Computer Olympiad (original) (raw)

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.

Venues and participation

Developed in the 1980s by David Levy, the first Computer Olympiad took place in 1989 at the Park Lane Hotel in London. The games ran on a yearly basis until after the 1992 games, when the Olympiad's ruling committee was unable to find a new organiser. This resulted in the games being suspended until 2000 when the Mind Sports Olympiad resurrected them. Recently, the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has adopted the Computer Olympiad and tries to organise the event on an annual basis.

In the year 2024, parody website Mike Row Soft added an image of the Olympics with various Linux distros displayed inside the circles, and color-matched.

The games which have been contested at each Olympiad are:

Link toevent article	Olympiad and year	Link toparticipantsand results
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1989	1990	1991	1992	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2013	2015
Abalone	Y	Abalone
Amazons	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Amazons
Awari	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Awari
Backgammon	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Backgammon
Bridge	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Bridge
Chess	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Chess
Chinese Chess	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Chinese chess
Chinese Dark Chess	Y	Y	Y	Chinese dark chess
Clobber	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Clobber
Connect Four	Y	Connect Four
Connect6	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Connect6
Dominoes	Y	Dominoes
Gin rummy	Y	Gin rummy
GIPF	Y	GIPF
Octi	Y	Octi
Poker	Y	Poker
Pool	Y	Y	Y	Pool

1st–5th Olympiads (1989–1992)

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Game	1989	1990	1991	1992 (5–11 Aug)London, England
Awari	Marco (R. Nierat), Wali (E. van der Schilden), Conchus (S. Thomas)	Lithidon (University of Limburg) Marco (R. Nierat)	Lithidion (V. Allis and M. van der Meulen)MyProgram (E. van Riet Paap)	Lithidion (M. van der Meulen, NL) Marvin (T. Lincke, CH) Juju (UK)
Backgammon	Neurogammon (Gerald Tesauro, CA) Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde), Saitek Backgammon (Treesoft)	Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde) Prospero (R. Mills)	-	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)

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After an eight-year hiatus, the Computer Olympiad was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad. The chess competition was a special event, since it was adopted by the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA) as the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC 2000). The 5th Olympiad was in 2000 at London's Alexandra Palace; the 6th, in 2001 at Ad Fundunm at Maastricht University; the 7th, in 2002 in Maastricht; the 8th, in 2003 in Graz; and the 9th, in 2004 in Ramat Gan. The 7th Olympiad was adopted by the ICCA as the 10th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC), and the 8th was held in conjugation with both 11th WCCC and the 10th Advances in Computer Games Conference. Because of this, no medals were awarded for the two chess events. The 9th was held in conjugation with WCCC and the Computers and Games 2004 Conference; no medals were awarded to the two chess events. Jonathan Schaeffer and J. W. H. M. Uiterwijk were the tournament directors.

Game	2000 (21–25 Aug)London, England	2001 (18–23 Aug)Maastricht, Netherlands	2002 (5–11 July)Maastricht, Netherlands	2003 (23–27 Nov)Graz, Austria	2004 (3–12 July)Ramat Gan, Israel
Abalone	-	-	-	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 (A. Kure, DE)	-	-
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)

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The 10th Olympiad was in 2005 in Taipei; the 11th, in 2006 in Turin; the 12th, in 2007 at the Amsterdam Science Park; the 13th, in 2008 at the Beijing Golden Century Golf Club; and the 14th, in 2009 in Pamplona. The 10th Olympiad wasa held at the same time and location as the 11th Advances in Computer Games and its organizing committee was made up of J. W. Hellemons (chair), H. H. L. M. Donkers, M. Greenspan, T-s Hsu, H. J. van den Herik, and M. Tiessen. Hand Talk, which won the gold medal in Computer Go, was originally written in assembly language by a retired chemistry professor of Sun Yat-sen University, China. The 11th Olympiad was held in conjugation with the 14th World Computer Chess Championship and the 5th Computer and Games Conference. Human FIDE 37th Chess Olympiad co-hosted this event; the 12th, with the 15th World Computer Chess Championship and the Computer Games Workshop; the 13th, with the International Computer Games Championship, the World Computer Chess Championship, and a scientific conference on computer games; and the 14th with the World Computer Chess Championship and a scientific conference on computer games.

