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

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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, Austria Dom im Berg and Casineum
9 2004 (July 3–12) Ramat Gan, Israel Bar-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

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The games which have been contested at each Olympiad are:

Link to
event article
Olympiad and year Link to
participants
and results
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
Abalone  Y Abalone
Amazons  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Amazons
Awari  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Awari
Backgammon  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Backgammon
Bridge  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Bridge
Chess  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Chess
Chinese Chess  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Chinese chess
Chinese Dark Chess  Y  Y  Y Chinese dark chess
Clobber  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Clobber
Connect Four  Y Connect Four
Connect6  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y Connect6
Dominoes  Y Dominoes
Gin rummy  Y Gin rummy
GIPF  Y GIPF
Octi  Y Octi
Poker  Y Poker
Pool  Y  Y  Y Pool

1st–5th Olympiads (1989–1992)

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Game 1989 1990 1991 1992 (5–11 Aug)
London, England
Awari   Marco (R. Nierat),
  Wali (E. van der Schilden),
  Conchus (S. Thomas)
  Lithidon (University of Limburg)
  Marco (R. Nierat)
  Lithidion (V. Allis and M. van der Meulen)
MyProgram (E. van Riet Paap)
  Lithidion (M. van der Meulen, NL)
  Marvin (T. Lincke, CH)
  Juju (UK)
Backgammon   Neurogammon (Gerald Tesauro, CA)
  Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde),
  Saitek Backgammon (Treesoft)
  Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde)
  Prospero (R. Mills)
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  Bax (K.-U. Koschnik, DE)
  Maestro 1.0 (J. Boyan, US)
  Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde, US)
Bridge   Acol Master Bridge (Paul Jones)
  Vtech (Tony Guilfoyle)
  Oxford Bridge 3 (Andrew Bracher)
  Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle)
  Oxford Bridge (A. Bracher)
  Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle)
  Pupil
  Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz)
  Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz, DE)
  Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle, (UK)
  Alpha Bridge (A. Lopatin, RU)
Checkers   Chinook (J. Schaeffer)
  Checkers! (G. Dodgen)
  Tournament Checkers (D. Butler)
  Colossus (M. Bryant)
  Chinook (Jonathan Schaeffer)
  Checkermate (D. Oldbury and A. Millett)
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Chess   REBEL (Ed Schroeder)
  Mephisto (R. Lang)
  Fidelity (Kathe and Dan Spracklen)
  Mephisto (R. Lang)
  REBEL (E. Schroeder)
  Zugzwang (P. Mysliwietz and R. Feldman)
  The ChessMachine WK-version (E. Schroeder)
The King (J. de Koning)
  Chessplayer 2175 (C. Whittington)
  HIARCS 6.72 (M. Uniacke, (UK)
  The King (J. de Koning, NL)
  Genesis (E. Riet Paap, NL)
Chinese Chess   Acer Chinese Chess (Y. Shi-Shun)
  Chinese Chess Expert Acme (K-M. Ts'ao)
  Elephant (S-C. Hsu)
  Elephant (S-C. Hsu)
  Chinese Chess Expert (K-M. Ts'ao)
  NKS (H.S. Long and S. Zi)
  Abyss (C. Ye)
  Surprise (R. Wu)
  Surprise (R. Wu, CH)
  Elephant (S.-H. Hsu, TW)
Connect Four   Victor (V. Allis)
  Heap (M. Taylor)
  Four Blitz (H. van der Zijden)
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Dominoes   LUciano (D. Borrajo)
  Seneca (M. Alicia Perez)
  Rio de la Plata (E. Gramajo)
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Draughts   Dios '89 (E. van Riet Paap)
  Truus (S. Keetman)
  McDammen (R.P.G. van Bemmelen)
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  Truus (S. Keetman)
  Dam 1.3 (H. Jetten)
  McDammen (R. P. G. van Bemmelen)
  Tn 83 (A. R. D. van Bergen, NL)
  Dynamo (A. Millet, (UK)
Gin rummy
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  Rummymate (RU)
  Ginny (RU)
Go 19x19   SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf)
  Goliath (M. Boon),
Star of Poland (J. Kraszek)
  Go Intellect (K. Chen)
  SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf and M. Müller)
  Go 4 (M. Reiss)
  Goliath (M. Boon)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen)
  Explorer 90 (M. Müller)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Go 4.3 (M. Reiss, (UK)
  Archmage (S.-C. Hsu and J.-C. Yan, TW)
  Neuron (RU)
Go 9x9   Dragon (D-Y. Lin)
  Go Intellect (K. Chen)
  Goliath (M. Boon)
  Go Intellect (K. Chen)
  Go 4 (M. Reiss)
  Dragon (D-Y. Lin)
  Explorer 90 (M. Müller)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen)
  Goliath (M. Boon)
  Go 4.3 (M. Reiss, (UK)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Dragon (D.-Y. Lin, TW)
Gomoku   Matena (A. Frolov)
  Homoku Sapiens (N. Alexandrov)
  Domino (M. Muron and J. Novotny)
  Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan, and A. Grigoriev)
  Matena (A. Frolov)
  Solid (A. Dolinsky)
  XOXOXO (Lev Ilkov)
  Vertex (A. Shaposhnikov and A. Nosovsky)
  Neuro-GM
  Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)
  Victoria (V. Allis and L. Schoenmaker, NL)
  Polygon (J. Uiterwijk, NL)
  Neuron (RU)
Nine men's morris
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  Bushy 4.0 (R. Gasser)
  IIF Moris (M. Leineweber)
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Othello   Polygon (A. Selby)
  Comp'oth (F. Aguillon)
  Badia (M. van Tien)
  Dumbo (T. Duykers)
  Vers2 (B. de Wolf)
  Microb (M. Claverie)
  Prothello (L. Jansen)
  Mast 91 (R. Kroonenberg)
  Rev91 (J. Buijs)
  Othel du Nord (J.-C. Delbarre, FR)
  Aida (J. Gnodde, NL)
  JacP'Oth (P. Gailhac, FR)
Qubic
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  Qubic (A. Grigoriev)
  Cube (M. Burton)
  QBig (V. Allis and P. Schoo)
  3D3T (A. Grigoriev)
Renju   Renju Sapiens (A. Grigoriev)
  Tandy Renju (R. Lang)
  Renju Fan (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan, and A. Grigoriev)
  XOXOXO (L. Ilkov)
  Vertex (A. Shaposhnikov and A. Nosovsky)
  Neuro-RN
  Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)
  Neuron (RU)
  Zero Club (Latvia, LV)
  Xokk (FI)
Scrabble   Crab (A. Appel, G. Jacobson, G. Thomas, and S. Thomas)
  Tyler (A. Frank)
  Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle and R. Hooker)
  TSP (J. Homan)
  Crab (G. Jacobson)
  Tyler (A. Frank)
  TSP (J. Homan)
  Tyler (A. Frank)
  Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle and R. Hooker, UK)
  Tyler (A. Frank, US)
  Trouble (NL)

