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[[FILE:Casino-Graz-300x217.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.spielbank.com.de/osterreich/graz| Casino Graz <ref>[http://www.spielbank.com.de/osterreich/graz Alles über das Casino Graz] (German)</ref> ]]
The '''Eighth Computer Olympiad''' took place from November 23 to 27, [[Timeline#2003|2003]], at Casineum of Casino Graz, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graz Graz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture European Capital of Culture] in 2003, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria Austria], in conjunction with the [[WCCC 2003|11th World Computer Chess Championship]] and the [[Advances in Computer Games 10|10th Advances in Computer Games Conference]] which were both held nearby at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlo%C3%9Fberg_(Graz) Castle Hill, Dom im Berg]. The 9th Computer Olympiad was organized by [[Mark Winands]], and [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] served as tournament director <ref>[[Mark Winands]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Johanna Hellemons]] ('''2003'''). ''The 8th Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]]</ref>.
=Results=
==[[Abalone]]<span id="Abalone"></span>==
<span id="AbaloneStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=108 8th Computer Olympiad, Abalone - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
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! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=291 Aba-Pro]
! AT
| [[Tino Werner]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=292 Nacre]
! DK
| [[Peer Sommerlund]]
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
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[[FILE:Abalone2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0025.html]]
[[Peer Sommerlund]] (left) and [[Tino Werner]] playing a spectacular game, [[Ton Tillemans]] ([[Draughts]]) far right.<br/>[[Michael Buro]], [[Johan de Koning]] and TD [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] among the kibitzers <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web], [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0025.html Image 00_0025] by [[Mark Winands]]</ref>
==[[Amazons]]<span id="Amazons"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=103 8th Computer Olympiad, Amazons - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
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! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=253 Amazong]
! DE
| [[Jens Lieberum]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=249 Invader]
! US
| [[Richard J. Lorentz]] et al.
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=164 8QP]
! NL
| [[Johan de Koning]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=167 Aska]
! JP
| [[Yoichiro Kajihara]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 5
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=280 TAS]
! JP
| [[Yoshinori Higashiuchi]], [[Reijer Grimbergen]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
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==[[Backgammon]]<span id="Backgammon"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Backgammon|< Prev]] [[11th Computer Olympiad#Backgammon|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=99 8th Computer Olympiad, Backgammon - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">4</span>
! Medal
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! 1.
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=63 BGBlitz]
! DE
| [[Frank Berger]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2.
| [[GNU Backgammon]]
! *
| [[Achim Müller]] et al.
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
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[[FILE:Backgammon2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0021.html]]
Tough match - [[Achim Müller]] and [[Frank Berger]] <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web]</ref>
==[[Chinese Chess]]<span id="ChineseChess"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=101 8th Computer Olympiad, Chinese Chess - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
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! 1
| [[ZMBL]]
! CN
| [[Zhi-Jian Tu]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [[XieXie]]
! FR
| [[Pascal Tang]], [[Eugenio Castillo Jiménez]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [[ELP]]
! TW
| [[Wu-Yao Cheng]], [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Shun-Chin Hsu]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [[Contemplation]]
! TW
| [[Kuang-che Wu]], [[Jr-Chang Chen]],<br/>[[Tsan-sheng Hsu]], [[Shun-Chin Hsu]]
! 1½
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 4
| [[Shiga|Lock]]
! TW
| [[Ming-Cheng Cheng]], [[Shi-Jim Yen]]
! 1½
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
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[[FILE:XiangqiGraz2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1126/Htmls/PICT1282.html]]
Xiangqi winners: [[Pascal Tang]], [[Zhi-Jian Tu]] and [[Shun-Chin Hsu]] <ref>[http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1126/index01.html Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria, November 26] by [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]</ref>
==[[Dots and Boxes]]<span id="DotsandBoxes"></span>==
<span id="DotsandBoxesStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=104 8th Computer Olympiad, Dots and Boxes - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=261 Control Freak]
! US
| [[William Fraser]]
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=281 Deep Beige]
! GB
| [[David Bochenski]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=262 Dame Po]
! JP
| [[Hiroyuki Iida]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|}
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==[[Draughts]]<span id="Draughts"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Draughts|< Prev]] [[11th Computer Olympiad#Draughts|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=98 8th Computer Olympiad, Draughts - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">24</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=219 Sjende Blyn]
! NL
| [[Jelle Wiersma]]
! 19
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=220 Dam 2.2]
! NL
| [[Harm Jetten]]
! 14
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=218 TDKing]
! CH
| [[Ton Tillemans]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=221 Tornado]
! NL
