Computer Olympiad Explained

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

Olympiad
YearCity, countryVenueSponsor(s)Participation
CountriesPrograms
11989 (August 9–15)London, EnglandPark Lane Hotel84
21990 (August 15–21)London, England
31991 (August 22–25)Maastricht, NetherlandsMaastricht University
41992 (August 5–11)London, EnglandPark Lane HotelAST
52000 (August 21–25)London, EnglandAlexandra Palace
62001 (August 18–23)Maastricht, NetherlandsMaastricht UniversityCMG
72002 (July 5–11)Maastricht, NetherlandsMaastricht University
82003 (November 23–27)Graz, AustriaDom im Berg and Casineum
92004 (July 3–12)Ramat Gan, IsraelBar-Ilan University
102005Taipei, Taiwan
112006Turin, Italy
122007Amsterdam, Netherlands
132008Beijing, China
142009Pamplona, Spain
152010Kanazawa, Japan
162011Tilburg, Netherlands
172013Yokohama, Japan
182015Leiden, 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.

Games contested

The games which have been contested at each Olympiad are:

Link to
event article		Olympiad and yearLink to
participants
and results
123456789101112131415161718
198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
AbaloneAbalone
AmazonsAmazons
AwariAwari
BackgammonBackgammon
BridgeBridge
ChessChess
Chinese ChessChinese chess
Chinese Dark ChessChinese dark chess
ClobberClobber
Connect FourConnect Four
Connect6Connect6
DominoesDominoes
Gin rummyGin rummy
GIPFGIPF
OctiOcti
PokerPoker
PoolPool

1st–5th Olympiads (1989–1992)

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) 		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)
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)
Dominoes LUciano (D. Borrajo)
Seneca (M. Alicia Perez)
Rio de la Plata (E. Gramajo)
Draughts Dios '89 (E. van Riet Paap)
Truus (S. Keetman)
McDammen (R.P.G. van Bemmelen) 		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 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 Bushy 4.0 (R. Gasser)
IIF Moris (M. Leineweber)
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 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)

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 2004 (3–12 July)
Ramat Gan, Israel
Abalone AbaPro (T. Werner) (AT)
Nacre (P. Sommerlund, DK)
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)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Awari || Marvin (T. Lincke, CH)
Softwari (R. van der Goot, CA) || || || || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Backgammon || || || BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
Gnubg (A. Müller, DE) || BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
Gnubg (A. Müller, DE) || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Bridge || || || Wbridge5 (Costel, FR)
Jack (H. Kuijff, NL) || || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | 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) || || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Chinese chess || || 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)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Dots and Boxes || || || Control Freak (W. Fraser, US)
Seicho (H. Iida, JP) || Control Freak (W. Fraser, US)
Deep Beige (D. Bochenski, (UK)
Damepo (H. Iida, JP) || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Draughts || || || 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) || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | GIPF || || GF1 (K. van den Branden) (Belgium)
Gipfted (D. Wentink, NL) || || || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Go 19x19 || GoeMate (Z. Chen, CN)
Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
Aya (H. Yamashita, JP) || || 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)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Go 9x9 || || || 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)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Hex || Hexy (V. Anshelevich, US)
Queenbee (J. v. Ryswyck, CA)
Killerbee (E. Brasa, IT || || || Six (G. Melis) (Hungary)
Mongoose (R. Hayward, CA) || Six (G. Melis, HU)
Mongoose (R. Hayward, CA)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | 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)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Octi 6x7 || || || || || Testme2 (J. Bacher, CA)
Casbah (C. Sutton, US)|-| style="background:#EAECF0 | Poker || || || || Vexbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA)
Sparbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA) || |-| style="background:#EAECF0 | 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) || |}

10th–14th Olympiads (2005–2009)

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 style=width:30em 2005 (3–6 Sept)
Taipei, Taiwan !		style=width:40em 2006 (25 May-4 June)
Turin, Italy !		style=width:40em 2007 (11–18 June)
Amsterdam, Netherlands !		style=width:40em 2008 (28 Sept-5 Oct)
Beijing, China !		style=width:50em 2009 (10–18 May)
Pamplona, Spain
Amazons 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
Invader (Avetisyan, US)
TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP) 		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 GNU Backgammon (Müller)
BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE) 		Bgblitz (F. Berger, DE)
GNU Backgammon
MCgammon (G. Chaslot, F. van Lieshout, BE)
Chess 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 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)
Computational Pool CueCard (D. Cohen, C. Archibald, A. Altman, US)
PickPocket (M. Smith, (CA)
Elix (M. Godard, CA)
Connect6 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 The Shark (W. Fraser, US)
Qiyi (L. Lian, CN)
Matadots (P. Rogers, R. Lorentz, US)
Draughts TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
Tornado (F. Mesander, NL)
Rocky (M. Winands, NL)
Go 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)
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 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)
Havannah Wanderer (R. Lorentz, R. Nahue, US)
Shakti (F. Teytaud, O. Teytaud, FR)
Hex Six (Melis)
Wolve (Hayward)
Hex Krieger (Rasmussen) 		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 Darkboard (Favini, Ciancarini)
Kbott (Parker) 		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 Sjeng (G-C Pascutto, BE)
HIARCS (M. Uniacke, E. Hallsworth, UK)
Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Necchi, DE
(Rybka disqualified; silver reawarded)
Surakarta SIA (M. Winands, NL)
Incognito (I. Auwerda, NL) 		SIA (M. Winands, NL)
BitStronger (Q. Zhi, S. Zhen, T. Hongru, CN)