6th–10th Olympiads (2000–2004)

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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
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  AbaPro (T. Werner) (AT)
  Nacre (P. Sommerlund, DK)
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Amazons   8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
  Yamazon (H. Yamashita, JP)
  Anky (P. Hensgens, NL)
  8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
  Aska (Iida lab, JP)
  Invader (Avetisyan, US)
  Amazong (J. Lieberum, DE)
  8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
  Invader (Avetisyan, US)
  Amazong (J. Lieberum, DE)}
  Invader (Avetisyan, US)
  8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
  8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
  TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP)
Awari   Marvin (T. Lincke, CH)
  Softwari (R. van der Goot, CA)
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Backgammon
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  BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
  Gnubg (A. Müller, DE)
  BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
  Gnubg (A. Müller, DE)
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Bridge
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  Wbridge5 (Costel, FR)
  Jack (H. Kuijff, NL)
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Chess   Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE)
  Fritz (F. Morsch, NL)
  Rebel (E. Schroeder, NL)
  Chess Tiger (C. Theron, FR)
Rybka disqualified; gold rewarded
  Junior (A. Ban, IL)
  Quest (F. Morsch, NL)
  Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE)
  Junior (A. Ban, IL)
  Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE)
  Brutus (A. Kure, DE)
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Chinese chess
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  ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
  SG8.2 (Cheng, TW)
  Abyss'99 (T. Marsland, CA)
  ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
  Shiga 8.1 (S-J. Yen, TW)
  Xie Xie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, FR)
  ZMBL (Z. Tu, CN)
  Xie Xie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, FR)
  ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
  Contemplation (K-C Wu, TW)
  ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
Dots and Boxes
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  Control Freak (W. Fraser, US)
  Seicho (H. Iida, JP)
  Control Freak (W. Fraser, US)
  Deep Beige (D. Bochenski, (UK)
  Damepo (H. Iida, JP)
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Draughts
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  Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten) (Netherlands)
  DIOS (C. Jurriens, NL)
  Damage (B. Tuyt, NL)
  Sjende Blyn (J. Wiersma, NL)
  Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten, NL)
  TD King (T. Tillemans, CH)
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GIPF
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  GF1 (K. van den Branden) (Belgium)
  Gipfted (D. Wentink, NL)
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Go 19x19   GoeMate (Z. Chen, CN)
  Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
  Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
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  Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  GNU Go (I. Wallin) (Sweden)
  GNU Go (I. Wallin) (Sweden)
  GoAhead (P. Woitke, DE)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US)
  Indigo (B. Bouzy, FR)
Go 9x9
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  Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
  GNU Go (I. Wallin, SE)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
  NeuroGo (M. Enzenberger, CA)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  GnuGo (Free Software Foundation) (international)
  Magog (E. van der Werf, NL)
Hex   Hexy (V. Anshelevich, US)
  Queenbee (J. v. Ryswyck, CA)
 Killerbee (E. Brasa, IT
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  Six (G. Melis) (Hungary)
  Mongoose (R. Hayward, CA)
  Six (G. Melis, HU)
  Mongoose (R. Hayward, CA)
Lines of Action   YL (Y. Björnsson, CA)
  Mona (D. Billings, CA)
  MIA (M. Winands, NL)
  YL (Y. Björnsson, CA)
  MIA II (M. Winands, NL)
  Apprentice (D. Beal, UK)
  YL (Y. Björnsson, CA)
  MIA III (M. Winands, NL))
  (T-T) (H. Iida, JP)
  MIA IV (M. Winands, NL)
  BING (B. Helmstetter, FR)
  (T-T) (J. Nagashima, JP)
  MIA 4++ (M. Winands, NL)
  BING (B. Helmstetter, FR)
  YL (Y. Björnsson, IS)
Octi 6x7
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  Testme2 (J. Bacher, CA)
  Casbah (C. Sutton, US)
Poker
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  Vexbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA)
  Sparbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA)
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Shogi   YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
  Shotest 4.1 (J. Rollason, (UK)
  Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi, JP)
  Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason, (UK)
  Spear (R. Grimbergen, NL/JP)
  Tacos (H. Iida, JP)
  ISshogi (Y. Tanase, CA)
  Kanazawa under Reiki (S. Todoroki, JP)
  Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason, (UK)
  YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
  ISshogi (Y. Tanase, JP)
  Tacos (H. Iida, JP)
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10th–14th Olympiads (2005–2009)