| [[Frank Mesander]]
! 7
|
|}
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[[FILE:Draughts2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/100_0033.html]]
[[Ton Tillemans]] (Bronze), [[Jelle Wiersma]] (Gold) and [[Harm Jetten]] (Silver) <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/ ndex of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web]</ref>
==[[Go]]<span id="Go"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Go|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#Go|Next >]]'''
===19x19===
<span id="GoStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=100 8th Computer Olympiad, Go - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors / Operators
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">10</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [[GNU Go]]
! SE++
| [[Arend Bayer]], [[Daniel Bump]],<br/>[[Gunnar Farnebäck]], [[Heikki Levanto]],<br/>[[Paul Pogonyshev]], [[Inge Wallin]] et al. <ref>[http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/devel.html GNU Go - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)]</ref>
! 10
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=142 GoAhead]
! DE
| [[Peter Woitke]], [[Chrilly Donninger]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=98 Go Intellect]
! US
| [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=141 Dariush]
! FR
| [[Frédéric Boissac]], [[Éric Marchand]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 5
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=2 Indigo]
! FR
| [[Bruno Bouzy]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=104 NeuroGo]
! DE
| [[Markus Enzenberger]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=3 Aya]
! JP
| [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 8
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=144 Explorer]
! CA
| [[Martin Müller]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
!
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=99 Jimmy]
! TW
| [[Shi-Jim Yen]], [[Ming-Cheng Cheng]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
!
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=140 SmartGo]
! US
| [[Anders Kierulf]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 11
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=130 GoLois]
! FR
| [[Tristan Cazenave]]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
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===9x9<span id="Go9x9"></span>===
<span id="Go9x9Standing"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=39 8th Computer Olympiad, Go (9x9) - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors / Operators
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">18</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=3 Aya]
! JP
| [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
! 14
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=104 NeuroGo]
! DE
| [[Markus Enzenberger]]
! 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=98 Go Intellect]
! US
| [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]]
! 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=2 Indigo]
! FR
| [[Bruno Bouzy]]
! 11
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=137 Magog]
! NL
| [[Erik van der Werf]]
! 11
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=140 SmartGo]
! US
| [[Anders Kierulf]]
! 9
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 7
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=142 GoAhead]
! DE
| [[Peter Woitke]], [[Chrilly Donninger]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
!
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=141 Dariush]
! FR
| [[Frédéric Boissac]], [[Éric Marchand]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 9
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=143 Oleg]
! FR
| [[Bernard Helmstetter]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 10
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=130 GoLois]
! FR
| [[Tristan Cazenave]]
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
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[[FILE:Go9x9Graz2003Winners.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/100_0047.html]]
Go 9x9 Winners: [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]] (Bronze), [[Hiroshi Yamashita]] (Gold) and [[Markus Enzenberger]] (Silver) <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web], [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/100_0047.html Image 100_0047] by [[Mark Winands]]</ref>
==[[Hex]]<span id="Hex"></span>==
'''[[5th Computer Olympiad#Hex|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#Hex|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=100 8th Computer Olympiad, Hex - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=134 Six]
! HU
| [[Gábor Melis]]
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=276 Mongoose]
! CA
| [[Ryan Hayward]], [[Yngvi Björnsson]], <br/>[[Michael Johanson]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
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[[FILE:Hex2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/100_0032.html]]
Hex Gold and Silver - [[Gábor Melis]] and [[Ryan Hayward]] <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/ ndex of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web]</ref>
==[[Lines of Action]]<span id="LOA"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#LOA|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#LOA|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=78 8th Computer Olympiad, Lines of Action - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=217 MIA IV]
! NL
| [[Mark Winands]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=110 BING]
! FR
| [[Bernard Helmstetter]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=236 (T-T)]
! JP
| [[Jun Nagashima]]
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|}
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[[FILE:LOAGraz2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1125/Htmls/PICT1202.html]]
LOA winners: [[Bernard Helmstetter]], [[Mark Winands]] and [[Jun Nagashima]] <ref>[http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1125/index01.html Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria, November 25] by [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]</ref>
==[[Poker]]<span id="Poker"></span>==
<span id="PokerStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=107 8th Computer Olympiad, Poker - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=288 Vexbot]
! CA
| [[Terence Schauenberg]]
!
