Computer Olympiad

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

Not to be confused with International Olympiad in Informatics or its many feeder competitions like the United States of America Computing Olympiad.

History
Venues and participation
OlympiadYearCity, 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
 
  • 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
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
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AbalonecheckYAbalone
AmazonscheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYAmazons
AwaricheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYAwari
BackgammoncheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYBackgammon
BridgecheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYBridge
ChesscheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYChess
Chinese ChesscheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYChinese chess
Chinese Dark ChesscheckYcheckYcheckYChinese dark chess
ClobbercheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYClobber
Connect FourcheckYConnect Four
Connect6checkYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYcheckYConnect6
DominoescheckYDominoes
Gin rummycheckYGin rummy
GIPFcheckYGIPF
OcticheckYOcti
PokercheckYPoker
PoolcheckYcheckYcheckYPool

1st–5th Olympiads (1989–1992)
Game1989199019911992 (5–11 Aug)
London, England
Awari1st place, gold medalist(s) Marco (R. Nierat),
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wali (E. van der Schilden),
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Conchus (S. Thomas)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Lithidon (University of Limburg)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marco (R. Nierat)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Lithidion (V. Allis and M. van der Meulen)
MyProgram (E. van Riet Paap)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Lithidion (M. van der Meulen, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marvin (T. Lincke, CH)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Juju (UK)
Backgammon1st place, gold medalist(s) Neurogammon (Gerald Tesauro, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde),
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Saitek Backgammon (Treesoft)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Prospero (R. Mills)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Bax (K.-U. Koschnik, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maestro 1.0 (J. Boyan, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde, US)
Bridge1st place, gold medalist(s) Acol Master Bridge (Paul Jones)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vtech (Tony Guilfoyle)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oxford Bridge 3 (Andrew Bracher)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oxford Bridge (A. Bracher)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pupil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle, (UK)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alpha Bridge (A. Lopatin, RU)
Checkers1st place, gold medalist(s) Chinook (J. Schaeffer)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Checkers! (G. Dodgen)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tournament Checkers (D. Butler)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Colossus (M. Bryant)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chinook (Jonathan Schaeffer)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Checkermate (D. Oldbury and A. Millett)
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Chess1st place, gold medalist(s) REBEL (Ed Schroeder)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mephisto (R. Lang)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fidelity (Kathe and Dan Spracklen)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Mephisto (R. Lang)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) REBEL (E. Schroeder)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zugzwang (P. Mysliwietz and R. Feldman)		1st place, gold medalist(s) The ChessMachine WK-version (E. Schroeder)
The King (J. de Koning)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chessplayer 2175 (C. Whittington)		1st place, gold medalist(s) HIARCS 6.72 (M. Uniacke, (UK)
1st place, gold medalist(s) The King (J. de Koning, NL)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Genesis (E. Riet Paap, NL)
Chinese Chess1st place, gold medalist(s) Acer Chinese Chess (Y. Shi-Shun)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chinese Chess Expert Acme (K-M. Ts'ao)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elephant (S-C. Hsu)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Elephant (S-C. Hsu)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chinese Chess Expert (K-M. Ts'ao)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NKS (H.S. Long and S. Zi)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Abyss (C. Ye)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Surprise (R. Wu)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Surprise (R. Wu, CH)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Elephant (S.-H. Hsu, TW)
Connect Four1st place, gold medalist(s) Victor (V. Allis)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Heap (M. Taylor)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Four Blitz (H. van der Zijden)
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Dominoes1st place, gold medalist(s) LUciano (D. Borrajo)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Seneca (M. Alicia Perez)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rio de la Plata (E. Gramajo)