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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   8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
  Invader (Avetisyan, US)
 TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP)
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  8 Queens Problem (J. de Koning, NL)
  Campya (J. Kloetzer, FR)
  Invader (H. Avetisyan, R. Lorentz, US)
  8 Queens Problem (J. de Koning, NL)
  Campya (J. Kloetzer, FR)
  Invader (R. Lorentz, D. Dennison, A. Huerto, M. Reiss, A. Karapetyan, H. Avetisyan, US)
  8 Queens Problem (J. de Koning, NL)
  Campya (J. Kloetzer, FR)
Backgammon
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  GNU Backgammon (Müller)
  BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
  Bgblitz (F. Berger, DE)
  GNU Backgammon
  MCgammon (G. Chaslot, F. van Lieshout, BE)
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Chess
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  Zappa (A. Cozie, E. Günes, TR)
  Loop (F. Reul, 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)
  Cluster Toga (T. Gaksch, F. Letouzy et al., DE
(Rybka disqualified; gold reawarded)
  Rybka (V. Rajlich, US
  Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE
  Sjeng (G-C Pascutto, BE)
Chinese Chess   XQMASTER (Z. Mingyang, CN)
  SHIGA (S.-J. Yen, TW)
  NEUCHESS (W. Jiao, CN
  NeuChess (W. Jiao, CN)
  Shiga (S.-J. Yen, TW)
  Deep Elephant (W. Huang, A. Huang, S.S. Lin, TW)
  NeuChess (J. Wang, CN
  Shiga (M-C Cheng, S-J Yen, TW)
  XieXie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, J.T. Pai, FR)
  Intella (C. Chen, Y. Wei, CN)
  Cyclone (M. Zhang, CN)
  EThinker (Z. Xu, CN)
  TMSK (B-J Shen, R-P Li, T-S Hsu, TW)
  HaQiKi D (H.G. Muller, NL))
  Chimo (W-J Tseng, W-L Kao, H-H Lin, C-B Hsu, I-C Wu, S-C Hsu, TW)
Clobber   MILA (M. Winands, NL)
  ClobberA (J. Willemson, EE)
  Pan (J. De Koning, NL)
  Mila (M. Winands, NL)
  ClobberB (J. Willemson, EE)
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Computational Pool
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  CueCard (D. Cohen, C. Archibald, A. Altman, US)
  PickPocket (M. Smith, (CA)
  Elix (M. Godard, CA)
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Connect6
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  NCTU6 (Wu, Chang)
  X6 (Liou, Yen)
  EVG (Huang, Hsu)
  X6 (J. Moon-Liou, S-J Yen, TW)
  MeinStein (T. van der Storm, NL)
  Kavalan (S-J Yen, TW)
  NCTU6-Lite (P-H Lin, H-X Lin, Y-C Chan, C-P Chen, I-C Wu, TW)
  Bitstronger (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
  NEUConn6 (C-M Xu, CN)
  Bit (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
  MeinStein (T. van der Storm, NL)
  Bit2 (Z. Tang, Z. Li, H. Liu, J.B.M. Xu, CN)
Dots and Boxes   Deep Beige (D. Bochenski, UK)
  Beige Watch (R. Weston, UK
  ALSOB (P. Bailey, UK
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  The Shark (W. Fraser, US)
  Qiyi (L. Lian, CN)
  Matadots (P. Rogers, R. Lorentz, US)
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Draughts
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  TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
  Tornado (F. Mesander, NL)
  Rocky (M. Winands, NL)
Go
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  The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, FR)
  Leela (G-C Pascutto, BE)
  Zen (Yamato, JP)
  Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, (CA)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)
Go 19x19   Hand Talk (C. Zhixing, CN)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
  GNU Go (Free Software Foundation)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Indigo (B. Bouzy, FR)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, FR)
  Crazy Stone (R. Coulom)
  GNU Go
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Go 9x9   Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
  Indigo (B. Bouzy, FR)
  Crazy Stone (R. Coulom, FR)
  Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
  Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
  Steenvreter (E. van der Werf, NL)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, FR)
  Crazy Stone (R. Coulom, FR)
  The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US)
  Leela (G-C Pascutto, BE)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, FR)
  Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, (CA)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)
  Yogo (P. Yu, F. Xie, CN)
International draughts
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  TDKing (Tillemans, NL)
  SJENDE BLYN (Wiersma, NL)
  Dam 2.2 (Jetten, NL)
  Dam 2.2 (Jetten, NL)
  TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
  Sjende Blyn (J. Wiersma, NL)
  TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
  Rocky (M. Winands, NL)
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Havannah
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  Wanderer (R. Lorentz, R. Nahue, US)
  Shakti (F. Teytaud, O. Teytaud, FR)
Hex
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  Six (Melis)
  Wolve (Hayward)
  Hex Krieger (Rasmussen)
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  Wolve (B. Arneson, (CA)
  MoHex (P. Henderson, (CA)
  Six (G. Melis, HU)
  MoHex (P. Henderson, B. Arneson, R. Hayward, (CA)
  Wolve (P. Henderson, B. Arneson, R. Hayward, M. Johanson, M. Kan, M. Müller, G. Ryan, (CA)
  Six (G. Melis, HU)
Kriegspiel
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  Darkboard (Favini, Ciancarini)
  Kbott (Parker)
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  Darkboard (G. Favini, P. Ciancarini) (Italy)
  KriegExpert (L. Self, NA)
  Bit (CN)
Lines of Action
-
  MIA (Winands)
  YL (Björnsson)
-
-
  Mia 4.51 (M. Winands, NL)
  Bit (P. Zhan, CN)
Phantom Go
-
-
  GoLois (T. Cazenave, FR)
  InTheDark (J. Bosboom, NL)
  GoLois (T. Cazenave, N. Jouandeau, FR)
  Chinese Deep (C. Hao, CN)
  BitStronger (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
  GoLois (T. Cazenave, N. Jouandeau, FR)
  Bit (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
Pool   UofA (M. Smith, (CA)
  PoolMaster (J.-F. Landry, (CA)
  Elix (M. Godard, (CA)
  PickPocket (M. Smith, (CA)
  SkyNet (W. Leckie, (CA)
  Elix (M. Godard, (CA)
-
-
-
Shogi   Tacos (H. Iida, JP)
  YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
  Spear (R. Grimbergen, JP)
  YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
  Bonanza (Hoki, JP)
  Tacos (H. Iida, JP)
  Tacos (J. Nagashima, H. Iida, H. Tsuyoshi, JP)
  Reiki (S. Todoroki, JP)
  HIT+SS (S. Seike, T. Ito, R. Ohguchi, JP)
  Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi, M. Taketoshi, J. Nagashima, J. Hashimoto, T. Matsui, H. Iida, JP)
  BitStronger (L. Xiao, M. Junlong, X. Changda, T. Songling, CN)
  HIT+SS (S. Seike, T. Ito, R. Ohguchi)
  Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi, M. Taketoshi, J. Nagashima, J. Hashimoto, T. Matsui, H. Iida, JP)
  BitStronger (C. Xu, L. Xiao, M. Junlong, T.S.P. Zhan, CN)
Speed chess
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-
-
  Sjeng (G-C Pascutto, BE)
  HIARCS (M. Uniacke, E. Hallsworth, UK)
  Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Necchi, DE
(Rybka disqualified; silver reawarded)
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Surakarta
-
-
  SIA (M. Winands, NL)
  Incognito (I. Auwerda, NL)
  SIA (M. Winands, NL)
  BitStronger (Q. Zhi, S. Zhen, T. Hongru, CN)
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15th–18th Olympiads (2010–2015)

