
Andi Zhang, China
17
2013
6
Invader
8 Queens Problem
Long Shot
Fortress
Arrow 2
Explorer
Richard Lorentz et al., United States[ 12]
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Marcin Malec, United States
Andi Zhang, China
Martin Müller et al., Canada[ 13]
Zhou Ke, China
Awari
Oware game from Cameroon Awari is an abstract strategy game among the Mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games).
Events held by Olympiad and year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1989
1990
1991
1992
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2015
Y Y Y Y Y
Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 14]
Program
Authors
1
1989
4
Marco
Wali
Conchos
Waro
Rémi Niérat, France
Eric van der Schilden, Netherlands
Steve Thomas, United Kingdom
2
1990
2
Lithidion
Marco
Victor Allis , Maarten van der Meulen, NetherlandsRémi Niérat, France
3
1991
2
Lithidion
MyProgram
Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
Eric van Riet Paap, Netherlands
4
1992
3
Lithidion
Marvin
Juju
Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
Thomas Lincke, Switzerland
5
2000
2
Marvin
Softwari
Thomas Lincke, Switzerland
Roel van der Goot, Netherlands
Backgammon
Backgammon board and checkers 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.
Events held by Olympiad and year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1989
1990
1991
1992
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2015
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 15]
Program
Authors
1
1989
6
Neurogammon Video Gammon
Saitek Backgammon
Mephisto Backgammon
Backbrain
A.I. Backgammon
Gerald Tesauro, United States
Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
Ossi Weiner, Netherlands
2
1990
2
Video Gammon
Prospero
Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
Raymond Mills, United Kingdom
4
1992
3
Bax
Maestro
Video Gammon
Klaus-Uwe Koschnik, Germany
Justin Boyan, United States
Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
7
2002
2
BGBlitz[ 16]
GNU Backgammon[ 17]
Frank Berger, Germany
Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
8
2003
2
BGBlitz
GNU Backgammon
Frank Berger, Germany
Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
11
2006
2
GNU Backgammon
BGBlitz
Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
Frank Berger, Germany
12
2007
3
BGBlitz
GNU Backgammon
MCgammon
Frank Berger, Germany
Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
Guillaume Chaslot, François van Lieshout, Belgium
16
2011
3
Palamedes[ 18]
GNU Backgammon
BGBlitz
Nikos Papahristou, Greece
Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
Frank Berger, Germany
18
2015
3
GNU Backgammon
BGBlitz
Palamedes
Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
Frank Berger, Germany
Nikos Papahristou, Greece
Bridge
A bridge hand being played Bridge is a trick-taking card game for four players.
Bridge participation in the Computer Olympiad was 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 .
Events held by Olympiad and year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1989
1990
1991
1992
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2015
Y Y Y Y Y
Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 19]
Program
Authors
1
1989
4
Acol Master
Vtech
Oxford Bridge
Bridge Baron
Paul Jones, United Kingdom
Tony Guilfoyle, United States
Andrew Bracher, United Kingdom
Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
2
1990
2
Bridge Baron
Oxford Bridge
Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
Andrew Bracher, United Kingdom
3
1991
3
Bridge Baron
Pupil
Bridge King
Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
Joost Jacob, Netherlands
Johannes Leber, Gero Scholz, Germany
4
1992
3
Bridge King
Bridge Baron
Alpha Bridge
Johannes Leber, Gero Scholz, Germany
Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
Alexander Lopatin, Russia
7
2002
2
Wbridge5
Jack
Yves Costel, France
Hans Kuijff, Netherlands
Chess
Chess board and pieces 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.[ 20]
Events held by Olympiad and year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
1989
1990
1991
1992
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2015
Y Y Y Y Y Y
Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 21]
Program
Authors
1
1989
9
Rebel
Mephisto
Fidelity X
Pandix
Chess Player 2150
Hiarcs 4.1
Échec 1.5
E6P
Woodpusher
Ed Schroder, Jan Louwman, Netherlands
Richard Lang, United Kingdom
Kathe Spracklen, Dan Spracklen, United States
Gyula Horvath, Hungary
Chris Whittington, United Kingdom
Mark Uniacke, Harvey Williamson, Eric Hallsworth, United Kingdom; Sebastian Bohme, Germany
Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill, France
John Hamlen, United Kingdom
2
1990
11
Mephisto
Rebel
Zugzwang
Kaissa
Échec
Woodpusher
Brainstorm
Chess Player 2150
Hiarcs
Nightmare (D)
Chess Guru
Richard Lang, United Kingdom
Ed Schroder, Jan Louwman, Netherlands
Rainer Feldmann, Peter Mysliwietz, Heiner Matthias, Germany
Mikhail Donskoy, Vladimir Aralzarov, Alexander Ushkov, USSR
Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill, France
John Hamlen, United Kingdom
Gyula Horvath, Hungary
Chris Whittington, United Kingdom
