Computer Olympiad

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::summary Multi-games event ::

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

History

::data[format=table title="Venues and participation"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|City, country||rowspan=2|Venue||rowspan=2|Sponsor(s)||colspan=2|Participation | Countries||Programs | |---|---| | 1 | 1989 (August 9–15) | | 2 | 1990 (August 15–21) | | 3 | 1991 (August 22–25) | | 4 | 1992 (August 5–11) | | 5 | 2000 (August 21–25) | | 6 | 2001 (August 18–23) | | 7 | 2002 (July 5–11) | | 8 | 2003 (November 23–27) | | 9 | 2004 (July 3–12) | | 10 | 2005 | | 11 | 2006 | | 12 | 2007 | | 13 | 2008 | | 14 | 2009 | | 15 | 2010 | | 16 | 2011 | | 17 | 2013 | | 18 | 2015 | ::

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:

::data[format=table] | Link to event article||colspan=18|Olympiad and year||rowspan=3|Link to participants and results | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---|---| | Abalone | | | | Amazons | | | | Awari | | | | Backgammon | | | | Bridge | | | | Chess | | | | Chinese Chess | | | | Chinese Dark Chess | | | | Clobber | | | | Connect Four | | | | Connect6 | | | | Dominoes | | | | Gin rummy | | | | GIPF | | | | Octi | | | | Poker | | | | Pool | | | ::

1st–5th Olympiads (1989–1992)

::data[format=table] | 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.

::data[format=table] | Game | 2000 (21–25 Aug) London, England | 2001 (18–23 Aug) Maastricht, Netherlands | 2002 (5–11 July) Maastricht, Netherlands | 2003 (23–27 Nov) Graz, Austria | 2004 (3–12 July) Ramat Gan, Israel | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Abalone | | | | 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) | | Awari | Marvin (T. Lincke, CH) Softwari (R. van der Goot, CA) | | | | | | Backgammon | | | BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE) Gnubg (A. Müller, DE) | BGBlitz (F. Berger, DE) Gnubg (A. Müller, DE) | | | Bridge | | | Wbridge5 (Costel, FR) Jack (H. Kuijff, NL) | | | | 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 (C. Donninger, AT) | | | | 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) | | 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) | | | 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) | | | GIPF | | GF1 (K. van den Branden) (Belgium) Gipfted (D. Wentink, NL) | | | | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | Lines of Action | YL (Y. Björnsson, CA) Mona (D. Billings, CA) MIA (M. Winands, NL) | YL (Y. Björnsson, CA) MIA II (M. Winands, NL) Apprentice (D. Beal, UK) | YL (Y. Björnsson, CA) MIA III (M. Winands, NL)) (T-T) (H. Iida, JP) | MIA IV (M. Winands, NL) BING (B. Helmstetter, FR) (T-T) (J. Nagashima, JP) | MIA 4++ (M. Winands, NL) BING (B. Helmstetter, FR) YL (Y. Björnsson, IS) | | Octi 6x7 | | | | | Testme2 (J. Bacher, CA) Casbah (C. Sutton, US) | | Poker | | | | Vexbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA) Sparbot (University of Alberta GAMES group, CA) | | | 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.

::data[format=table] | Game | 2005 (3–6 Sept) Taipei, Taiwan | 2006 (25 May-4 June) Turin, Italy | 2007 (11–18 June) Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2008 (28 Sept-5 Oct) Beijing, China | 2009 (10–18 May) Pamplona, Spain | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Amazons | 8QP (J. de Koning, NL) Invader (Avetisyan, US) TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP) | | 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 | XQMASTER (Z. Mingyang, CN) SHIGA (S.-J. Yen, TW) NEUCHESS (W. Jiao, CN | NeuChess (W. Jiao, CN) Shiga (S.-J. Yen, TW) Deep Elephant (W. Huang, A. Huang, S.S. Lin, TW) | NeuChess (J. Wang, CN Shiga (M-C Cheng, S-J Yen, TW) XieXie (P. Tang, E. Castillo, J.T. Pai, FR) | Intella (C. Chen, Y. Wei, CN) Cyclone (M. Zhang, CN) EThinker (Z. Xu, CN) | TMSK (B-J Shen, R-P Li, T-S Hsu, TW) HaQiKi D (H.G. Muller, NL)) Chimo (W-J Tseng, W-L Kao, H-H Lin, C-B Hsu, I-C Wu, S-C Hsu, TW) | | Clobber | MILA (M. Winands, NL) ClobberA (J. Willemson, EE) | Pan (J. De Koning, NL) Mila (M. Winands, NL) ClobberB (J. Willemson, EE) | | | | | 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 | Deep Beige (D. Bochenski, UK) Beige Watch (R. Weston, UK ALSOB (P. Bailey, UK | | | 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) | MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, FR) Crazy Stone (R. Coulom) GNU Go | | | | 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.

