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 * [[image:Bejing2008.jpg link="http://www.geocities.jp/hideki_katoh/13days/5th_day/slides/DSCF3084.html"]] ||~  || The **Thirteenth International Computer Games Championship**, due to the [|2008 Summer Olympics] the Computer Olympiad was officially renamed for this occassion, took place from September 28 to October 5, 2008, at Beijing Golden Century Golf Club, [|Qinglonghu Township], [|Fangshan District], [|Beijing], [|China], in conjunction with the 16th World Computer Chess Championship and the 6th International Conference on Computers and Games. The organization was in the hands of Xinhe Xu supported by local staff and the approved ICGA team of Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, and Joke Hellemons . ||
 * The venue of the Championships and Conference ||~  ||^   ||

Amazons

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 12 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Invader] ||~ US || Richard J. Lorentz et al. ||~ 10 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|8QP] ||~ NL || Johan de Koning ||~ 9 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Campya] ||~ FR || Julien Kloetzer ||~ 4 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|BitStronger (Amazons)] ||~ CN || Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru ||~ 1 ||~  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Chinese Chess
Tsan-Sheng Hsu ||~ 12½ ||~  || I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu et al. ||~ 5 ||~  || Liu Cuiwei ||~ ½ ||~  ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 2x11 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || Intella ||~ CN || Chaoying Chen, Yutao Wei ||~ 18½ ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || Cyclone ||~ CN || Min Zhang ||~ 17 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || EThinker ||~ CN || Zheng Xu ||~ 15 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || Gaga chess ||~ CN || Guolai Li ||~ 14 ||~  ||
 * ~ 5 || MonkeyKing ||~ CN || Xinhe Xu ||~ 14 ||~  ||
 * ~ 6 || NEUChess ||~ CN || Jiao Wang ||~ 14 ||~  ||
 * ~ 7 || 3DChess ||~ CN || Liu Jin ||~ 12½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 8 || XQMaster ||~ CN || Mingyang Zhao ||~ 12½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 9 || TMSK ||~ TW || Bing-Jie Shen, Ruei-Ping Li,
 * ~ 10 || YSSY ||~ CN || Zhang Hao ||~ 12 ||~  ||
 * ~ 11 || Shiga ||~ TW || Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen ||~ 12 ||~  ||
 * ~ 12 || Binghewusi ||~ CN || Fan DeJun ||~ 10½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 13 || UFX ||~ CN || Liu Kai ||~ 7½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 14 || OracleX ||~ CA || Zhifu Zhang ||~ 7½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 15 || ABCChess ||~ CN || Liang Jian Hua ||~ 7 ||~  ||
 * ~ 16 || Multi-stars of SJTU ||~ CN || Zhijun Li, Qi Zhengwei ||~ 6 ||~  ||
 * ~ 17 || Chimo ||~ TW || Wen-Jie Tseng, Hung-Hsuan Lin,
 * ~ 18 || QiJi ||~ CN || Duan Yong, Li Zhengqing,
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 * [[image:ChineseChessWinners2008.jpg link="http://www.geocities.jp/hideki_katoh/13days/11th_day/slides/DSCF3195.html"]] ||
 * Chinese Chess Winners with Xinhe Xu (left) and Jaap van den Herik (right) ||

Connect6
Yi-Chih Chan, Ching-Ping Chen, I-Chen Wu ||~ 17 ||= Gold || Ruijian Wang, Siran Lin ||~ 16 ||= Silver || Junjie Tao, Kang Han, XinXing Li ||~ 8 ||=  ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 2x9 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|NCTU6-Lite] ||~ TW || Ping-Hung Lin, Hung-Hsuan Lin,
 * ~ 2 || [|Bitstronger (Connect6)] ||~ CN || Liang Li, Hao Cui,
 * ~ 3 || [|NEUConn6] ||~ CN || Changming Xu ||~ 13 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Bead Connect and Chess Combine] ||~ CN || Zhang XiaoChuan ||~ 9 ||~  ||
 * ~ 5 || [|Kavalan] ||~ TW || Jung-Kuei Yang, Shi-Jim Yen ||~ 8 ||~  ||
 * ~  || [|NEU6Star] ||~ CN || Xinhe Xu, Dongxu Huang,
 * ~ 7 || [|ML] ||~ CN || Jiang Ke ||~ 6½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 8 || [|CV6] ||~ CN || Yao Yuping ||~ 5½ ||~  ||
 * ~ 9 || [|Dream 6] ||~ CN || Liu Siwei, Huang Zhenhua ||~ 4 ||~  ||
 * ~ 10 || [|NTNU C6] ||~ TW || Aja Huang, Yun-Ching Liu ||~ 3 ||~  ||
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Dots and Boxes
 Liang Yunzhao, Jianbo Zhao ||~ 3 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|The Shark] ||~ US || William Fraser ||~ 8 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Qiyi] ||~ CN || Jiajia Guo, Xiaomeng Yang,
 * ~ 3 || [|Matadots] ||~ US || Phillip Rogers, Richard J. Lorentz ||~ 1 ||= Bronze ||
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Draughts