Mark Uniacke, Harvey Williamson, Eric Hallsworth, United Kingdom; Sebastian Bohme, Germany
Reinhold Gellner, Gaby von Rekowski, Germany
Joël Rivat, France
3
1991
7
Chessmachine WK
Chessmachine King
Chess Player 2175
Nightmare NL
Nimzo
Dappet
Touch
Ed Schroder, Netherlands
Johan de Koning, Netherlands
Chris Whittington, United Kingdom
Joost Buijs, Netherlands
Chrilly Donninger, Austria
Dap Hartmann, Peter Kouwenhoven, Netherlands
Jos Uiterwijk, Netherlands
4
1992
7
Genesis The King Hiarcs 6.72 Woodpusher Duck Touch Ananse Eric van Riet Paap, Netherlands Johan de Koning, Netherlands Mark Uniacke, Harvey Williamson, Eric Hallsworth, United Kingdom; Sebastian Bohme, Germany John Hamlen, United Kingdom Dennis Breuker, Netherlands Jos Uiterwijk, Netherlands Walter Bannerman, Switzerland
14
2009
6
Rybka (disqualified)
Shredder[ 22]
Deep Sjeng Pandix
Joker
Equinox
Vasik Rajlich, United Kingdom
Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Germany; Sandro Necchi, Italy
Gian-Carlo Pascutto , Belgium; Erdogan Günes, Turkey/GermanyGyula Horváth, Hungary
Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
Gian Carlo Delli Colli, Stefano Rocchi, Italy; Harry Schnapp, Germany
Chinese chess
Chinese chess board 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.
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Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Medalist Ranking[ 23]
Program
Authors
1
1989
5
Acer Chinese Chess
CChess Expert Acme
Elephant
Xian
Ogre
Yu Shi-Shun, Taiwan
Kuo-Ming Ts'ao, Taiwan
Zhe-Yu Guo, Tzu-Tse Lin, Kuang-Che Wu, Wen-Jang Huang, Jen-Hsuan Li, Shih-Chieh Huang, Shun-Shii Lin, Francis Pai, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Nick Jacobs, United States
United Kingdom
2
1990
3
Elephant
CChess Expert Acme
NKS
Zhe-Yu Guo, Tzu-Tse Lin, Kuang-Che Wu, Wen-Jang Huang, Jen-Hsuan Li, Shih-Chieh Huang, Shun-Shii Lin, Francis Pai, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Kuo-Ming Ts'ao, Taiwan
Huang Shao Long, Su Zhi, China
3
1991
2
Surprise
Abyss
Ren Wu, China
Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
4
1992
2
Surprise
Elephant
Ren Wu, China
Zhe-Yu Guo, Tzu-Tse Lin, Kuang-Che Wu, Wen-Jang Huang, Jen-Hsuan Li, Shih-Chieh Huang, Shun-Shii Lin, Francis Pai, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
6
2001
3
ELP
SG 8.2 1
Abyss '99
Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
7
2002
4
ELP
Shiga 8.1
XieXie
Abyss '99
Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
8
2003
5
ZMBL
XieXie
ELP
Lock
Contemplation
Zhi-Jian Tu, China
Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
9
2004
2
Contemplation
ELP
Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
10
2005
14
XQMASTER
Shiga
NEUChess
TMSK
Contemplation
XieXie
ELP
Yuan-Chi
Yan-Chi Wu
Deep Elephant
Elephant Eye
Chimo
ShinGi
Jade
Ming-Yang Zhao, China
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Jiao Wang, China
Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Shih-Kuang Huang, Taiwan
Yan-Chi Wu, Taiwan
Zhe-Yu Guo, Tzu-Tse Lin, Kuang-Che Wu, Wen-Jang Huang, Jen-Hsuan Li, Shih-Chieh Huang, Shun-Shii Lin, Francis Pai, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Huang Chen, China
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Larry Tu, United States
Ting-Wei Hou, Taiwan
11
2006
5
NEUChess
Shiga
Deep Elephant
XieXie
Contemplation
Jiao Wang, China
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Zhe-Yu Guo, Tzu-Tse Lin, Kuang-Che Wu, Wen-Jang Huang, Jen-Hsuan Li, Shih-Chieh Huang, Shun-Shii Lin, Francis Pai, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Pascal Tang, France;Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
12
2007
5
NEUChess
Shiga
XieXie
Deep Elephant
Chimo
Jiao Wang, China
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
Zhe-Yu Guo, Tzu-Tse Lin, Kuang-Che Wu, Wen-Jang Huang, Jen-Hsuan Li, Shih-Chieh Huang, Shun-Shii Lin, Francis Pai, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
13
2008
18
Intella
Cyclone
EThinker
Gaga chess
MonkeyKing
NEUChess
3DChess
XQMASTER
TMSK
YSSY
Shiga
Binghewusi
UFX
OracleX
ABCCHESS
Multi-stars of SJTU
Chimo
QiJi
Chaoying Chen, Yutao Wei, China
Min Zhang, China
Zheng Xu, China
Guolai Li, China
Xinhe Xu, China
Jiao Wang, China
Liu Jin, China
Ming-Yang Zhao, China
Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
Zhang Hao, China
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Fan DeJun, China
Liu Kai, China
Zhifu Zhang, Canada
Liang Jian Hua, China
Zhijun Li, Qi Zhengwei, China
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Duan Yong, Li Zhengqing, Liu Cuiwei, China
14
2009
5
TMSK
HaQiKi D
Chimo
Contemplation
ELP
Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
15
2010
5
Shiga
TMSK
Chimo
HaQiKi D
SunRise
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
Hao Cui, Jiajia Guo, Xiaowei Hu, Zhao Jianbo, Xiaomeng Yang
16
2011
3
Shiga
Chimo
HaQiKi D
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
17
2013
4
Chimo
HaQiKi D
Shimanese
Shiga
Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Masahiko Yoshida, Japan
Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
Chinese dark chess
Chinese dark chess is known as Banqi in Chinese.