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Draughts1st place, gold medalist(s) Dios '89 (E. van Riet Paap)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Truus (S. Keetman)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) McDammen (R.P.G. van Bemmelen)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Truus (S. Keetman)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dam 1.3 (H. Jetten)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) McDammen (R. P. G. van Bemmelen)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Tn 83 (A. R. D. van Bergen, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dynamo (A. Millet, (UK)
Gin rummy
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Rummymate (RU)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ginny (RU)
Go 19x191st place, gold medalist(s) SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Goliath (M. Boon),
Star of Poland (J. Kraszek)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K. Chen)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf and M. Müller)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Go 4 (M. Reiss)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Goliath (M. Boon)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Explorer 90 (M. Müller)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go 4.3 (M. Reiss, (UK)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Archmage (S.-C. Hsu and J.-C. Yan, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Neuron (RU)
Go 9x91st place, gold medalist(s) Dragon (D-Y. Lin)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go Intellect (K. Chen)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Goliath (M. Boon)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K. Chen)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go 4 (M. Reiss)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dragon (D-Y. Lin)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Explorer 90 (M. Müller)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Goliath (M. Boon)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Go 4.3 (M. Reiss, (UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dragon (D.-Y. Lin, TW)
Gomoku1st place, gold medalist(s) Matena (A. Frolov)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Homoku Sapiens (N. Alexandrov)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Domino (M. Muron and J. Novotny)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan, and A. Grigoriev)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matena (A. Frolov)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Solid (A. Dolinsky)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) XOXOXO (Lev Ilkov)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Vertex (A. Shaposhnikov and A. Nosovsky)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Neuro-GM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Victoria (V. Allis and L. Schoenmaker, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Polygon (J. Uiterwijk, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Neuron (RU)
Nine men's morris
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Bushy 4.0 (R. Gasser)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) IIF Moris (M. Leineweber)
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Othello1st place, gold medalist(s) Polygon (A. Selby)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Comp'oth (F. Aguillon)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Badia (M. van Tien)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Dumbo (T. Duykers)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vers2 (B. de Wolf)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Microb (M. Claverie)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Prothello (L. Jansen)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mast 91 (R. Kroonenberg)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rev91 (J. Buijs)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Othel du Nord (J.-C. Delbarre, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aida (J. Gnodde, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) JacP'Oth (P. Gailhac, FR)
Qubic
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Qubic (A. Grigoriev)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cube (M. Burton)		1st place, gold medalist(s) QBig (V. Allis and P. Schoo)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3D3T (A. Grigoriev)
Renju1st place, gold medalist(s) Renju Sapiens (A. Grigoriev)
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tandy Renju (R. Lang)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Renju Fan (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan, and A. Grigoriev)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) XOXOXO (L. Ilkov)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Vertex (A. Shaposhnikov and A. Nosovsky)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Neuro-RN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stone System (N. Alexandrov, M. Trukhan and A. Grigoriev)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Neuron (RU)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zero Club (Latvia, LV)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xokk (FI)
Scrabble1st place, gold medalist(s) Crab (A. Appel, G. Jacobson, G. Thomas, and S. Thomas)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tyler (A. Frank)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle and R. Hooker)		1st place, gold medalist(s) TSP (J. Homan)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Crab (G. Jacobson)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tyler (A. Frank)		1st place, gold medalist(s) TSP (J. Homan)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tyler (A. Frank)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle and R. Hooker, UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tyler (A. Frank, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