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=289 Sparbot]
! CA
| [[Neil Burch]]
!
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
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==[[Shogi]]<span id="Shogi"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Shogi|< Prev]] [[10th Computer Olympiad#Shogi|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=91 8th Computer Olympiad, Shogi - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [[YSS]]
! JP
| [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [[ISshogi]]
! JP
| [[Yasushi Tanase]], [[Akihiro Kishimoto]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [[Tacos]]
! JP
| [[Hiroyuki Iida]]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|}
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=Organizer=
* [[Mark Winands]]
=Tournament Director=
* [[Jonathan Schaeffer]]
=See also=
* [[Advances in Computer Games 10]]
* [[WCCC 2003]]
=Publications=
* [[Mark Winands]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Johanna Hellemons]] ('''2003'''). ''The 8th Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]]
: [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]] ('''2003'''). ''GNUGo wins 19x19 Go tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Go|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Erik van der Werf]] ('''2003'''). ''Aya wins 9x9 Go tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Go9x9|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Mark Winands]] ('''2003'''). ''MIA IV wins Lines of Action tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#LOA|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Jens Lieberum]] ('''2003'''). ''Amazong wins Amazons tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Ton Tillemans]] ('''2003'''). ''Sjende Blyn wins Draughts tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Draughts|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Shi-Jim Yen]], [[Shun-Chin Hsu]] ('''2003'''). ''ZMBL wins Chinese Chess tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Hiroshi Yamashita]] ('''2003'''). ''YSS wins Shogi tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Shogi|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[David Bochenski]] ('''2003'''). ''Control Freak wins Dots-and-Boxes tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#DotsandBoxes|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Frank Berger]] ('''2003'''). ''BGBlitz wins Backgammon tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Backgammon|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Tino Werner]], [[Peer Sommerlund]], [[Gert Snider]] ('''2003'''). ''Aba-Pro wins Abalone tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Abalone|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Gábor Melis]], [[Ryan Hayward]] ('''2003'''). ''Six wins Hex Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]], [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/%7Ehayward/papers/grazRpt.pdf pdf] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Hex|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Darse Billings]] ('''2003'''). ''Vexbot wins Poker tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Poker|8th Computer Olympiad]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=3 Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Olympiad Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Olympiad#8th_Computer_Olympiad 8th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/graz2003.html Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria] by [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
* [http://www.bgblitz.com/olympiad_2003.html BGBlitz at Graz 2003 - Computer Olympiad - Graz 2003] by [[Frank Berger]]
* [http://www.gnubg.org/index.php?itemid=8&catid=6 GNU Backgammon - Report from the 8th Computer Olympiad, Graz] by [[Achim Müller]]
=References=
<references />
'''[[Computer Olympiad|Up one level]]'''
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad|Next >]]'''
[[FILE:Casino-Graz-300x217.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.spielbank.com.de/osterreich/graz| Casino Graz <ref>[http://www.spielbank.com.de/osterreich/graz Alles über das Casino Graz] (German)</ref> ]]
The '''Eighth Computer Olympiad''' took place from November 23 to 27, [[Timeline#2003|2003]], at Casineum of Casino Graz, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graz Graz], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture European Capital of Culture] in 2003, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria Austria], in conjunction with the [[WCCC 2003|11th World Computer Chess Championship]] and the [[Advances in Computer Games 10|10th Advances in Computer Games Conference]] which were both held nearby at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlo%C3%9Fberg_(Graz) Castle Hill, Dom im Berg]. The 9th Computer Olympiad was organized by [[Mark Winands]], and [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] served as tournament director <ref>[[Mark Winands]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Johanna Hellemons]] ('''2003'''). ''The 8th Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]]</ref>.