Chinese dark chess (banqi) board and pieces
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Clobber
While standard
Clobber is played on a 5x6 board, computer Clobber is usually played on a 10x10 board.
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Connect Four
Connect Four travel version by Milton Bradley
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Connect6
Connect6 board and pieces
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Dominoes
Domino pieces – played and unplayed
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Gin rummy
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Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 24]
Program
Authors
4
1992
2
Rummymate
Ginrummy
GIPF
GIPF
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 25]
Program
Authors
6
2001
2
GF1
Gipfted
Kurt Van den Branden, Belgium
Diederik Wentink, Netherlands
Octi
Octi is an abstract strategy game designed by Donald Green , with similarities to checkers and chess but allowing for multiple jumping, capturing, and special movement of pieces.[ 26]
Octi
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 27]
Program
Authors
9
2004
2
Casbah
Testme2
Charles Sutton, United States
Jeff Bacher, Canada
Poker
Poker
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 28]
Program
Authors
8
2003
2
Sparbot
Vexbot
Neil Burch, Canada
Terence Schauenberg, Canada
Pool
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Participants and results
Olympiad
Year
Number of
Ranking[ 29]
Program
Authors
10
2005
4
UofA
PoolMaster
Elix
SkyNet
11
2006
5
PickPocket
SkyNet
Elix
PoolMaster
Snooze
13
2008
4
CueCard
PickPocket
Elix
SkyNet
See also
References
^ "The 18th Olympiad Program" (PDF) . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .^ "Harm Jetten's draughts program" . hjetten.home.xs4all.nl . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .^ "Results – ICGA" . icga.leidenuniv.nl . Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2017 .^ "ICGA Computer Olympiad 2018" . Taiwan Computer Game Association 電腦對局學會 . Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020 .^ Schüssler, Harry (5 September 2018). "The memorable world of chess engines" . ChessBase . Retrieved 6 November 2020 . ^ "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2020" .^ "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2021" .^ "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2022" .^ "Games – ICGA" . icga.leidenuniv.nl . Retrieved 18 October 2019 .^ "Abalone (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Amazons (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ a b c d e f g h i Lorentz supervised students: Eugene Furman (2010), Conrad Pack (2010), Dan Dennison (2006), Archie Huerto (2005), Monica Reiss (2005), Akop Karapetyan (2003), Henry Avetisyan (2001)
^ a b c Includes: Martin Müller (Austria), Markus Enzenberger (Germany), Broderick Arneson (Canada, 2009–2010), Rick Valenzano (2010), Daniel Huntley (2010), Gabriel Van Eyck (since 2010), Jiaxing Song (since 2010)
^ "Awari (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Backgammon (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ Berger, Frank. "- Professional Backgammon Software for Windows – Mac – Linux" . www.bgblitz.com . Retrieved 20 December 2017 . ^ "GNU Backgammon" . gnubg.org . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .^ Matches played without doubling cube.
^ "Bridge (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ Other computer-versus-computer events in chess:
^ "Chess (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Shredder Computer Chess Download" . www.shredderchess.com . Retrieved 20 December 2017 .^ "Chinese Chess (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Ginrummy (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Gipf (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Octi" . BoardGameGeek . Retrieved 23 September 2023 .^ "Octi (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Poker (ICGA Tournaments)" .^ "Pool (ICGA Tournaments)" .
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