Rybka was retroactively disqualified from all ICCC events due to plagiarism. Rankings were adjusted appropriately.

Game	2005 (3–6 Sept)Taipei, Taiwan	2006 (25 May-4 June)Turin, Italy	2007 (11–18 June)Amsterdam, Netherlands	2008 (28 Sept-5 Oct)Beijing, China	2009 (10–18 May)Pamplona, Spain
Amazons	8QP (J. de Koning, NL) Invader (Avetisyan, US)TAS (Y. Higashiuchi, JP)	-	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)

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The 15th Olympiad was held in 2010 in Kanazawa, Japan along with the 18th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC), and a scientific conference on computer games. The 16th Olympiad was held in 2011 at Tilburg University at the same time as the 19th WCCC. The 17th Olympiad was held in 2013 at Keio University's Collaboration Complex on the Hiyoshi Campus, and was at the same time as the 20th WCCC and a scientific conference on computer games. The 18th Olympiad was in 2015 at Leiden University and was organized by the International Computer Game Association, the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, and the Leiden Centre of Data Science.[1]

Game	2010 (24 Sept-2 Oct)Kanazawa, Japan	2011 (18–26 Nov)Tilburg, Netherlands	2013 (12–18 Aug)Tokyo, Japan	2015 (29 June-6 July)Amsterdam, Netherlands
2048	-	-	-	2048-khyeh 2048-ghung 20486
Amazons	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Backgammon	-	Unknown	-	-
Chinese chess	Shiga (M-C Cheng, S-J Yen, TW) TMSK (B-J Shen, R-P Li, T-S HSU, TW) Chimo (W-J Tseng, W-L Kao, H-H Lin, C-B Hsu, I-C Wu, S-C Hsu, TW)	Unknown	Unknown	Shiga Chimo Shark
Chinese dark chess	Unknown	Unknown	DarkKnight Yahari Observer	Unknown
Chu Shogi	-	-	HaChu Deep Nikita	Unknown
Clobber	Pan.exe (J. de Konig, NL)No other competitors	Unknown	Pan McClobber Deep Nikita	8QP Deep Nikita
Connect6	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Diplomacy	-	-	-	D-Brand (D. de Jonghe) DipBlue (H. Lopez Cardoso) Super Bot (M. Borgt)
Dots and Boxes	The Shark (W. Fraser, US BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yuting, CH	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Draughts	TDKing (T. Tillemans, CH) Rocky (M. Winands, NL)	Unknown	BITDB Railgun	Scan (F. Letouzey) Damage (B. Tuyt) JDraughts (R. van Bemmelen)[2]
EinsStein würfelt nicht!	-	Unknown	Prophet_WT VS_WTN Cloud	Hanfried Deep Nikita Chinese Program
Go	Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW) Zen (Yamato, JP) The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US	-	-	-
Go (9x9)	MyGoFriend (F. Karger, UK) Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, CA) Erica (S-C Huang, R. Coulom, TW)	Unknown	Unknown	Zen Abakus CGI
Go (13x13)	The Many Faces of Go (D. Fotland, US Fuego (M. Enzenberger, M. Müller, B. Arneson, R. Segal, G. Tesauro, CA) MoGo (S. Gelly, Y. Wang, O. Teytaud, J-B Hoock, G. Chaslot, A. Rimmel, FR)	Unknown	Unknown	Zen Nomitan Abakus
Go (19x19)	-	Unknown	Unknown	Zen Abakus Nomitan[3]
Havannah	Unknown	Unknown	-	-
Hex	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Light Up	Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW) PCCU (S-J Yen, TW)	-	-	Unknown
Lines of Action	-	-	MC-LOA Deep Nikita	SIA Deep Nikita
Mahjong	-	-	ThousandWind Majo Longcat	VeryLongCat ThousandWind Take
Minishogi	Clair 1/128 (T. Obata, JP) Shokidoki 0.8 (H.G. Muller, NL) 55TACOS (T. Hashimoto, JP)	-	-	-
NoGo	-	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Nonograms	Cpuzzler (S-Y Chiu, TW)	-	Unknown	Unknown
Nurikabe	Unknown	-	-	-
Phantom Go	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Quoridor	Unknown	-	-	-
Shogi	Gekisashi (T. Maruyama, T. Ouchi, R. Takase, Y. Tsuruoka, D. Yokoyama, JP) Shueso (A. Takeuchi, JP) GPS Shogi (T. Tanaka, JP)	Unknown	Unknown
Shogi (5x5)	-	-	Shokidoki 1/128 Rigan Mattari Yuuchan	Unknown
Surakarta	SIA (M. Winands, NL) Qiyi (J. Guo, X. Yang, L. Yunzhao, J. Zhao, CN) BITPanda (X. Yanchao, Z. Yutin, CN)	SIA BITSKT Deep Nikita	Unknown