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 2x8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|TDKing] ||~ CH || Ton Tillemans ||~ 13 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Rocky] ||~ NL || Mark Winands ||~ 3 ||= Silver ||
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Go

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19x19
Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel || [|Huygens Cluster] ||~ 11 ||= Silver || Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 8 ||~  || 2 x [|PlayStation 3] ||~ 5 ||~  || the President of the ICGA, David Levy and local organizer Xinhe Xu ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Hardware ||~ P 12 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Many Faces of Go] ||~ US || David Fotland || Cluster of 4x8 x86-64 @ 3.2 GHz ||~ 12 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|MoGo] ||~ FR || Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang,
 * ~ 3 || [|Leela] ||~ BE || Gian-Carlo Pascutto || Quad core x86-64 ||~ 10 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Steenvreter] ||~ NL || Erik van der Werf || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 8 ||~  ||
 * ~  || [|Fuego] ||~ CA || Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller,
 * ~  || [|Aya] ||~ JP || Hiroshi Yamashita || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 8 ||~   ||
 * ~ 7 || [|Fudo Go] ||~ JP || Hideki Kato || Quad core x86-64 @ 3.4 GHz +
 * ~  || [|Yogo] ||~ CN || Ping Yu, Fan Xie || Dual core Intel x86-64 @ 1.66 GHz ||~ 5 ||~   ||
 * ~  || [|GoStar] ||~ CN || Jinqiang Lu ||   ||~ 5 ||~   ||
 * ~ 10 || [|Katsunari] ||~ JP || Shinichi Sei ||  ||~ 3 ||~   ||
 * ~ 11 || [|Break] ||~ CN || Yangyun ||  ||~ 2 ||~   ||
 * ~ 12 || [|StoneFighter] ||~ CN || Fuming Wang ||  ||~ 0 ||~   ||
 * ~  || [|NineHeadBird] ||~ CN || MengJun Zong ||   ||~ 0 ||~   ||
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 * [[image:Go19x19Winners2008.jpg link="http://www.geocities.jp/hideki_katoh/13days/11th_day/slides/DSCF3204.html"]] ||
 * = Go winners: David Fotland, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel and Gian-Carlo Pascutto surrounded by

9x9
Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel || [|Huygens Cluster] ||~ 11 ||= 1 ||= Bronze || Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 11 ||~  ||~   || 2 x [|PlayStation 3] ||~ 8 ||~  ||~   || Liu Yushuai || Core duo x86-64 @ 1.86 GHz ||~ 0 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Hardware ||~ P 18 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Many Faces of Go] ||~ US || David Fotland || Cluster of 4x8 x86-64 @ 3.2G Hz ||~ 15 ||  ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Leela] ||~ BE || Gian-Carlo Pascutto || Quad core x86-64 ||~ 14 ||= 3 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|MoGo] ||~ FR || Sylvain Gelly, Yizao Wang,
 * ~ 4 || [|Fuego] ||~ CA || Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller,
 * ~ 5 || [|Yogo] ||~ CN || Ping Yu, Fan Xie || Dual core x86-64 @ 1.66 GHz ||~ 11 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 6 || [|Steenvreter] ||~ NL || Erik van der Werf || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 10 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 7 || [|Aya] ||~ JP || Hiroshi Yamashita || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 10 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 8 || [|Goboh] ||~ FR || Timothée Bossart || Octa core AMD x86-64 @ 1.66 GHz ||~ 10 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 9 || [|Jimmy] ||~ TW || Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu || Quad core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz ||~ 10 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 10 || [|Go Intellect] ||~ US || Ken Chen || Octa core x86-64 @ 3.17 GHz ||~ 9 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 11 || [|Erica] ||~ TW || Aja Huang, Rémi Coulom || x86-64 PC ||~ 9 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 12 || [|Fudo Go] ||~ JP || Hideki Kato || Quad core x86-64 @ 3.4 GHz +
 * ~ 13 || [|GoLois] ||~ FR || Tristan Cazenave, Nicolas Jouandeau || Cluster 20x2 x86-64 @ 1.86 GHz ||~ 8 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 14 || [|FlexGo] ||~ CN || Fan Xie || Octa core x86-64 @ 2.00 GHz ||~ 8 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 15 || [|CPS] ||~ TW || Chiaping Hsu, Ming-Cheng Cheng || Quad core x86-64 @ 2.40 GHz ||~ 7 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 16 || [|MC_ark] ||~ JP || Nobuo Araki || Dual core x86-64 @ 3.10 GHz ||~ 5 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 17 || [|Lingo] ||~ CN || Zhiqing Liu || Core duo x86-64 @ 1.8 GHz ||~ 3 ||~  ||~   ||
 * ~ 18 || [|BitStronger] ||~ CN || Ding Kai, Xie Wangyi,
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Hex
Philip Henderson ||~ 9 ||= Gold || Ryan Hayward ||~ 8 ||= Silver ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 12 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Wolve 2008] ||~ CA || Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward,
 * ~ 2 || [|MoHex 2008] ||~ CA || Philip Henderson, Broderick Arneson,
 * ~ 3 || [|Six] ||~ HU || Gábor Melis ||~ 4 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Yopt] ||~ FR || Abdallah Saffidine, Tristan Cazenave ||~ 3 ||~  ||
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Phantom Go
**< Prev Next >** Siran Lin, Liang Li ||~ 3 ||= Silver || Liu Yushuai ||~ 1 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors / Operators ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|GoLois] ||~ FR || Tristan Cazenave ||~ 8 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Chinese Deep] ||~ CN || Hao Cui, Ruijian Wang,
 * ~ 3 || [|BitStronger (Phantom Go)] ||~ CN || Ding Kai, Xie Wangyi,

