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 * [[image:Casino-Graz-300x217.jpg link="http://www.spielbank.com.de/osterreich/graz"]] ||~  || The **Eighth Computer Olympiad** took place from November 23 to 27, 2003, at Casineum of Casino Graz, in [|Graz], [|European Capital of Culture] in 2003, [|Austria], in conjunction with the 11th World Computer Chess Championship and the 10th Advances in Computer Games Conference which were both held nearby at the [|Castle Hill, Dom im Berg]. The 9th Computer Olympiad was organized by Mark Winands, and Jonathan Schaeffer served as tournament director .  ||
 * Casino Graz ||~   ||^   ||

Abalone
 Michael Buro, Johan de Koning and TD Jonathan Schaeffer among the kibitzers ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Aba-Pro] ||~ AT || Tino Werner ||~ 8  ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Nacre] ||~ DK || Peer Sommerlund ||~ 0 ||= Silver ||
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 * [[image:Abalone2003.jpg width="640" 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.

Amazons

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Amazong] ||~ DE || Jens Lieberum ||~ 5 ||= 2 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Invader] ||~ US || Richard J. Lorentz et al. ||~ 5 ||= 0 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|8QP] ||~ NL || Johan de Koning ||~ 4 ||~ 2 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Aska] ||~ JP|| Yoichiro Kajihara ||~ 4 ||= 0 ||=  ||
 * ~ 5 || [|TAS] ||~ JP || Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen ||~ 2 ||= ||= ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Backgammon

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 4 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|BGBlitz] ||~ DE || Frank Berger ||= 3 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || GNU Backgammon ||~ * || Achim Müller et al. ||= 2 ||= Silver ||
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 * [[image:Backgammon2003.jpg width="640" link="http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web/100_0021.html"]] ||
 * Tough match - Achim Müller and Frank Berger ||

Chinese Chess
Tsan-sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu ||~ 1½ || ||= ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || ZMBL ||~ CN || Zhi-Jian Tu ||~ 7 ||= ||= Gold  ||
 * ~ 2 || XieXie ||~ FR || Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo Jiménez ||~ 5 ||= 1½ ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || ELP ||~ TW || Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu  ||~ 5  ||= ½ ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || Contemplation ||~ TW || Kuang-che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen,
 * ~ 4 || Lock ||~ TW || Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen ||~ 1½ || ||= ||
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 * [[image:XiangqiGraz2003.jpg width="640" link="http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1126/Htmls/PICT1282.html"]] ||
 * Xiangqi winners: Pascal Tang, Zhi-Jian Tu and Shun-Chin Hsu ||

Dots and Boxes

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Control Freak] ||~ US || William Fraser||~ 6 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Deep Beige] ||~ GB || David Bochenski ||~ 4 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Dame Po] ||~ JP || Hiroyuki Iida ||~ 2 ||= Bronze ||
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Draughts

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 24 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Sjende Blyn] ||~ NL || Jelle Wiersma ||~ 19 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Dam 2.2] ||~ NL || Harm Jetten ||~ 14 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|TDKing] ||~ CH || Ton Tillemans ||~ 8 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Tornado] ||~ NL || Frank Mesander ||~ 7 ||  || ||
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 * [[image:Draughts2003.jpg width="640" 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) ||

Go

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19x19
 Gunnar Farnebäck, Heikki Levanto, Paul Pogonyshev, Inge Wallin et al. ||~ 10 ||= ||= Gold ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors / Operators ||~ P 10 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || GNU Go ||~ SE++ || Arend Bayer, Daniel Bump,
 * ~ 2 || [|GoAhead] ||~ DE || Peter Woitke, Chrilly Donninger ||~ 8 ||= ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Go Intellect] ||~ US || Ken Chen ||~ 7 ||= 1 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Dariush] ||~ FR || Frédéric Boissac, Éric Marchand ||~ 7 ||= 0 ||= ||
 * ~ 5 || [|Indigo] ||~ FR || Bruno Bouzy ||~ 5 ||= ||=  ||
 * ~ 6 || [|NeuroGo] ||~ DE || Markus Enzenberger  ||~ 4 ||= ||= ||
 * ~ 6 || [|Aya] ||~ JP || Hiroshi Yamashita ||~ 4 ||= ||= ||
 * ~ 8 || [|Explorer] ||~ CA || Martin Müller ||~ 3 ||= ||= ||
 * ~  || [|Jimmy] ||~ TW || Shi-Jim Yen, Ming-Cheng Cheng ||~ 3 ||= ||= ||
 * ~  || [|SmartGo] ||~ US || Anders Kierulf ||~ 3 ||= ||= ||
 * ~ 11 || [|GoLois] ||~ FR || Tristan Cazenave ||~ 1 ||= ||= ||
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9x9