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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
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-
-
  2048-khyeh
  2048-ghung
  20486
Amazons Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Backgammon
-
Unknown
-
-
Chinese chess   Shiga (M-C Cheng, S-J Yen, TW)
  TMSK (B-J Shen, R-P Li, T-S HSU, TW)
  Chimo (W-J Tseng, W-L Kao, H-H Lin, C-B Hsu, I-C Wu, S-C Hsu, TW)
Unknown Unknown   Shiga
  Chimo
  Shark
Chinese dark chess Unknown Unknown   DarkKnight
  Yahari
  Observer
Unknown
Chu Shogi
-
-
  HaChu
  Deep Nikita
Unknown
Clobber   Pan.exe (J. de Konig, NL)
No other competitors
Unknown   Pan
  McClobber
  Deep Nikita
  8QP
  Deep Nikita
Connect6 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Diplomacy
-
-
-
  D-Brand (D. de Jonghe)
  DipBlue (H. Lopez Cardoso)
  Super Bot (M. Borgt)
Dots and Boxes   The Shark (W. Fraser, US
  BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yuting, CH
Unknown Unknown Unknown
Draughts   TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
  Rocky (M. Winands, NL)
Unknown   BITDB
  Railgun
  Scan (F. Letouzey)
  Damage (B. Tuyt)
  JDraughts (R. van Bemmelen)[2]
EinsStein würfelt nicht!
-
Unknown   Prophet_WT
  VS_WTN
  Cloud
  Hanfried
  Deep Nikita
  Chinese Program
Go   Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW)
  Zen (Yamato, JP)
  The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US
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-
-
Go (9x9)   MyGoFriend (F. Karger, UK)
  Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, CA)
  Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW)
Unknown Unknown   Zen
  Abakus
  CGI
Go (13x13)   The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US
  Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, CA)
  MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)
Unknown Unknown   Zen
  Nomitan
  Abakus
Go (19x19)
-
Unknown Unknown   Zen
  Abakus
  Nomitan[3]
Havannah Unknown Unknown
-
-
Hex Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Light Up   Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW)
  PCCU (S-J Yen, TW)
-
-
Unknown
Lines of Action
-
-
  MC-LOA
  Deep Nikita
  SIA
  Deep Nikita
Mahjong
-
-
  ThousandWind
  Majo
  Longcat
  VeryLongCat
  ThousandWind
  Take
Minishogi   Clair 1/128 (T. Obata, JP)
  Shokidoki 0.8 (H.G. Muller, NL)
  55TACOS (T. Hashimoto, JP)
-
-
-
NoGo
-
Unknown Unknown Unknown
Nonograms   Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW)
-
Unknown Unknown
Nurikabe Unknown
-
-
-
Phantom Go Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Quoridor Unknown
-
-
-
Shogi   Gekisashi (T. Maruyama, T. Ouchi, R. Takase, Y. Tsuruoka, D. Yokoyama, JP)
  Shueso (A. Takeuchi, JP)
  GPS Shogi (T. Tanaka, JP)
Unknown Unknown
Shogi (5x5)
-
-
  Shokidoki
  1/128 Rigan
  Mattari Yuuchan
Unknown
Surakarta   SIA (M. Winands, NL)
  Qiyi (J. Guo, X. Yang, L. Yunzhao, J. Zhao, CN)
  BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yutin, CN)
  SIA
  BITSKT
  Deep Nikita
Unknown

