11th Computer Olympiad

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Entrance of Oval Lingotto [1]

The Eleventh Computer Olympiad took place from May 25 to June 1, 2006, in the Oval Lingotto, Turin, Italy, in conjunction with the Fourteenth World Computer Chess Championship, the human FIDE 37th Chess Olympiad, and the nearby 5th International Conference on Computers and Games at the University of Turin. The IGCA events were in the hands of Paolo Ciancarini from University of Bologna as local organizer, supported by the IKAT (Institute for Knowledge and Agent Technology) team from Maastricht University. Jaap van den Herik served as tournament director, assisted by Mark Winands. Fredrik Niemelä was privileged to lead the Hex competition [2].

Results

Backgammon

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# Program CC Authors P5 Medal
1. GNU Backgammon * Massimiliano Maini et al. 3 Gold
2. BGBlitz DE Frank Berger 1 Silver
Backgammon2006.jpg
Massimiliano Maini and Frank Berger [4]

Chinese Chess

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# Program CC Authors P8 Medal
1 NEUChess CN Jiao Wang Gold
2 Shiga TW Shi-Jim Yen, Ming-Cheng Cheng Silver
3 Deep Elephant TW Aja Huang, Kuang-che Wu, Shun-Shii Lin, Shun-Chin Hsu Bronze
4 XieXie FR Pascal Tang
5 Contemplation TW Kuang-che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu 2
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Awarding ceremony, Staff in historic clothes, Shi-Jim Yen, Jiao Wang and Shun-Chin Hsu [6]

Clobber

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# Program CC Authors P8 Medal
1 Pan NL Johan de Koning, Hans Kuijf [8] 8 Gold
2 Mila NL Mark Winands 4 Silver
3 ClobB EE Jan Willemson 0 Bronze
Clobber2006.jpg

Johan de Koning, Theo van der Storm and Pan co-author Hans Kuijf operating ClobB [9]

Connect6

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# Program CC Authors P8 Medal
1 NCTU6 TW I-Chen Wu, Hsiu-Chen Chang 7 Gold
2 X6 TW Sih-Yuan Liou, Shi-Jim Yen 3 Silver
3 EVG TW Deryann Huang, Shun-Chin Hsu 2 Bronze

Draughts

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# Program CC Authors P24 Medal
1 TDKing CH Ton Tillemans 15 Gold
2 Sjende Blyn NL Jelle Wiersma 12 Silver
3 Dam 2.2 NL Harm Jetten 11 Bronze
4 Tornado NL Frank Mesander 10
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Dam 2.2 vs. Tornado, Harm Jetten and Frank Mesander, Jelle Wiersma and Ton Tillemans in the back [12]

Go

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19x19

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# Program CC Authors P10 Playoff Medal
1 GNU Go * FSF team [14] 8 1 Gold
2 Go Intellect US Ken Chen 8 0 Silver
3 Indigo FR Bruno Bouzy 6 Bronze
4 Aya JP Hiroshi Yamashita 5
5 Crazy Stone FR Rémi Coulom 2
6 Jimmy TW Shi-Jim Yen 1

9x9

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# Program CC Authors / Operators P20 Playoff Medal
1 Crazy Stone FR Rémi Coulom 17 Gold
2 Aya JP Hiroshi Yamashita 16 2 Silver
3 Go Intellect US Ken Chen 16 0 Bronze
4 GNU Go * FSF team 15
5 Atarist NL Johan de Koning 12
6 GoKing TW Jeng-Chi Yan 11
NeuroGo DE/CA Markus Enzenberger, Nathan Sturtevant 11
8 Jimmy TW Shi-Jim Yen 6
9 Akebono JP Akihiro Kishimoto 4
10 Mango NL Guillaume Chaslot, Jahn-Takeshi Saito
11 AjaGo TW Aja Huang ½
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Go 9x9 winners, Ken Chen, Rémi Coulom and Hiroshi Yamashita awarded by Jaap van den Herik [16]

Hex

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# Program CC Authors / Operators P8 Medal
1 Six HU Gábor Melis, Fredrik Niemelä 8 Gold
2 Wolve CA Ryan Hayward, Broderick Arneson, Philip Henderson,