=Results=
==[[Abalone]]<span id="Abalone"></span>==
<span id="AbaloneStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=108 8th Computer Olympiad, Abalone - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=291 Aba-Pro]
! AT
| [[Tino Werner]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=292 Nacre]
! DK
| [[Peer Sommerlund]]
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:Abalone2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0025.html]]
[[Peer Sommerlund]] (left) and [[Tino Werner]] playing a spectacular game, [[Ton Tillemans]] ([[Draughts]]) far right.<br/>[[Michael Buro]], [[Johan de Koning]] and TD [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] among the kibitzers <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web], [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0025.html Image 00_0025] by [[Mark Winands]]</ref>
==[[Amazons]]<span id="Amazons"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=103 8th Computer Olympiad, Amazons - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=253 Amazong]
! DE
| [[Jens Lieberum]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=249 Invader]
! US
| [[Richard J. Lorentz]] et al.
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=164 8QP]
! NL
| [[Johan de Koning]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=167 Aska]
! JP
| [[Yoichiro Kajihara]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 5
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=280 TAS]
! JP
| [[Yoshinori Higashiuchi]], [[Reijer Grimbergen]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
==[[Backgammon]]<span id="Backgammon"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Backgammon|< Prev]] [[11th Computer Olympiad#Backgammon|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=99 8th Computer Olympiad, Backgammon - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">4</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1.
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=63 BGBlitz]
! DE
| [[Frank Berger]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2.
| [[GNU Backgammon]]
! *
| [[Achim Müller]] et al.
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:Backgammon2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0021.html]]
Tough match - [[Achim Müller]] and [[Frank Berger]] <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web]</ref>
==[[Chinese Chess]]<span id="ChineseChess"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=101 8th Computer Olympiad, Chinese Chess - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [[ZMBL]]
! CN
| [[Zhi-Jian Tu]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [[XieXie]]
! FR
| [[Pascal Tang]], [[Eugenio Castillo Jiménez]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 1½
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [[ELP]]
! TW
| [[Wu-Yao Cheng]], [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Shun-Chin Hsu]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | ½
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [[Contemplation]]
! TW
| [[Kuang-che Wu]], [[Jr-Chang Chen]],<br/>[[Tsan-sheng Hsu]], [[Shun-Chin Hsu]]
! 1½
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 4
| [[Shiga|Lock]]
! TW
| [[Ming-Cheng Cheng]], [[Shi-Jim Yen]]
! 1½
|
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:XiangqiGraz2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1126/Htmls/PICT1282.html]]
Xiangqi winners: [[Pascal Tang]], [[Zhi-Jian Tu]] and [[Shun-Chin Hsu]] <ref>[http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1126/index01.html Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria, November 26] by [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]</ref>
==[[Dots and Boxes]]<span id="DotsandBoxes"></span>==
<span id="DotsandBoxesStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=104 8th Computer Olympiad, Dots and Boxes - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=261 Control Freak]
! US
| [[William Fraser]]
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=281 Deep Beige]
! GB
| [[David Bochenski]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=262 Dame Po]
! JP
| [[Hiroyuki Iida]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
==[[Draughts]]<span id="Draughts"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Draughts|< Prev]] [[11th Computer Olympiad#Draughts|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=98 8th Computer Olympiad, Draughts - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">24</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=219 Sjende Blyn]
! NL
| [[Jelle Wiersma]]
! 19
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=220 Dam 2.2]
! NL
| [[Harm Jetten]]
! 14
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=218 TDKing]
! CH
| [[Ton Tillemans]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=221 Tornado]
! NL
| [[Frank Mesander]]
! 7
|
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:Draughts2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/100_0033.html]]
[[Ton Tillemans]] (Bronze), [[Jelle Wiersma]] (Gold) and [[Harm Jetten]] (Silver) <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/ ndex of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web]</ref>
==[[Go]]<span id="Go"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Go|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#Go|Next >]]'''
===19x19===
<span id="GoStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=100 8th Computer Olympiad, Go - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors / Operators
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">10</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [[GNU Go]]
! SE++