15th–18th Olympiads (2010–2015)

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 style=width:30em style=width:30em style=width:30em style=width:30em 2015 (29 June-6 July)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2048 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 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 nichtUnknown Prophet_WT
VS_WTN
Cloud 		Hanfried
Deep Nikita
Chinese Program
Go
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)

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

Abalone

See main article: Abalone. 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
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[10]
ProgramAuthors
820032
  1. Aba-Pro
  2. Nacre
  1. Tino Werner, Austria
  2. Peer Sommerlund, Denmark

Amazons

See main article: Game of the Amazons. 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
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[11]
ProgramAuthors
520006
  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
620014
  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
720026
  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
  4. Yasushi Tanase, Japan
  5. Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
  6. Theo Tegos, Greece
820035
  1. Amazong
  2. Invader
  3. 8 Queens Problem
  4. Aska
  5. TAS
  1. Jens Lieberum, Germany
  2. Richard Lorentz et al., United States
  3. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  4. Yoichiro Kajihara, Japan
  5. Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
920042
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. TAS
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
1020053
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. Invader
  3. TAS
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Richard Lorentz et al., United States
  3. Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen, Japan/Netherlands
1220072
  1. 8 Queens Problem
  2. Campya
  1. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  2. Julien Kloetzer, France
1320084
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Campya
  4. BitStronger
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Julien Kloetzer, France
  4. Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru, China
1420095
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Campya
  4. BitStronger
  5. FindFire
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States
  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
1520107
  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
  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
1620114
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Arrow 2
  4. Fortress
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Martin Müller et al., Canada
  4. Andi Zhang, China
1720136
  1. Invader
  2. 8 Queens Problem
  3. Long Shot
  4. Fortress
  5. Arrow 2
  6. Explorer
  1. Richard Lorentz et al., United States
  2. Johan de Koning, Netherlands
  3. Marcin Malec, United States
  4. Andi Zhang, China
  5. Martin Müller et al., Canada
  6. Zhou Ke, China

Awari

See main article: Awari (also known as Oware). Awari is an abstract strategy game among the Mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games).

Events held by Olympiad and year
123456789101112131415161718
198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[14]
ProgramAuthors
119894
  1. Marco
  2. Wali
  3. Conchos
  4. Waro
  1. Rémi Niérat, France
  2. Eric van der Schilden, Netherlands
  3. Steve Thomas, United Kingdom
219902
  1. Lithidion
  2. Marco
  1. Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
  2. Rémi Niérat, France
319912
  1. Lithidion
  2. MyProgram
  1. Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
  2. Eric van Riet Paap, Netherlands
419923
  1. Lithidion
  2. Marvin
  3. Juju
  1. Victor Allis, Maarten van der Meulen, Netherlands
  2. Thomas Lincke, Switzerland
520002
  1. Marvin
  2. Softwari
  1. Thomas Lincke, Switzerland
  2. Roel van der Goot, Netherlands

Backgammon

See main article: 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.

Events held by Olympiad and year
123456789101112131415161718
198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[15]
ProgramAuthors
119896
  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
219902
  1. Video Gammon
  2. Prospero
  1. Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
  2. Raymond Mills, United Kingdom
419923
  1. Bax
  2. Maestro
  3. Video Gammon
  1. Klaus-Uwe Koschnik, Germany
  2. Justin Boyan, United States
  3. Randall Hoogerhyde, United States
720022
  1. BGBlitz[16]
  2. GNU Backgammon[17]
  1. Frank Berger, Germany
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
820032
  1. BGBlitz
  2. GNU Backgammon
  1. Frank Berger, Germany
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
1120062
  1. GNU Backgammon
  2. BGBlitz
  1. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  2. Frank Berger, Germany
1220073
  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
1620113
  1. Palamedes[18]
  2. GNU Backgammon
  3. BGBlitz
  1. Nikos Papahristou, Greece
  2. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  3. Frank Berger, Germany
1820153
  1. GNU Backgammon
  2. BGBlitz
  3. Palamedes
  1. Massimiliano Maini, Italy; Achim Müller, Germany
  2. Frank Berger, Germany
  3. Nikos Papahristou, Greece