19th–25th Olympiads (2016–2022)

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The 19th Olympiad was held 27 June – 3 July 2016 and the 20th Olympiad was held 1–7 July 2017, both at Leiden University and organized by the International Computer Game Association, the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, and the Leiden Centre of Data Science. The 21st Olympiad was held 7–13 July 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan alongside the 10th International Conference on Computers and Games.[4] The World Computer Chess Championships took place from 13–19 July in Stockholm, Sweden.[5] The 22nd Olympiad was held 11–17 August 2019 in Macau, China and the 23rd (2020), 24th (2021), and 25th (2022) Olympiads were held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][8]

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

Abalone board and marbles

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

Events held by Olympiad and year

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Participants and results

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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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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Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

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Backgammon board and checkers

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

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A bridge hand being played

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

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

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Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

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Chess board and pieces

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

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

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Chinese chess board

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

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Chinese dark chess is known as Banqi in Chinese.

Chinese dark chess (banqi) board and pieces

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Connect Four travel version by Milton Bradley

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Connect6 board and pieces

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Domino pieces – played and unplayed

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Participants and results | Olympiad | Year | Number ofparticipants | Ranking[24] | | | -------- | ------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------- | | | Program | Authors | | | | | 4 | 1992 | 2 | Rummymate Ginrummy | |

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.

Also known as computational pool.

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Participants and results | Olympiad | Year | Number ofparticipants | Ranking[29] | | | -------- | ------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | | Program | Authors | | | | | 10 | 2005 | 4 | UofA PoolMaster Elix SkyNet | | | 11 | 2006 | 5 | PickPocket SkyNet Elix PoolMaster Snooze | | | 13 | 2008 | 4 | CueCard PickPocket Elix SkyNet | |

• Computer bridge
• Computer chess

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13. ^ a b c Includes: Martin Müller (Austria), Markus Enzenberger (Germany), Broderick Arneson (Canada, 2009–2010), Rick Valenzano (2010), Daniel Huntley (2010), Gabriel Van Eyck (since 2010), Jiaxing Song (since 2010)
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17. ^ "GNU Backgammon". gnubg.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
18. ^ Matches played without doubling cube.
19. ^ "Bridge (ICGA Tournaments)".
20. ^ Other computer-versus-computer events in chess:

• World Computer Chess Championship
  * World Chess Software Championship
  * World Microcomputer Chess Championship
  * World Computer Speed Chess Championship
• North American Computer Chess Championship
• Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship
• Thoresen Chess Engines Competition
• International Paderborn Computer Chess Championship
• Internet Computer Chess Tournament

1. ^ "Chess (ICGA Tournaments)".
2. ^ "Shredder Computer Chess Download". www.shredderchess.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
3. ^ "Chinese Chess (ICGA Tournaments)".
4. ^ "Ginrummy (ICGA Tournaments)".
5. ^ "Gipf (ICGA Tournaments)".
6. ^ "Octi". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
7. ^ "Octi (ICGA Tournaments)".
8. ^ "Poker (ICGA Tournaments)".
9. ^ "Pool (ICGA Tournaments)".

• Results of all events
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