| [[Arend Bayer]], [[Daniel Bump]],<br/>[[Gunnar Farnebäck]], [[Heikki Levanto]],<br/>[[Paul Pogonyshev]], [[Inge Wallin]] et al. <ref>[http://www.gnu.org/software/gnugo/devel.html GNU Go - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)]</ref>
! 10
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=142 GoAhead]
! DE
| [[Peter Woitke]], [[Chrilly Donninger]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=98 Go Intellect]
! US
| [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=141 Dariush]
! FR
| [[Frédéric Boissac]], [[Éric Marchand]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 5
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=2 Indigo]
! FR
| [[Bruno Bouzy]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=104 NeuroGo]
! DE
| [[Markus Enzenberger]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=3 Aya]
! JP
| [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
! 4
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 8
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=144 Explorer]
! CA
| [[Martin Müller]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
!
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=99 Jimmy]
! TW
| [[Shi-Jim Yen]], [[Ming-Cheng Cheng]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
!
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=140 SmartGo]
! US
| [[Anders Kierulf]]
! 3
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 11
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=130 GoLois]
! FR
| [[Tristan Cazenave]]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
===9x9<span id="Go9x9"></span>===
<span id="Go9x9Standing"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=39 8th Computer Olympiad, Go (9x9) - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors / Operators
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">18</span>
! Playoff
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=3 Aya]
! JP
| [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
! 14
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=104 NeuroGo]
! DE
| [[Markus Enzenberger]]
! 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=98 Go Intellect]
! US
| [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]]
! 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=2 Indigo]
! FR
| [[Bruno Bouzy]]
! 11
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 4
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=137 Magog]
! NL
| [[Erik van der Werf]]
! 11
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 6
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=140 SmartGo]
! US
| [[Anders Kierulf]]
! 9
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 7
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=142 GoAhead]
! DE
| [[Peter Woitke]], [[Chrilly Donninger]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
!
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=141 Dariush]
! FR
| [[Frédéric Boissac]], [[Éric Marchand]]
! 8
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 9
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=143 Oleg]
! FR
| [[Bernard Helmstetter]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|-
! 10
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=130 GoLois]
! FR
| [[Tristan Cazenave]]
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:Go9x9Graz2003Winners.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/100_0047.html]]
Go 9x9 Winners: [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]] (Bronze), [[Hiroshi Yamashita]] (Gold) and [[Markus Enzenberger]] (Silver) <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web], [http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/100_0047.html Image 100_0047] by [[Mark Winands]]</ref>
==[[Hex]]<span id="Hex"></span>==
'''[[5th Computer Olympiad#Hex|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#Hex|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=100 8th Computer Olympiad, Hex - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=134 Six]
! HU
| [[Gábor Melis]]
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=276 Mongoose]
! CA
| [[Ryan Hayward]], [[Yngvi Björnsson]], <br/>[[Michael Johanson]]
! 2
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:Hex2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|640px|link=http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/100_0032.html]]
Hex Gold and Silver - [[Gábor Melis]] and [[Ryan Hayward]] <ref>[http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web/ ndex of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web]</ref>
==[[Lines of Action]]<span id="LOA"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#LOA|< Prev]] [[9th Computer Olympiad#LOA|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=78 8th Computer Olympiad, Lines of Action - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=217 MIA IV]
! NL
| [[Mark Winands]]
! 7
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=110 BING]
! FR
| [[Bernard Helmstetter]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=236 (T-T)]
! JP
| [[Jun Nagashima]]
! 0
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
[[FILE:LOAGraz2003.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1125/Htmls/PICT1202.html]]
LOA winners: [[Bernard Helmstetter]], [[Mark Winands]] and [[Jun Nagashima]] <ref>[http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1125/index01.html Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria, November 25] by [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]</ref>
==[[Poker]]<span id="Poker"></span>==
<span id="PokerStanding"></span><ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=107 8th Computer Olympiad, Poker - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=288 Vexbot]
! CA
| [[Terence Schauenberg]]
!