Game2000 (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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1st place, gold medalist(s) AbaPro (T. Werner) (AT)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nacre (P. Sommerlund, DK)
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Amazons1st place, gold medalist(s) 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yamazon (H. Yamashita, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anky (P. Hensgens, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aska (Iida lab, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Invader (Avetisyan, US)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Amazong (J. Lieberum, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Invader (Avetisyan, US)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Amazong (J. Lieberum, DE)}
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Invader (Avetisyan, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP)
Awari1st place, gold medalist(s) Marvin (T. Lincke, CH)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Softwari (R. van der Goot, CA)
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Backgammon
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1st place, gold medalist(s) BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gnubg (A. Müller, DE)		1st place, gold medalist(s) BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gnubg (A. Müller, DE)
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Bridge
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Wbridge5 (Costel, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jack (H. Kuijff, NL)
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Chess1st place, gold medalist(s) Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fritz (F. Morsch, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rebel (E. Schroeder, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chess Tiger (C. Theron, FR)
Rybka disqualified; gold rewarded		1st place, gold medalist(s) Junior (A. Ban, IL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Quest (F. Morsch, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Junior (A. Ban, IL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brutus (A. Kure, DE)
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Chinese chess
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1st place, gold medalist(s) ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SG8.2 (Cheng, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abyss'99 (T. Marsland, CA)		1st place, gold medalist(s) ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shiga 8.1 (S-J. Yen, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xie Xie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) ZMBL (Z. Tu, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Xie Xie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, FR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Contemplation (K-C Wu, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) ELP (J-C. Chen, TW)
Dots and Boxes
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Control Freak (W. Fraser, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Seicho (H. Iida, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Control Freak (W. Fraser, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Beige (D. Bochenski, (UK)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Damepo (H. Iida, JP)
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Draughts
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten) (Netherlands)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) DIOS (C. Jurriens, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Damage (B. Tuyt, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Sjende Blyn (J. Wiersma, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) TD King (T. Tillemans, CH)
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GIPF
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1st place, gold medalist(s) GF1 (K. van den Branden) (Belgium)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gipfted (D. Wentink, NL)
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Go 19x191st place, gold medalist(s) GoeMate (Z. Chen, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) GNU Go (I. Wallin) (Sweden)		1st place, gold medalist(s) GNU Go (I. Wallin) (Sweden)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) GoAhead (P. Woitke, DE)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Indigo (B. Bouzy, FR)
Go 9x9
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Go4++ (M. Reiss, (UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) GNU Go (I. Wallin, SE)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) NeuroGo (M. Enzenberger, CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) GnuGo (Free Software Foundation) (international)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Magog (E. van der Werf, NL)
Hex1st place, gold medalist(s) Hexy (V. Anshelevich, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Queenbee (J. v. Ryswyck, CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Killerbee (E. Brasa, IT
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Six (G. Melis) (Hungary)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mongoose (R. Hayward, CA)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Six (G. Melis, HU)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mongoose (R. Hayward, CA)
Lines of Action1st place, gold medalist(s) YL (Y. Björnsson, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mona (D. Billings, CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) MIA (M. Winands, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) YL (Y. Björnsson, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MIA II (M. Winands, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Apprentice (D. Beal, UK)		1st place, gold medalist(s) YL (Y. Björnsson, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MIA III (M. Winands, NL))
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (T-T) (H. Iida, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) MIA IV (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BING (B. Helmstetter, FR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (T-T) (J. Nagashima, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) MIA 4++ (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BING (B. Helmstetter, FR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) YL (Y. Björnsson, IS)
Octi 6x7
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Testme2 (J. Bacher, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Casbah (C. Sutton, US)
Poker
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Vexbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sparbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA)
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Shogi1st place, gold medalist(s) YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shotest 4.1 (J. Rollason, (UK)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason, (UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Spear (R. Grimbergen, NL/JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tacos (H. Iida, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) ISshogi (Y. Tanase, CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kanazawa under Reiki (S. Todoroki, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason, (UK)		1st place, gold medalist(s) YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) ISshogi (Y. Tanase, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tacos (H. Iida, JP)
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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.