Bridge

See main article: Contract bridge. 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
123456789101112131415161718
198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[19]
ProgramAuthors
119894
  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
219902
  1. Bridge Baron
  2. Oxford Bridge
  1. Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle, United Kingdom <
-- but Tom Throop is American??? -->
  1. Andrew Bracher, United Kingdom
319913
  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
419923
  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
720022
  1. Wbridge5
  2. Jack
  1. Yves Costel, France
  2. Hans Kuijff, Netherlands

Chess

See main article: 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.[20]

Events held by Olympiad and year
123456789101112131415161718
198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[21]
ProgramAuthors
119899
  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
2199011
  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
319917
  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
419927
1420096
  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

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520002
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
720022
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
1220072
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
1320082
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
1420092
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
152010
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
162011
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
1720132
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z
1820152
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  1. X
  2. Y
  3. Z
  4. X
  5. Y
  6. Z -->

Chinese chess

See main article: Xiangqi. 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
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
+ Participants and resultsOlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Medalist Ranking[23]
ProgramAuthors
119895
  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
219903
  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
319912
  1. Surprise
  2. Abyss
  1. Ren Wu, China
  2. Tony Marsland, Chun Ye, Canada
419922
  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
620013
  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
720024
  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
820035
  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
920042
  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
10200514
  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
1120065
  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
1220075
  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
13200818
  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
1420095
  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
1520105
  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
1620113
  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
1720134
  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

Chinese dark chess is known as Banqi in Chinese.

Events held by Olympiad and year
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Clobber

Events held by Olympiad and year
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015

Connect Four

Events held by Olympiad and year
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015

Connect6

Events held by Olympiad and year
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015

Dominoes

Events held by Olympiad and year
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015

Gin rummy

Events held by Olympiad and year
123456789101112131415161718
198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[24]
ProgramAuthors
419922
  1. Rummymate
  2. Ginrummy

GIPF

GIPF
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[25]
ProgramAuthors
620012
  1. GF1
  2. Gipfted
  1. Kurt Van den Branden, Belgium
  2. 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] The object of the game is to move one's pieces into the opponent's starting points.

Octi
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[27]
ProgramAuthors
920042
  1. Casbah
  2. Testme2
  1. Charles Sutton, United States
  2. Jeff Bacher, Canada

Poker

Poker
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[28]
ProgramAuthors
820032
  1. Sparbot
  2. Vexbot
  1. Neil Burch, Canada
  2. Terence Schauenberg, Canada

Pool

Also known as computational pool.

Events held by Olympiad and year
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198919901991199220002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120132015
Participants and results
OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[29]
ProgramAuthors
1020054
  1. UofA
  2. PoolMaster
  3. Elix
  4. SkyNet
1120065
  1. PickPocket
  2. SkyNet
  3. Elix
  4. PoolMaster
  5. Snooze
1320084
  1. CueCard
  2. PickPocket
  3. Elix
  4. SkyNet

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 18th Olympiad Program. 20 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Harm Jetten's draughts program. hjetten.home.xs4all.nl. 20 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Results – ICGA. icga.leidenuniv.nl. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161203124710/https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1315. 3 December 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: ICGA Computer Olympiad 2018. 2020-11-06. Taiwan Computer Game Association 電腦對局學會. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107040133/https://www.tcga.tw/icga-computer-olympiad-2018/en/base.pl. 2020-11-07. live.
  5. Web site: The memorable world of chess engines. 2018-09-05. 2020-11-06. ChessBase. Schüssler. Harry.
  6. Web site: ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2020.
  7. Web site: ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2021.
  8. Web site: ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2022.
  9. Web site: Games – ICGA. icga.leidenuniv.nl. 18 October 2019.
  10. Web site: Abalone (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20140922012459/http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/game.php?id=27. 22 September 2014. dead.
  11. Web site: Amazons (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  12. 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. 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. Web site: Awari (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  15. Web site: Backgammon (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  16. Web site: - Professional Backgammon Software for Windows – Mac – Linux. Frank. Berger. www.bgblitz.com. 20 December 2017.
  17. Web site: GNU Backgammon. gnubg.org. 20 December 2017.
  18. Matches played without doubling cube.
  19. Web site: Bridge (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  20. Other computer-versus-computer events in chess:
  21. Web site: Chess (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20081019225305/http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/game.php?id=1. 19 October 2008. dead.
  22. Web site: Shredder Computer Chess Download. www.shredderchess.com. 20 December 2017.
  23. Web site: Chinese Chess (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  24. Web site: Ginrummy (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  25. Web site: Gipf (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  26. Web site: Octi. BoardGameGeek. 23 September 2023.
  27. Web site: Octi (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110520205604/http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/game.php?id=26. 20 May 2011. dead.
  28. Web site: Poker (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.
  29. Web site: Pool (ICGA Tournaments). www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. 20 December 2017.

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