19th–25th Olympiads (2016–2022)

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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] The World Computer Chess Championships took place from 13–19 July in Stockholm, Sweden.[5] The 22nd Olympiad was held 11–17 August 2019 in 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   SherlockGo (L. Tailin, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
  BIT_Amazons (C. Zenghao, Beijing Institute of Technology)
  Queen (T. Cazenave, Paris Dauphine University)
Block Go   NDHU-Polygames (H-I Lin, National Dong Hwa University)
  miny_blockgo (Y-L Chen, National Dong Hwa University)
Breakthrough   Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
  TakeABreak (T. Cazenave, Paris Dauphine University)
  BT (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
Chinese checkers   Jump (J-H Chern (National Taiwan Normal University)
  NDHU-Polygames (H-I Lin, National Taiwan Normal University)
  Negentropy (L-N Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
Chinese chess   BugCChess (L-Z Yuan)
  SHIGA (S-J Yen, National Dong Hwa University)
  Xiexie (P. Tang)
Chinese dark chess   Yahari (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University and Academia Sinica)
  PupilDarkChess (H-I Lin, National Taipei University and Academia Sinica)
  Yanyu 2.0 (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University and Academia Sinica)
Connect 6   BIT_Connect6 (C. Zenghao, Beijing Institute of Technology)
  Kavalan (J-K Yang, Lan Yang Institute of Technology)
  Zeta (C. Zhang, DSGROUP)
Dice-shogi   Nyanpass (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University)
  Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
  NDHU-Polygames (H-I Lin, National Taiwan Normal University)
Draughts   Bit_Draught (H. Youfang, Beijing Institute of Technology)
Einstein Würfelt Nicht   EWIN (R. Chu, National Chiao Tung University)
  VSWTN (Z.Y. Peng, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
  BIT_Einstein (H. Jiacheng, Beijing Institute of Technology)
Fighting Landlord   I'm a Famer (W. Yu, Chongqing Three Gorges University)
  Knight-Landlord (W. Tang, Chongqing University of Technology)
  JAIST_landlord (X. Yuhao, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Go (9x9)   CGI Go Intelligence (T-h Wei, National Chiao Tung University)
  EzGo (Lin, T. Yu, Chang Yuan Christian University)
Hex (11x11)   BIT_Hex11 (Z. Jie, Beijing Institute of Technology)
  Calainosaur (F. Taytaud, University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Hex (13x13)   DeepEZO (M. Yamamoto, Hokaido University)
  BIT_Hex13 (Z. Jie, Beijing Institute of Technology)
  Calainosaur (F. Teytaud, University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Kyoto Shogi   Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
  CrazyWa (H.G. Muller)
Mahjong   MahjongJr (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
  ZONST Tree (R. Hang, ZONST Data Group)
  SimCat (S-C Tang, National Chiao Tung University)
Shogi (5x5)   Nyanpass (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University)
  Shokidoki (H.G. Muller)
  EVG1.5 (S-C Hsu, Chang-Jung Christian University)
NoGo   CZF (L.C. Lan, National Chiao Tung University)
  Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
  Noeven (C. Zhang, DSGROUP)
Nonogram   Requiem (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
  The Heir (Y-R Guo, National Taichung University of Education)
    Uncertainty (Y-R Guo, National Taichung University of Education)
Othello   Othello LTBeL (Y-S Jim, National Dong Hwa University)
  Royal (C. Na-Yuan, National Taiwan Normal University)
  Curiosity10 (W-Y Hsu, National Chiao Tung University)
Surakarta   Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
  FuChou (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
  VSSurakarta (Z. Pei, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

Summary by game

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Abalone

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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
participants
Ranking[10]
Program Authors
8 2003 2
  1. Aba-Pro
  2. Nacre
  1. Tino Werner, Austria
  2. Peer Sommerlund, Denmark

Amazons

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Amazons is played on a 10×10 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.

