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Entrance of Oval Lingotto

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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#	Program	CC	Authors	P5	Medal
1.	GNU Backgammon	*	Massimiliano Maini et al.	3	Gold
2.	BGBlitz	DE	Frank Berger	1	Silver

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Massimiliano Maini and Frank Berger

Chinese Chess

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	NEUChess	CN	Jiao Wang	7½	Gold
2	Shiga	TW	Shi-Jim Yen, Ming-Cheng Cheng	4½	Silver
3	Deep Elephant	TW	Aja Huang, Kuang-che Wu, Shun-Shii Lin, Shun-Chin Hsu	3½	Bronze
4	XieXie	FR	Pascal Tang	2½
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

Clobber

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

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

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

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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

Go

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19x19

#	Program	CC	Authors	P10	Playoff	Medal
1	GNU Go	*	FSF team	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

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9x9

#	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	3½
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

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

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

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

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

Pool

#	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

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

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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