Game2005 (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
Amazons1st place, gold medalist(s) 8QP (J. de Koning, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Invader (Avetisyan, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 Queens Problem (J. de Koning, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Campya (J. Kloetzer, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Invader (H. Avetisyan, R. Lorentz, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Queens Problem (J. de Koning, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Campya (J. Kloetzer, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Invader (R. Lorentz, D. Dennison, A. Huerto, M. Reiss, A. Karapetyan, H. Avetisyan, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Queens Problem (J. de Koning, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Campya (J. Kloetzer, FR)
Backgammon
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1st place, gold medalist(s) GNU Backgammon (Müller)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Bgblitz (F. Berger, DE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) GNU Backgammon
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) MCgammon (G. Chaslot, F. van Lieshout, BE)
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Chess
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Zappa (A. Cozie, E. Günes, TR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Loop (F. Reul, DE
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) GridChess (K. Himstedt, U. Lorenz, et al., DE
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Necchi, DE
(Rybka disqualified; gold reawarded)		1st place, gold medalist(s) HIARCS (M. Uniacke, E. Hallsworth, UK
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Junior (A. Ban, S. Bushinsky, IL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cluster Toga (T. Gaksch, F. Letouzy et al., DE
(Rybka disqualified; gold reawarded)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Rybka (V. Rajlich, US
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, DE
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sjeng (G-C Pascutto, BE)
Chinese Chess1st place, gold medalist(s) XQMASTER (Z. Mingyang, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SHIGA (S.-J. Yen, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NEUCHESS (W. Jiao, CN		1st place, gold medalist(s) NeuChess (W. Jiao, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shiga (S.-J. Yen, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Deep Elephant (W. Huang, A. Huang, S.S. Lin, TW)		1st place, gold medalist(s) NeuChess (J. Wang, CN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shiga (M-C Cheng, S-J Yen, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) XieXie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, J.T. Pai, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Intella (C. Chen, Y. Wei, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cyclone (M. Zhang, CN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) EThinker (Z. Xu, CN)		1st place, gold medalist(s) TMSK (B-J Shen, R-P Li, T-S Hsu, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) HaQiKi D (H.G. Muller, NL))
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chimo (W-J Tseng, W-L Kao, H-H Lin, C-B Hsu, I-C Wu, S-C Hsu, TW)
Clobber1st place, gold medalist(s) MILA (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) ClobberA (J. Willemson, EE)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Pan (J. De Koning, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mila (M. Winands, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ClobberB (J. Willemson, EE)
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Computational Pool
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1st place, gold medalist(s) CueCard (D. Cohen, C. Archibald, A. Altman, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) PickPocket (M. Smith, (CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elix (M. Godard, CA)
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Connect6
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1st place, gold medalist(s) NCTU6 (Wu, Chang)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) X6 (Liou, Yen)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) EVG (Huang, Hsu)		1st place, gold medalist(s) X6 (J. Moon-Liou, S-J Yen, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MeinStein (T. van der Storm, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kavalan (S-J Yen, TW)		1st place, gold medalist(s) NCTU6-Lite (P-H Lin, H-X Lin, Y-C Chan, C-P Chen, I-C Wu, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bitstronger (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NEUConn6 (C-M Xu, CN)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Bit (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MeinStein (T. van der Storm, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bit2 (Z. Tang, Z. Li, H. Liu, J.B.M. Xu, CN)
Dots and Boxes1st place, gold medalist(s) Deep Beige (D. Bochenski, UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Beige Watch (R. Weston, UK
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ALSOB (P. Bailey, UK
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1st place, gold medalist(s) The Shark (W. Fraser, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Qiyi (L. Lian, CN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Matadots (P. Rogers, R. Lorentz, US)
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Draughts
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1st place, gold medalist(s) TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tornado (F. Mesander, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rocky (M. Winands, NL)
Go
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1st place, gold medalist(s) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, FR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leela (G-C Pascutto, BE)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Zen (Yamato, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, (CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)