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
participants
Ranking[11]
Program Authors
5 2000 6
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. Yamazon
  3. Anky
  4. Antiope
  5. Aska
  6. Otrere
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Hiroshi Yamashita, Japan
  3. Patrick Hensgens, Netherlands
  4. Theo Tegos, Greece
  5. Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
  6. Paul Utgoff, United States
6 2001 4
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. Aska
  3. Invader
  4. Anky
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
  3. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  4. Patrick Hensgens, Netherlands
7 2002 6
  1. Amazong
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Invader
  4. Tanazon
  5. Aska
  6. Antiope
  1. Jens Lieberum, Germany
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  4. Yasushi Tanase, Japan
  5. Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
  6. Theo Tegos, Greece
8 2003 5
  1. Amazong
  2. Invader
  3. 8 Queens Problem
  4. Aska
  5. TAS
  1. Jens Lieberum, Germany
  2. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  3. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  4. Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
  5. Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
9 2004 2
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. TAS
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
10 2005 3
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. Invader
  3. TAS
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  3. Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
12 2007 2
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. Campya
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Julien Kloetzer, France
13 2008 4
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Campya
  4. BitStronger
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Julien Kloetzer, France
  4. Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru, China
14 2009 5
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Campya
  4. BitStronger
  5. FindFire
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Julien Kloetzer, France
  4. Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru, China
  5. Xiaowei Hu, Zhang Yuting, Wen Zhang, China
15 2010 7
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Campya
  4. FindFire
  5. Arrow 2
  6. Bit(Go)
  7. Qiyi
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Julien Kloetzer, France
  4. Xiaowei Hu, Zhang Yuting, Wen Zhang, China
  5. Martin Müller et al., Canada[13]
  6. Peixing Zhan, China
16 2011 4
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Arrow 2
  4. Fortress
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Martin Müller et al., Canada[13]
  4. Andi Zhang, China
17 2013 6
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Long Shot
  4. Fortress
  5. Arrow 2
  6. Explorer
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States[12]
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Marcin Malec, United States
  4. Andi Zhang, China
  5. Martin Müller et al., Canada[13]
  6. Zhou Ke, China

Awari

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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
participants
Ranking[14]
Program Authors
1 1989 4
  1. Marco
  2. Wali
  3. Conchos
  4. Waro
  1. Rémi Niérat, France
  2. Eric van der Schilden, Netherlands
  3. Steve Thomas, United Kingdom
2 1990 2
  1. Lithidion
  2. Marco
  1. Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
  2. Rémi Niérat, France
3 1991 2
  1. Lithidion
  2. MyProgram
  1. Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
  2. Eric van Riet Paap, Netherlands
4 1992 3
  1. Lithidion
  2. Marvin
  3. Juju
  1. Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
  2. Thomas Lincke, Switzerland
5 2000 2
  1. Marvin
  2. Softwari
  1. Thomas Lincke, Switzerland
  2. Roel van der Goot, Netherlands

Backgammon

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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
participants
Ranking[15]
Program Authors
1 1989 6
  1. Neurogammon
  2. Video Gammon
  3. Saitek Backgammon
  4. Mephisto Backgammon
  5. Backbrain
  6. A.I. Backgammon
  1. Gerald Tesauro, United States
  2. Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
  3. Ossi Weiner, Netherlands
2 1990 2
  1. Video Gammon
  2. Prospero
  1. Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
  2. Raymond Mills, United Kingdom
4 1992 3
  1. Bax
  2. Maestro
  3. Video Gammon
  1. Klaus-Uwe Koschnik, Germany
  2. Justin Boyan, United States
  3. Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
7 2002 2
  1. BGBlitz[16]
  2. GNU Backgammon[17]
  1. Frank Berger, Germany
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
8 2003 2
  1. BGBlitz
  2. GNU Backgammon
  1. Frank Berger, Germany
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
11 2006 2
  1. GNU Backgammon
  2. BGBlitz
  1. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  2. Frank Berger, Germany
12 2007 3
  1. BGBlitz
  2. GNU Backgammon
  3. MCgammon
  1. Frank Berger, Germany
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  3. Guillaume Chaslot, François van Lieshout, Belgium
16 2011 3
  1. Palamedes[18]
  2. GNU Backgammon
  3. BGBlitz
  1. Nikos Papahristou, Greece
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  3. Frank Berger, Germany
18 2015 3
  1. GNU Backgammon
  2. BGBlitz
  3. Palamedes
  1. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  2. Frank Berger, Germany
  3. Nikos Papahristou, Greece

Bridge

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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
participants
Ranking[19]
Program Authors
1 1989 4
  1. Acol Master
  2. Vtech
  3. Oxford Bridge
  4. Bridge Baron
  1. Paul Jones, United Kingdom
  2. Tony Guilfoyle, United States
  3. Andrew Bracher, United Kingdom
  4. Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
2 1990 2
  1. Bridge Baron
  2. Oxford Bridge
  1. Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
  2. Andrew Bracher, United Kingdom
3 1991 3
  1. Bridge Baron
  2. Pupil
  3. Bridge King
  1. Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
  2. Joost Jacob, Netherlands
  3. Johannes Leber, Gero Scholz, Germany
4 1992 3
  1. Bridge King
  2. Bridge Baron
  3. Alpha Bridge
  1. Johannes Leber, Gero Scholz, Germany
  2. Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom
  3. Alexander Lopatin, Russia
7 2002 2
  1. Wbridge5
  2. Jack
  1. Yves Costel, France
  2. Hans Kuijff, Netherlands