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors / Operators ||~ P 18 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Aya] ||~ JP || Hiroshi Yamashita ||~ 14 ||= ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|NeuroGo] ||~ DE || Markus Enzenberger ||~ 12 ||= 1 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Go Intellect] ||~ US || Ken Chen ||~ 12 ||= 0 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Indigo] ||~ FR || Bruno Bouzy ||~ 11 ||= ||=  ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Magog] ||~ NL || Erik van der Werf ||~ 11 ||= ||= ||
 * ~ 6 || [|SmartGo] ||~ US || Anders Kierulf ||~ 9 ||= ||= ||
 * ~ 7 || [|GoAhead] ||~ DE || Peter Woitke, Chrilly Donninger ||~ 8 ||= ||=  ||
 * ~  || [|Dariush] ||~ FR || Frédéric Boissac, Éric Marchand ||~ 8 ||=    ||= ||
 * ~ 9 || [|Oleg] ||~ FR || Bernard Helmstetter ||~ 5 ||=   ||= ||
 * ~ 10 || [|GoLois] ||~ FR || Tristan Cazenave ||~ 0 ||= ||= ||
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 * [[image:Go9x9Graz2003.jpg width="640" link="http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web/100_0047.html"]] ||
 * Go 9x9 Winners: Ken Chen (Bronze), Hiroshi Yamashita (Gold) and Markus Enzenberger (Silver) ||

Hex
Michael Johanson ||~ 2 ||= Silver ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Six] ||~ HU || Gábor Melis ||~ 6 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Mongoose] ||~ CA || Ryan Hayward, Yngvi Björnsson,
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 * [[image:Hex2003.jpg width="640" 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 ||

Lines of Action

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|MIA IV] ||~ NL || Mark Winands ||~ 7 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|BING] ||~ FR || Bernard Helmstetter ||~ 5 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|(T-T)] ||~ JP || Jun Nagashima ||~ 0 ||= Bronze ||
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 * [[image:LOAGraz2003.jpg link="http://www.yss-aya.com/photo/graz2003/1125/Htmls/PICT1202.html"]] ||
 * LOA winners: Bernard Helmstetter, Mark Winands and Jun Nagashima ||

Poker

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Vexbot] ||~ CA || Terence Schauenberg ||~  ||= Gold  ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Sparbot] ||~ CA || Neil Burch ||~   ||= Silver ||
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Shogi

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || YSS ||~ JP || Hiroshi Yamashita ||~ 6  ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || ISshogi ||~ JP || Yasushi Tanase, Akihiro Kishimoto ||~ 5 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || Tacos ||~ JP || Hiroyuki Iida ||~ 1 ||=  Bronze  ||
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=Organizer=
 * Mark Winands

=Tournament Director=
 * Jonathan Schaeffer

=See also=
 * Advances in Computer Games 10
 * WCCC 2003

=Publications= > Ken Chen (**2003**). //GNUGo wins 19x19 Go tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Erik van der Werf (**2003**). //Aya wins 9x9 Go tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Mark Winands (**2003**). //MIA IV wins Lines of Action tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Jens Lieberum (**2003**). //Amazong wins Amazons tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Ton Tillemans (**2003**). //Sjende Blyn wins Draughts tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (**2003**). //ZMBL wins Chinese Chess tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Hiroshi Yamashita (**2003**). //YSS wins Shogi tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > David Bochenski (**2003**). //Control Freak wins Dots-and-Boxes tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Frank Berger (**2003**). //BGBlitz wins Backgammon tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Tino Werner, Peer Sommerlund, Gert Snider (**2003**). //Aba-Pro wins Abalone tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad > Gábor Melis, Ryan Hayward (**2003**). //Six wins Hex Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, [|pdf] » 8th Computer Olympiad > Darse Billings (**2003**). //Vexbot wins Poker tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
 * Mark Winands, Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (**2003**). //The 8th Computer Olympiad//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4

=External Links=
 * [|Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)]
 * [|Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|8th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria] by Hiroshi Yamashita
 * [|BGBlitz at Graz 2003 - Computer Olympiad - Graz 2003] by Frank Berger
 * [|GNU Backgammon - Report from the 8th Computer Olympiad, Graz] by Achim Müller

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