Go 19x191st place, gold medalist(s) Hand Talk (C. Zhixing, CN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) GNU Go (Free Software Foundation)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Indigo (B. Bouzy, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Crazy Stone (R. Coulom)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) GNU Go
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Go 9x91st place, gold medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Indigo (B. Bouzy, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Crazy Stone (R. Coulom, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aya (H. Yamashita, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Go Intellect (K-H. Chen, US)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Steenvreter (E. van der Werf, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, FR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Crazy Stone (R. Coulom, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Leela (G-C Pascutto, BE)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, FR)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, (CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yogo (P. Yu, F. Xie, CN)
International draughts
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1st place, gold medalist(s) TDKing (Tillemans, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SJENDE BLYN (Wiersma, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dam 2.2 (Jetten, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Dam 2.2 (Jetten, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sjende Blyn (J. Wiersma, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rocky (M. Winands, NL)
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Havannah
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Wanderer (R. Lorentz, R. Nahue, US)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shakti (F. Teytaud, O. Teytaud, FR)
Hex
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Six (Melis)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wolve (Hayward)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hex Krieger (Rasmussen)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Wolve (B. Arneson, (CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) MoHex (P. Henderson, (CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Six (G. Melis, HU)		1st place, gold medalist(s) MoHex (P. Henderson, B. Arneson, R. Hayward, (CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wolve (P. Henderson, B. Arneson, R. Hayward, M. Johanson, M. Kan, M. Müller, G. Ryan, (CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Six (G. Melis, HU)
Kriegspiel
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Darkboard (Favini, Ciancarini)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kbott (Parker)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Darkboard (G. Favini, P. Ciancarini) (Italy)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) KriegExpert (L. Self, NA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bit (CN)
Lines of Action
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1st place, gold medalist(s) MIA (Winands)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) YL (Björnsson)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Mia 4.51 (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bit (P. Zhan, CN)
Phantom Go
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1st place, gold medalist(s) GoLois (T. Cazenave, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) InTheDark (J. Bosboom, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) GoLois (T. Cazenave, N. Jouandeau, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chinese Deep (C. Hao, CN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BitStronger (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)		1st place, gold medalist(s) GoLois (T. Cazenave, N. Jouandeau, FR)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bit (L. Liang, C. Hao, W. Ruijian, L. Siran, CN)
Pool1st place, gold medalist(s) UofA (M. Smith, (CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) PoolMaster (J.-F. Landry, (CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elix (M. Godard, (CA)		1st place, gold medalist(s) PickPocket (M. Smith, (CA)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SkyNet (W. Leckie, (CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elix (M. Godard, (CA)
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Shogi1st place, gold medalist(s) Tacos (H. Iida, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Spear (R. Grimbergen, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) YSS (H. Yamashita, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bonanza (Hoki, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tacos (H. Iida, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Tacos (J. Nagashima, H. Iida, H. Tsuyoshi, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reiki (S. Todoroki, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) HIT+SS (S. Seike, T. Ito, R. Ohguchi, JP)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi, M. Taketoshi, J. Nagashima, J. Hashimoto, T. Matsui, H. Iida, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BitStronger (L. Xiao, M. Junlong, X. Changda, T. Songling, CN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) HIT+SS (S. Seike, T. Ito, R. Ohguchi)		1st place, gold medalist(s) Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi, M. Taketoshi, J. Nagashima, J. Hashimoto, T. Matsui, H. Iida, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BitStronger (C. Xu, L. Xiao, M. Junlong, T.S.P. Zhan, CN)
Speed chess
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Sjeng (G-C Pascutto, BE)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) HIARCS (M. Uniacke, E. Hallsworth, UK)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen, S. Necchi, DE
(Rybka disqualified; silver reawarded)
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Surakarta
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1st place, gold medalist(s) SIA (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Incognito (I. Auwerda, NL)		1st place, gold medalist(s) SIA (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BitStronger (Q. Zhi, S. Zhen, T. Hongru, CN)
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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]