Chess

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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
participants
Ranking[21]
Program Authors
1 1989 9
  1. Rebel
  2. Mephisto
  3. Fidelity X
  4. Pandix
  5. Chess Player 2150
  6. Hiarcs 4.1
  7. Échec 1.5
  8. E6P
  9. Woodpusher
  1. Ed Schroder, Jan Louwman, Netherlands
  2. Richard Lang, United Kingdom
  3. Kathe Spracklen, Dan Spracklen, United States
  4. Gyula Horvath, Hungary
  5. Chris Whittington, United Kingdom
  6. Mark Uniacke, Harvey Williamson, Eric Hallsworth, United Kingdom; Sebastian Bohme, Germany
  7. Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill, France
  8. John Hamlen, United Kingdom
2 1990 11
  1. Mephisto
  2. Rebel
  3. Zugzwang
  4. Kaissa
  5. Échec
  6. Woodpusher
  7. Brainstorm
  8. Chess Player 2150
  9. Hiarcs
  10. Nightmare (D)
  11. Chess Guru
  1. Richard Lang, United Kingdom
  2. Ed Schroder, Jan Louwman, Netherlands
  3. Rainer Feldmann, Peter Mysliwietz, Heiner Matthias, Germany
  4. Mikhail Donskoy, Vladimir Aralzarov, Alexander Ushkov, USSR
  5. Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill, France
  6. John Hamlen, United Kingdom
  7. Gyula Horvath, Hungary
  8. Chris Whittington, United Kingdom
  9. Mark Uniacke, Harvey Williamson, Eric Hallsworth, United Kingdom; Sebastian Bohme, Germany
  10. Reinhold Gellner, Gaby von Rekowski, Germany
  11. Joël Rivat, France
3 1991 7
  1. Chessmachine WK
  2. Chessmachine King
  3. Chess Player 2175
  4. Nightmare NL
  5. Nimzo
  6. Dappet
  7. Touch
  1. Ed Schroder, Netherlands
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Chris Whittington, United Kingdom
  4. Joost Buijs, Netherlands
  5. Chrilly Donninger, Austria
  6. Dap Hartmann, Peter Kouwenhoven, Netherlands
  7. Jos Uiterwijk, Netherlands
4 1992 7
  1. Genesis
  2. The King
  3. Hiarcs 6.72
  4. Woodpusher
  5. Duck
  6. Touch
  7. Ananse
  1. Eric van Riet Paap, Netherlands
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Mark Uniacke, Harvey Williamson, Eric Hallsworth, United Kingdom; Sebastian Bohme, Germany
  4. John Hamlen, United Kingdom
  5. Dennis Breuker, Netherlands
  6. Jos Uiterwijk, Netherlands
  7. Walter Bannerman, Switzerland
14 2009 6
  1. Rybka (disqualified)
  2. Shredder[22]
  3. Deep Sjeng
  4. Pandix
  5. Joker
  6. Equinox
  1. Vasik Rajlich, United Kingdom
  2. Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Germany; Sandro Necchi, Italy
  3. Gian-Carlo Pascutto, Belgium; Erdogan Günes, Turkey/Germany
  4. Gyula Horváth, Hungary
  5. Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
  6. Gian Carlo Delli Colli, Stefano Rocchi, Italy; Harry Schnapp, Germany

Chinese chess

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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.

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  Y  Y  Y  Y
Participants and results
Olympiad Year Number of
participants
Medalist Ranking[23]
Program Authors
1 1989 5
  1. Acer Chinese Chess
  2. CChess Expert Acme
  3. Elephant
  4. Xian
  5. Ogre
  1. Yu Shi-Shun, Taiwan
  2. Kuo-Ming Ts'ao, Taiwan
  3. 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
  4. Nick Jacobs, United States
  5. United Kingdom
2 1990 3
  1. Elephant
  2. CChess Expert Acme
  3. NKS
  1. 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
  2. Kuo-Ming Ts'ao, Taiwan
  3. Huang Shao Long, Su Zhi, China
3 1991 2
  1. Surprise
  2. Abyss
  1. Ren Wu, China
  2. Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
4 1992 2
  1. Surprise
  2. Elephant
  1. Ren Wu, China
  2. 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
  1. ELP
  2. SG 8.2 1
  3. Abyss '99
  1. Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  2. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  3. Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
7 2002 4
  1. ELP
  2. Shiga 8.1
  3. XieXie
  4. Abyss '99
  1. Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  2. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  3. Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
  4. Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
8 2003 5
  1. ZMBL
  2. XieXie
  3. ELP
  4. Lock
  5. Contemplation
  1. Zhi-Jian Tu, China
  2. Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
  3. Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  4. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  5. Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
9 2004 2
  1. Contemplation
  2. ELP
  1. Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  2. Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
10 2005 14
  1. XQMASTER
  2. Shiga
  3. NEUChess
  4. TMSK
  5. Contemplation
  6. XieXie
  7. ELP
  8. Yuan-Chi
  9. Yan-Chi Wu
  10. Deep Elephant
  11. Elephant Eye
  12. Chimo
  13. ShinGi
  14. Jade
  1. Ming-Yang Zhao, China
  2. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  3. Jiao Wang, China
  4. Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
  5. Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  6. Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
  7. Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  8. Shih-Kuang Huang, Taiwan
  9. Yan-Chi Wu, Taiwan
  10. 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
  11. Huang Chen, China
  12. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  13. Larry Tu, United States
  14. Ting-Wei Hou, Taiwan
11 2006 5
  1. NEUChess
  2. Shiga
  3. Deep Elephant
  4. XieXie
  5. Contemplation
  1. Jiao Wang, China
  2. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  3. 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
  4. Pascal Tang, France;Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
  5. Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
12 2007 5
  1. NEUChess
  2. Shiga
  3. XieXie
  4. Deep Elephant
  5. Chimo
  1. Jiao Wang, China
  2. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  3. Pascal Tang, France; Eugenio Castillo Jimenez, Spain; Jih Tung Pai
  4. 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
  5. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
13 2008 18
  1. Intella
  2. Cyclone
  3. EThinker
  4. Gaga chess
  5. MonkeyKing
  6. NEUChess
  7. 3DChess
  8. XQMASTER
  9. TMSK
  10. YSSY
  11. Shiga
  12. Binghewusi
  13. UFX
  14. OracleX
  15. ABCCHESS
  16. Multi-stars of SJTU
  17. Chimo
  18. QiJi
  1. Chaoying Chen, Yutao Wei, China
  2. Min Zhang, China
  3. Zheng Xu, China
  4. Guolai Li, China
  5. Xinhe Xu, China
  6. Jiao Wang, China
  7. Liu Jin, China
  8. Ming-Yang Zhao, China
  9. Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
  10. Zhang Hao, China
  11. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  12. Fan DeJun, China
  13. Liu Kai, China
  14. Zhifu Zhang, Canada
  15. Liang Jian Hua, China
  16. Zhijun Li, Qi Zhengwei, China
  17. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  18. Duan Yong, Li Zhengqing, Liu Cuiwei, China
14 2009 5
  1. TMSK
  2. HaQiKi D
  3. Chimo
  4. Contemplation
  5. ELP
  1. Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
  2. Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
  3. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  4. Kuang-Che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  5. Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
15 2010 5
  1. Shiga
  2. TMSK
  3. Chimo
  4. HaQiKi D
  5. SunRise
  1. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  2. Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li, Tsan-Sheng Hsu, Taiwan
  3. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  4. Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
  5. Hao Cui, Jiajia Guo, Xiaowei Hu, Zhao Jianbo, Xiaomeng Yang
16 2011 3
  1. Shiga
  2. Chimo
  3. HaQiKi D
  1. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan
  2. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  3. Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
17 2013 4
  1. Chimo
  2. HaQiKi D
  3. Shimanese
  4. Shiga
  1. Wen-Jie Tseng, Wei-Lun Kao, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Chun-Bin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Taiwan
  2. Harm Geert Mueller, Netherlands
  3. Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Masahiko Yoshida, Japan
  4. Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen, Taiwan