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=289 Sparbot]
! CA
| [[Neil Burch]]
!
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
==[[Shogi]]<span id="Shogi"></span>==
'''[[7th Computer Olympiad#Shogi|< Prev]] [[10th Computer Olympiad#Shogi|Next >]]''' <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/tournament.php?id=91 8th Computer Olympiad, Shogi - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Program
! CC
! Authors
! P<span style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: sub;">8</span>
! Medal
|-
! 1
| [[YSS]]
! JP
| [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
! 6
| style="text-align:center;" | Gold
|-
! 2
| [[ISshogi]]
! JP
| [[Yasushi Tanase]], [[Akihiro Kishimoto]]
! 5
| style="text-align:center;" | Silver
|-
! 3
| [[Tacos]]
! JP
| [[Hiroyuki Iida]]
! 1
| style="text-align:center;" | Bronze
|}
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 CC Country Codes]
=Organizer=
* [[Mark Winands]]
=Tournament Director=
* [[Jonathan Schaeffer]]
=See also=
* [[Advances in Computer Games 10]]
* [[WCCC 2003]]
=Publications=
* [[Mark Winands]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Johanna Hellemons]] ('''2003'''). ''The 8th Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]]
: [[Keh-Hsun Chen|Ken Chen]] ('''2003'''). ''GNUGo wins 19x19 Go tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Go|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Erik van der Werf]] ('''2003'''). ''Aya wins 9x9 Go tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Go9x9|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Mark Winands]] ('''2003'''). ''MIA IV wins Lines of Action tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#LOA|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Jens Lieberum]] ('''2003'''). ''Amazong wins Amazons tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Amazons|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Ton Tillemans]] ('''2003'''). ''Sjende Blyn wins Draughts tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Draughts|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Jr-Chang Chen]], [[Shi-Jim Yen]], [[Shun-Chin Hsu]] ('''2003'''). ''ZMBL wins Chinese Chess tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#ChineseChess|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Hiroshi Yamashita]] ('''2003'''). ''YSS wins Shogi tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Shogi|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[David Bochenski]] ('''2003'''). ''Control Freak wins Dots-and-Boxes tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#DotsandBoxes|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Frank Berger]] ('''2003'''). ''BGBlitz wins Backgammon tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Backgammon|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Tino Werner]], [[Peer Sommerlund]], [[Gert Snider]] ('''2003'''). ''Aba-Pro wins Abalone tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Abalone|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Gábor Melis]], [[Ryan Hayward]] ('''2003'''). ''Six wins Hex Tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]], [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/%7Ehayward/papers/grazRpt.pdf pdf] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Hex|8th Computer Olympiad]]
: [[Darse Billings]] ('''2003'''). ''Vexbot wins Poker tournament''. [[ICGA Journal#26_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4]] » [[8th Computer Olympiad#Poker|8th Computer Olympiad]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event.php?id=3 Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Olympiad Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Olympiad#8th_Computer_Olympiad 8th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/graz2003.html Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria] by [[Hiroshi Yamashita]]
* [http://www.bgblitz.com/olympiad_2003.html BGBlitz at Graz 2003 - Computer Olympiad - Graz 2003] by [[Frank Berger]]
* [http://www.gnubg.org/index.php?itemid=8&catid=6 GNU Backgammon - Report from the 8th Computer Olympiad, Graz] by [[Achim Müller]]
=References=
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