Game2010 (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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1st place, gold medalist(s) 2048-khyeh
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2048-ghung
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 20486
AmazonsUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Backgammon
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Unknown
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Chinese chess1st place, gold medalist(s) Shiga (M-C Cheng, S-J Yen, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) TMSK (B-J Shen, R-P Li, T-S HSU, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chimo (W-J Tseng, W-L Kao, H-H Lin, C-B Hsu, I-C Wu, S-C Hsu, TW)		UnknownUnknown1st place, gold medalist(s) Shiga
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chimo
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shark
Chinese dark chessUnknownUnknown1st place, gold medalist(s) DarkKnight
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yahari
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Observer		Unknown
Chu Shogi
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1st place, gold medalist(s) HaChu
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita		Unknown
Clobber1st place, gold medalist(s) Pan.exe (J. de Konig, NL)
No other competitors		Unknown1st place, gold medalist(s) Pan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) McClobber
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Deep Nikita		1st place, gold medalist(s) 8QP
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita
Connect6UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Diplomacy
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1st place, gold medalist(s) D-Brand (D. de Jonghe)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) DipBlue (H. Lopez Cardoso)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Super Bot (M. Borgt)
Dots and Boxes1st place, gold medalist(s) The Shark (W. Fraser, US
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yuting, CH		UnknownUnknownUnknown
Draughts1st place, gold medalist(s) TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rocky (M. Winands, NL)		Unknown1st place, gold medalist(s) BITDB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Railgun		1st place, gold medalist(s) Scan (F. Letouzey)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Damage (B. Tuyt)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) JDraughts (R. van Bemmelen)[2]
EinsStein würfelt nicht!
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Unknown1st place, gold medalist(s) Prophet_WT
2nd place, silver medalist(s) VS_WTN
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cloud		1st place, gold medalist(s) Hanfried
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chinese Program
Go1st place, gold medalist(s) Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zen (Yamato, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US
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Go (9x9)1st place, gold medalist(s) MyGoFriend (F. Karger, UK)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW)		UnknownUnknown1st place, gold medalist(s) Zen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abakus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) CGI
Go (13x13)1st place, gold medalist(s) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, CA)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)		UnknownUnknown1st place, gold medalist(s) Zen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nomitan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abakus
Go (19x19)
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UnknownUnknown1st place, gold medalist(s) Zen
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abakus
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nomitan[3]
HavannahUnknownUnknown
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HexUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Light Up2nd place, silver medalist(s) Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) PCCU (S-J Yen, TW)
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Lines of Action
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1st place, gold medalist(s) MC-LOA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita		1st place, gold medalist(s) SIA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita
Mahjong
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1st place, gold medalist(s) ThousandWind
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Majo
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Longcat		1st place, gold medalist(s) VeryLongCat
2nd place, silver medalist(s) ThousandWind
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Take
Minishogi1st place, gold medalist(s) Clair 1/128 (T. Obata, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shokidoki 0.8 (H.G. Muller, NL)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 55TACOS (T. Hashimoto, JP)
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NoGo
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UnknownUnknownUnknown
Nonograms3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW)
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NurikabeUnknown
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Phantom GoUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
QuoridorUnknown
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Shogi1st place, gold medalist(s) Gekisashi (T. Maruyama, T. Ouchi, R. Takase, Y. Tsuruoka, D. Yokoyama, JP)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shueso (A. Takeuchi, JP)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) GPS Shogi (T. Tanaka, JP)		UnknownUnknown
Shogi (5x5)
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1st place, gold medalist(s) Shokidoki
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1/128 Rigan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mattari Yuuchan		Unknown
Surakarta1st place, gold medalist(s) SIA (M. Winands, NL)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Qiyi (J. Guo, X. Yang, L. Yunzhao, J. Zhao, CN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yutin, CN)		1st place, gold medalist(s) SIA
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BITSKT
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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]