Chinese dark chess

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Chinese dark chess is known as Banqi in Chinese.

 
Chinese dark chess (banqi) board and pieces
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

Clobber

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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

Connect Four

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Connect Four travel version by Milton Bradley
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

Connect6

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Connect6 board and pieces
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

Dominoes

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Domino pieces – played and unplayed
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

Gin rummy

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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
participants
Ranking[24]
Program Authors
4 1992 2
  1. Rummymate
  2. Ginrummy

GIPF

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GIPF
Olympiad Year Number of
participants
Ranking[25]
Program Authors
6 2001 2
  1. GF1
  2. Gipfted
  1. Kurt Van den Branden, Belgium
  2. Diederik Wentink, Netherlands

Octi

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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] The object of the game is to move one's pieces into the opponent's starting points.

Octi
Olympiad Year Number of
participants
Ranking[27]
Program Authors
9 2004 2
  1. Casbah
  2. Testme2
  1. Charles Sutton, United States
  2. Jeff Bacher, Canada

Poker

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Poker
Olympiad Year Number of
participants
Ranking[28]
Program Authors
8 2003 2
  1. Sparbot
  2. Vexbot
  1. Neil Burch, Canada
  2. Terence Schauenberg, Canada

Pool

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Also known as computational pool.

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
Participants and results
Olympiad Year Number of
participants
Ranking[29]
Program Authors
10 2005 4
  1. UofA
  2. PoolMaster
  3. Elix
  4. SkyNet
11 2006 5
  1. PickPocket
  2. SkyNet
  3. Elix
  4. PoolMaster
  5. Snooze
13 2008 4
  1. CueCard
  2. PickPocket
  3. Elix
  4. SkyNet

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The 18th Olympiad Program" (PDF). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Harm Jetten's draughts program". hjetten.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Results – ICGA". icga.leidenuniv.nl. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Schüssler, Harry (5 September 2018). "The memorable world of chess engines". ChessBase. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ^ "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2020".
  7. ^ "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2021".
  8. ^ "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2022".
  9. ^ "Games – ICGA". icga.leidenuniv.nl. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Abalone (ICGA Tournaments)".
  11. ^ "Amazons (ICGA Tournaments)".
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ "Awari (ICGA Tournaments)".
  15. ^ "Backgammon (ICGA Tournaments)".
  16. ^ Berger, Frank. "- Professional Backgammon Software for Windows – Mac – Linux". www.bgblitz.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  17. ^ "GNU Backgammon". gnubg.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  18. ^ Matches played without doubling cube.
  19. ^ "Bridge (ICGA Tournaments)".
  20. ^ Other computer-versus-computer events in chess:
  21. ^ "Chess (ICGA Tournaments)".
  22. ^ "Shredder Computer Chess Download". www.shredderchess.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Chinese Chess (ICGA Tournaments)".
  24. ^ "Ginrummy (ICGA Tournaments)".
  25. ^ "Gipf (ICGA Tournaments)".
  26. ^ "Octi". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  27. ^ "Octi (ICGA Tournaments)".
  28. ^ "Poker (ICGA Tournaments)".
  29. ^ "Pool (ICGA Tournaments)".
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