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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.

=Results=

Backgammon
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Chinese Chess
< Prev Next > Awarding ceremony, Staff in historic clothes, Shi-Jim Yen, Jiao Wang and Shun-Chin Hsu
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Clobber
< Prev Next > Johan de Koning, Theo van der Storm and Pan co-author Hans Kuijf operating ClobB
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Connect6

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Draughts
< Prev Next > Dam 2.2 vs. Tornado, Harm Jetten and Frank Mesander, Jelle Wiersma and Ton Tillemans in the back
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Go
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19x19

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9x9
Go 9x9 winners, Ken Chen, Rémi Coulom and Hiroshi Yamashita awarded by Jaap van den Herik
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Hex
< Prev Next > Hex Winners:Fredrik Niemelä, Broderick Arneson on behalf of Hex Kriger, and Ryan Hayward
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KriegSpiel

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KriegSpiel medalists: Gian Piero Favini, Austin Parker and Paolo Ciancarini
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Lines of Action
< Prev Next > Yngvi Björnsson and Mark Winands - hard time for YL vs MIA 4.5
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Pool
Pool Projection
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Shogi
< Prev Next > Jun Nagashima on behalf of Bonanza, Hiroshi Yamashita, and Hiroyuki Iida, Jaap van den Herik congrats
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=Tournament Directors=
 * Jaap van den Herik
 * Mark Winands (Assistent TD)

=See also=
 * CG 2006
 * WCCC 2006

=Publications=
 * Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (2006). The 11th Computer Olympiad. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2
 * 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


 * Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (2006). The 11th Computer Olympiad (continued). ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 3
 * 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=
 * Turin 2006 (ICGA Tournaments)
 * Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
 * 11th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
 * ICGA Olympiad 2006 Photos
 * Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy by Hiroshi Yamashita

=References=

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