Game2019 (11–17 August)
Macau, China[9]
Amazons1st place, gold medalist(s) SherlockGo (L. Tailin, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BIT_Amazons (C. Zenghao, Beijing Institute of Technology)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Queen (T. Cazenave, Paris Dauphine University)
Block Go1st place, gold medalist(s) NDHU-Polygames (H-I Lin, National Dong Hwa University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) miny_blockgo (Y-L Chen, National Dong Hwa University)
Breakthrough1st place, gold medalist(s) Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) TakeABreak (T. Cazenave, Paris Dauphine University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BT (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
Chinese checkers1st place, gold medalist(s) Jump (J-H Chern (National Taiwan Normal University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) NDHU-Polygames (H-I Lin, National Taiwan Normal University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Negentropy (L-N Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
Chinese chess1st place, gold medalist(s) BugCChess (L-Z Yuan)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SHIGA (S-J Yen, National Dong Hwa University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xiexie (P. Tang)
Chinese dark chess1st place, gold medalist(s) Yahari (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University and Academia Sinica)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) PupilDarkChess (H-I Lin, National Taipei University and Academia Sinica)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yanyu 2.0 (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University and Academia Sinica)
Connect 61st place, gold medalist(s) BIT_Connect6 (C. Zenghao, Beijing Institute of Technology)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kavalan (J-K Yang, Lan Yang Institute of Technology)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zeta (C. Zhang, DSGROUP)
Dice-shogi1st place, gold medalist(s) Nyanpass (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NDHU-Polygames (H-I Lin, National Taiwan Normal University)
Draughts1st place, gold medalist(s) Bit_Draught (H. Youfang, Beijing Institute of Technology)
Einstein Würfelt Nicht1st place, gold medalist(s) EWIN (R. Chu, National Chiao Tung University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) VSWTN (Z.Y. Peng, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) BIT_Einstein (H. Jiacheng, Beijing Institute of Technology)
Fighting Landlord1st place, gold medalist(s) I'm a Famer (W. Yu, Chongqing Three Gorges University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Knight-Landlord (W. Tang, Chongqing University of Technology)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) JAIST_landlord (X. Yuhao, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Go (9x9)1st place, gold medalist(s) CGI Go Intelligence (T-h Wei, National Chiao Tung University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) EzGo (Lin, T. Yu, Chang Yuan Christian University)
Hex (11x11)1st place, gold medalist(s) BIT_Hex11 (Z. Jie, Beijing Institute of Technology)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Calainosaur (F. Taytaud, University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Hex (13x13)1st place, gold medalist(s) DeepEZO (M. Yamamoto, Hokaido University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) BIT_Hex13 (Z. Jie, Beijing Institute of Technology)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Calainosaur (F. Teytaud, University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Kyoto Shogi1st place, gold medalist(s) Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) CrazyWa (H.G. Muller)
Mahjong1st place, gold medalist(s) MahjongJr (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) ZONST Tree (R. Hang, ZONST Data Group)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) SimCat (S-C Tang, National Chiao Tung University)
Shogi (5x5)1st place, gold medalist(s) Nyanpass (H-Y Wang, National Taipei University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shokidoki (H.G. Muller)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) EVG1.5 (S-C Hsu, Chang-Jung Christian University)
NoGo1st place, gold medalist(s) CZF (L.C. Lan, National Chiao Tung University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Noeven (C. Zhang, DSGROUP)
Nonogram1st place, gold medalist(s) Requiem (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) The Heir (Y-R Guo, National Taichung University of Education)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Uncertainty (Y-R Guo, National Taichung University of Education)
Othello1st place, gold medalist(s) Othello LTBeL (Y-S Jim, National Dong Hwa University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Royal (C. Na-Yuan, National Taiwan Normal University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Curiosity10 (W-Y Hsu, National Chiao Tung University)
Surakarta1st place, gold medalist(s) Deep Nikita (A. Lin, Washington Technology University)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) FuChou (Y-C Chen, National Taiwan Normal University)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) VSSurakarta (Z. Pei, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