::data[format=table] | Game | 2010 (24 Sept-2 Oct) Kanazawa, Japan || style=width:30em | 2011 (18–26 Nov) Tilburg, Netherlands || style=width:30em | 2013 (12–18 Aug) Tokyo, Japan || style=width:30em | 2015 (29 June-6 July) Amsterdam, Netherlands | |---|---| | 2048 | | | Amazons | Unknown | | Backgammon | | | 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) | | Chinese dark chess | Unknown | | Chu Shogi | | | Clobber | Pan.exe (J. de Konig, NL) No other competitors | | Connect6 | Unknown | | Diplomacy | | | Dots and Boxes | The Shark (W. Fraser, US BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yuting, CH | | Draughts | TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH) Rocky (M. Winands, NL) | | EinsStein würfelt nicht! | | | Go | Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW) Zen (Yamato, JP) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US | | 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) | | 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) | | Go (19x19) | | | Havannah | Unknown | | Hex | Unknown | | Light Up | Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW) PCCU (S-J Yen, TW) | | Lines of Action | | | Mahjong | | | Minishogi | Clair 1/128 (T. Obata, JP) Shokidoki 0.8 (H.G. Muller, NL) 55TACOS (T. Hashimoto, JP) | | NoGo | | | Nonograms | Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW) | | Nurikabe | Unknown | | Phantom Go | 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) | | Shogi (5x5) | | | Surakarta | SIA (M. Winands, NL) Qiyi (J. Guo, X. Yang, L. Yunzhao, J. Zhao, CN) BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yutin, CN) | ::

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. The World Computer Chess Championships took place from 13–19 July in Stockholm, Sweden. 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.

::data[format=table] | Game | url=https://icga.org/?page_id=2908|title=Games – ICGA|website=icga.leidenuniv.nl|access-date=18 October 2019}} | |---|---| | 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

Main article: Abalone (game)

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Abalone_Boardgame.jpg" caption="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. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 8 | 2003 | ::

Amazons

Main article: Game of the Amazons

| tright | size = 20 | | | | |qd| | |qd| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |qd| | | | | | | | |qd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ql| | | | | | | | |ql | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |ql| | |ql| | | | 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. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 5 | 2000 | | 6 | 2001 | | 7 | 2002 | | 8 | 2003 | | 9 | 2004 | | 10 | 2005 | | 12 | 2007 | | 13 | 2008 | | 14 | 2009 | | 15 | 2010 | | 16 | 2011 | | 17 | 2013 | ::

Awari

Main article: Oware

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Owari-front.jpg" caption="Oware game from [[Cameroon"] ::

Awari is an abstract strategy game among the Mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games). ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 1 | 1989 | | 2 | 1990 | | 3 | 1991 | | 4 | 1992 | | 5 | 2000 | ::

Backgammon

Main article: Backgammon

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Backgammon_lg.png" caption="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. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 1 | 1989 | | 2 | 1990 | | 4 | 1992 | | 7 | 2002 | | 8 | 2003 | | 11 | 2006 | | 12 | 2007 | | 16 | 2011 | | 18 | 2015 | ::

Bridge

Main article: Contract bridge

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Bridge_declarer.jpg" caption="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. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2| Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 1 | 1989 | | 2 | 1990 | | 3 | 1991 | | 4 | 1992 | | 7 | 2002 | ::

Chess

Main article: Chess

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/ChessStartingPosition.jpg" caption="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.Other computer-versus-computer events in chess:

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 1 | 1989 | | 2 | 1990 | | 3 | 1991 | | 4 | 1992 | | 14 | 2009 | | 5 | 2000 | | | | | 7 | 2002 | | 12 | 2007 | | 13 | 2008 | | 14 | 2009 | | 15 | 2010 | | 16 | 2011 | | 17 | 2013 | | 18 | 2015 | ::

Chinese chess

Main article: Xiangqi

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Xiangqi_Board.svg" caption="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. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Medalist Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 1 | 1989 | | 2 | 1990 | | 3 | 1991 | | 4 | 1992 | | 6 | 2001 | | 7 | 2002 | | 8 | 2003 | | 9 | 2004 | | 10 | 2005 | | 11 | 2006 | | 12 | 2007 | | 13 | 2008 | | 14 | 2009 | | 15 | 2010 | | 16 | 2011 | | 17 | 2013 | ::

Chinese dark chess

Chinese dark chess is known as Banqi in Chinese. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/BanQi.jpg" caption="Chinese dark chess (banqi) board and pieces"] ::

::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

Clobber

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|While standard Clobber is played on a 5x6 board, computer Clobber is usually played on a 10x10 board. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

Connect Four

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Connect_Four.jpg" caption="[[Connect Four]] travel version by Milton Bradley"] ::

::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

Connect6

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Closeup_of_a_Connect_6_game.jpg" caption="[[Connect6]] board and pieces"] ::

::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

Dominoes

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Dominospiel.JPG" caption="Domino pieces – played and unplayed"] ::

::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

Gin rummy

::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 4 | 1992 | ::

GIPF

::data[format=table] | GIPF | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---|---| | 6 | 2001 | 2 | ::

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. The object of the game is to move one's pieces into the opponent's starting points. ::data[format=table] | Octi | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---|---| | 9 | 2004 | 2 | ::

Poker

::data[format=table] | Poker | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---|---| | 8 | 2003 | 2 | ::

Pool

Computational pool Also known as computational pool. ::data[format=table title="Events held by Olympiad and year"] | 1||2||3||4||5||6||7||8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 | 1989||1990||1991||1992||2000||2001||2002||2003||2004||2005||2006||2007||2008||2009||2010||2011||2013||2015 | |---|---| | | | ::

::data[format=table title="Participants and results"] | Olympiad||rowspan=2|Year||rowspan=2|Number of participants||colspan=2|Ranking | Program||Authors | |---|---| | 10 | 2005 | | 11 | 2006 | | 13 | 2008 | ::

References

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  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)
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