Pool
 Yoav Shoham et al. ||~ 64 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Score ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|CueCard] ||~ US || Christopher Archibald, Alon Altman,
 * ~ 2 || [|PickPocket] ||~ CA || Mike Smith ||~ 34 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Elix] ||~ CA || Marc Godard ||~ 18 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|SkyNet] ||~ CA || Will Leckie ||~ 0 ||~  ||
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Shogi
Ma Junlong, Tong Songling ||~ 3 ||= Silver || Ryosuke Ohguchi ||~ 1 ||= Bronze ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || Tacos ||~ JP || Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Junichi Hashimoto ||~ 8 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || BitStronger (Shogi) ||~ CN || Changda Xu, Li Xiao,
 * ~ 3 || HIT SS ||~ JP || Shohei Seike, Takeshi Ito,
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Surakarta
 Tao Hongru ||~ 0 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors / Operators ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|SIA] ||~ NL || Mark Winands ||~ 8 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|BitStronger (Surakarta)] ||~ CN || Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen,

=Group Photo=
 * [[image:Group2008ChineseWall.jpg link="http://www.geocities.jp/hideki_katoh/13days/9th_day/slides/DSCF3148.html"]] ||
 * Participants and officials of the ICGA events on excursion day at the [|Great Wall] ||

=Tournament Directors=
 * Jaap van den Herik
 * Xinhe Xu (Assistent TD)
 * Zhiqing Liu (Assistent TD)
 * Mark Winands (Assistent TD)

=See also=
 * CG 2008
 * WCCC 2008

=Publications= > Mark Winands (**2008**). //SIA wins Surakarta tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Tsuyoshi Hashimoto (**2008**). //Tacos wins Shogi tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Jiao Wang, Xinhe Xu (**2008**). //Intella wins Chinese Chess tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3 » 13th Computer Olympiad > I-Chen Wu, Ping-Hung Lin (**2008**). //NCTU6-Lite wins Connect6 tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Ton Tillemans (**2008**). //TDKing wins Draughts tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Richard J. Lorentz (**2008**). //The Shark wins Dots and Boxes tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Richard J. Lorentz (**2009**). //Invader wins Amazons tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Tristan Cazenave (**2009**). //GoLois wins Phantom-Go tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, [|pdf] » 13th Computer Olympiad > Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward, Philip Henderson (**2009**). //Wolve 2008 wins Hex tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1 » 13th Computer Olympiad > Mark Winands (**2009**). //Many Faces of Go wins 9x9 and 19x19 Go tournaments//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1 » 13th Computer Olympiad
 * Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (**2008**). //The 13th International Computer-Games Championship//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3
 * Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (**2008**). //The 13th Computer Games Championship (part 2)//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4
 * Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (**2009**). //The 13th Computer Games Championship (part 3)//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1

=External Links=
 * [|Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)]
 * [|Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|13th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|2008 Gallery] by Hideki Kato

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