Summary by game

Abalone
Main article: Abalone
Abalone board and marbles

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

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OlympiadYearNumber of
participants		Ranking[10]
ProgramAuthors
820032
  1. Aba-Pro
  2. Nacre
  1. Tino Werner, Austria
  2. Peer Sommerlund, Denmark

Amazons
Main article: Game of the Amazons
abcdefghij
10a10b10c10d10 black queene10f10g10 black queenh10i10j1010
9a9b9c9d9e9f9g9h9i9j99
8a8b8c8d8e8f8g8h8i8j88
7a7 black queenb7c7d7e7f7g7h7i7j7 black queen7
6a6b6c6d6e6f6g6h6i6j66
5a5b5c5d5e5f5g5h5i5j55
4a4 white queenb4c4d4e4f4g4h4i4j4 white queen4
3a3b3c3d3e3f3g3h3i3j33
2a2b2c2d2e2f2g2h2i2j22
1a1b1c1d1 white queene1f1g1 white queenh1i1j11
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The starting position in 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.

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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[12]
  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[12]
  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[12]
  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[12]
  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[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
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[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
1620114
  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
1720136
  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
Main article: Awari (also known as Oware)
Oware game from Cameroon

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

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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
Main article: Backgammon
Backgammon board and checkers

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

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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
Main article: Contract bridge
A bridge hand being played

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

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

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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
  2. 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
Main article: Chess
Chess board and pieces

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

Many computer-versus-computer events are held beyond those of the Computer Olympiad.[20]

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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
  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
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

Chinese chess
Main article: Xiangqi
Chinese chess board

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

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OlympiadYearNumber 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.

Chinese dark chess (banqi) board and pieces
Events held by Olympiad and year
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Clobber
a10 white circleb10 black circlec10 white circled10 black circlee10 white circlef10 black circleg10 white circleh10 black circlei10 white circlej10 black circle
a9 black circleb9 white circlec9 black circled9 white circlee9 black circlef9 white circleg9 black circleh9 white circlei9 black circlej9 white circle
a8 white circleb8 black circlec8 white circled8 black circlee8 white circlef8 black circleg8 white circleh8 black circlei8 white circlej8 black circle
a7 black circleb7 white circlec7 black circled7 white circlee7 black circlef7 white circleg7 black circleh7 white circlei7 black circlej7 white circle
a6 white circleb6 black circlec6 white circled6 black circlee6 white circlef6 black circleg6 white circleh6 black circlei6 white circlej6 black circle
a5 black circleb5 white circlec5 black circled5 white circlee5 black circlef5 white circleg5 black circleh5 white circlei5 black circlej5 white circle
a4 white circleb4 black circlec4 white circled4 black circlee4 white circlef4 black circleg4 white circleh4 black circlei4 white circlej4 black circle
a3 black circleb3 white circlec3 black circled3 white circlee3 black circlef3 white circleg3 black circleh3 white circlei3 black circlej3 white circle
a2 white circleb2 black circlec2 white circled2 black circlee2 white circlef2 black circleg2 white circleh2 black circlei2 white circlej2 black circle
a1 black circleb1 white circlec1 black circled1 white circlee1 black circlef1 white circleg1 black circleh1 white circlei1 black circlej1 white circle
While standard Clobber is played on a 5x6 board, computer Clobber is usually played on a 10x10 board.
Events held by Olympiad and year
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Connect Four
Connect Four travel version by Milton Bradley
Events held by Olympiad and year
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Connect6
Connect6 board and pieces
Events held by Olympiad and year
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Dominoes
Domino pieces – played and unplayed
Events held by Olympiad and year
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Gin rummy
Events held by Olympiad and year
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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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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

References
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  2. "Harm Jetten's draughts program". hjetten.home.xs4all.nl. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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  7. "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2021".
  8. "ICGA – Computer Olympiad 2022".
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  11. "Amazons (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 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. "Awari (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  15. "Backgammon (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  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)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  20. Other computer-versus-computer events in chess:
  21. "Chess (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  22. "Shredder Computer Chess Download". www.shredderchess.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  23. "Chinese Chess (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  24. "Ginrummy (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  25. "Gipf (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  26. "Octi". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  27. "Octi (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  28. "Poker (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  29. "Pool (ICGA Tournaments)". www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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