Michael Johanson, Morgan Kan, Martin Müller, Geoff Ryan

3 Silver
3 Hex Kriger AU Rune Rasmussen, Cameron Browne, Auden Ellertsen,

Ross Hayward, Frédéric Maire

1 Bronze
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Hex Winners:Fredrik Niemelä, Broderick Arneson on behalf of Hex Kriger, and Ryan Hayward [18]

KriegSpiel

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# Program CC Authors P8 Medal
1 Darkboard IT Gian Piero Favini, Paolo Ciancarini 6 Gold
2 Kbott US Austin Parker 2 Silver
KriegSpiel2006.jpg

KriegSpiel medalists: Gian Piero Favini, Austin Parker and Paolo Ciancarini [20]

Lines of Action

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# Program CC Authors P6 Medal
1 MIA 4.5 NL Mark Winands 6 Gold
2 YL IS Yngvi Björnsson 0 Silver
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Yngvi Björnsson and Mark Winands - hard time for YL vs MIA 4.5 [22]

Pool

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# Program CC Authors Score Medal
1 PickPocket CA Mike Smith 148 Gold
2 SkyNet CA Will Leckie 105 Silver
3 Elix CA Marc Godard 105 Bronze
4 PoolMaster CA Jean-François Landry, Jean-Pierre Dussault 76
5 Snooze AU Sven Reichard 66
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Pool Projection [24]

Shogi

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# Program CC Authors / Operators P4 Playoff Medal
1 YSS JP Hiroshi Yamashita 2 2 Gold
2 Bonanza JP Kunihito Hoki, Jun Nagashima 2 1 Silver
3 Tacos JP Hiroyuki Iida, Junichi Hashimoto et al. 2 0 Bronze
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Jun Nagashima on behalf of Bonanza, Hiroshi Yamashita, and Hiroyuki Iida, Jaap van den Herik congrats [26]

Tournament Directors

See also

Publications

Rémi Coulom, Ken Chen (2006). Crazy Stone wins 9x9 Go tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Rémi Coulom, Ken Chen (2006). Gnu Go wins 19x19 Go tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2006). NEUChess wins Chinese Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Ton Tillemans (2006). TDKing wins the Draughts 10x10 tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Tsuyoshi Hashimoto (2006). YSS wins Shogi tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Mark Winands (2006). Pan wins Clobber tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Paolo Ciancarini, Gian Piero Favini (2006). Darkboard wins KriegSpiel tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Michael Greenspan (2006). PickPocket wins Pool tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 » 11th Computer Olympiad
I-Chen Wu, Shi-Jim Yen (2006). NCTU6 wins Connect6 tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Frank Berger (2006). GnuBG wins Backgammon tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Mark Winands (2006). Mia 4.5 wins Lines of Action tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3 » 11th Computer Olympiad
Ryan Hayward (2006). Six Wins Hex tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No 3, pdf » 11th Computer Olympiad

External Links

References

  1. Oval Lingotto, Image by Luca Galli, May 13, 2011, CC BY 2.0, Oval Lingotto - Wikipedia.it
  2. Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (2006). The 11th Computer Olympiad. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2
  3. 11th Computer Olympiad, Backgammon - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  4. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  5. 7th Computer Olympiad, Chinese Chess - Maastricht 2002 (ICGA Tournaments)
  6. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  7. 11th Computer Olympiad, Clobber (10x10) - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  8. Mark Winands (2006). Pan wins Clobber tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2 » 11th Computer Olympiad
  9. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  10. 11th Computer Olympiad, Connect6 - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  11. 11th Computer Olympiad, Draughts - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  12. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  13. 11th Computer Olympiad, Go - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  14. GNU Go - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
  15. 11th Computer Olympiad, Go (9x9) - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  16. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  17. 11th Computer Olympiad, Hex - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  18. ICGA Olympiad 2006 Photos
  19. 11th Computer Olympiad, KriegSpiel - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  20. ICGA Olympiad 2006 Photos
  21. 11th Computer Olympiad, Lines of Action - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  22. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  23. 11th Computer Olympiad, Pool (Computational) - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  24. Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
  25. 11th Computer Olympiad, Shogi - Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
  26. ICGA Olympiad 2006 Photos

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