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 * [[image:Gouvernement_Bouillonstraat_Bremer_Maastricht.jpg link="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gouvernement_Bouillonstraat_Bremer_Maastricht.jpg"]] ||~  || The **Seventh Computer Olympiad** took place from July 5 to 11, 2002, at Maastricht University, [|Maastricht], [|The Netherlands], in conjunction with the Tenth World Computer Chess Championship. The Olympiad as well the WCCC were held in the former residence of the Gouvernor of [|Limburg] in the historic center of Maastricht, Bouillonstraat 1-3, which now belongs to the Maastricht University. During the 7th Computer Olympiad the workshop on computer games was held, again organized by  Jos Uiterwijk. ||
 * Maastricht University ||~  ||^   ||

Amazons

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 10 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Amazong] ||~ DE || Jens Lieberum ||~ 9 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|8QP] ||~ NL || Johan de Koning ||~ 8 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Invader] ||~ US || Richard J. Lorentz et al. ||~ 7 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Tanazon] ||~ JP || Yasushi Tanase ||~ 3 ||=  ||
 * ~ 5 || [|Aska] ||~ JP || Yoichiro Kajihara ||~ 3 ||=  ||
 * ~ 6 || [|Antiope] ||~ GR || Theodore Tegos ||~ 0 ||=  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:OlympiadMedalWinnersLorentzLieberumDeKoning.JPG width="640" link="https://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/games/amazons/OlympiadMedalWinners%28LorentzLieberumDeKoning%29.JPG"]] ||
 * Amazons Winners: Richard J. Lorentz, Jens Lieberum, Johan de Koning ||

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. ||= 1 ||= Silver ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:Achim_Frank_Maastricht2002.jpg width="640" link="http://www.bgblitz.com/olympiad/Achim_Frank_1.jpg"]] ||
 * Backgammon players: Achim Müller and Frank Berger ||

Bridge

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Score  ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Wbridge5] ||~ FR || Yves Costel ||~ 161 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Jack] ||~ NL || Hans Kuijf ||~ 131  ||= Silver ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Chinese Chess

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 12 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || ELP ||~ TW || Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu ||~ 10½ ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || Shiga 8.1 ||~ TW || Shi-Jim Yen, Ming-Cheng Cheng ||~ 7 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || XieXie ||~ FR || Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo Jimenez ||~ 6 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || Abyss '99 ||~ CA || Tony Marsland, Chun Ye ||~ ½ ||=  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Dots and Boxes

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Control Freak] ||~ US || William Fraser ||~ 8 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Seicho] ||~ JP || Hiroyuki Iida ||~ 0 ||= Silver ||
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Draughts

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 16 ||~ Medal ||~ Title ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Dam 2.2] ||~ NL || Harm Jetten ||~ 13 ||= Gold ||= World Computer Draughts Champion ||
 * ~ 2 || [|DIOS 2002] ||~ NL || Eric van Riet Paap, Chris Jurriëns ||~ 12 ||= Silver ||~  ||
 * ~ 3 || [|Damage] ||~ NL || Bert Tuyt ||~ 11 ||= Bronze ||~  ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Flits] ||~ NL || Adri Vermeulen ||~ 11 ||  ||~   ||
 * ~ 5 || [|Tornado] ||~ NL || Frank Mesander ||~ 9 ||  ||~   ||
 * ~ 6 || [|ZaZen] ||~ NL || Ron van Bemmelen ||~ 7 ||  ||~   ||
 * ~ 7 || [|TDKing] ||~ CH || Ton Tillemans ||~ 4 ||  ||~   ||
 * ~ 8 || [|Cerberus] ||~ NL || Leo Nagels ||~ 3 ||  ||~   ||
 * ~ 9 || [|Dream] ||~ FR || Saïd Koudache ||~ 2 ||  ||~   ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:Maastricht2002Draughts.jpg width="640" link="http://www.bgblitz.com/olympiad/Participients_2.jpg"]] ||
 * Playing Hall with Draughts Tournament, Vincent Diepeveen interested ||

Go

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19x19
] Gunnar Farnebäck, Heikki Levanto, Paul Pogonyshev, Inge Wallin et al. ||~ 5 ||= 0 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Go 4++] ||~ GB || Michael Reiss ||~ 8 || ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|Go Intellect] ||~ US || Ken Chen ||~ 5 ||= 1 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || GNU Go ||~ * || Arend Bayer, Daniel Bump,
 * ~ 4 || [|Star of DongHwa] ||~ TW || Shi-Jim Yen ||~ 2 ||= ||=  ||
 * ~ 5 || [|Ether] ||~ TW || Farmer Lu ||~ 0 ||= || ||=  ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

9x9
Gunnar Farnebäck, Heikki Levanto, Paul Pogonyshev, Inge Wallin et al. ||~ 7 ||= 3 ||= Silver || Levente Kocsis ||~ 2 ||= ||= ||
 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 12 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|Go 4++] ||~ GB || Michael Reiss ||~ 8 || ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || GNU Go ||~ * || Arend Bayer, Daniel Bump,
 * ~ 3 || [|Go Intellect] ||~ US || Ken Chen ||~ 7 ||= 1 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Magog] ||~ NL || Erik van der Werf, Mark Winands,
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 * [[image:magog_team_smaller.jpg width="640" link="http://erikvanderwerf.tengen.nl/magog.html"]] ||
 * The [|Magog] team at the 7th Computer Olympiad 2002. Mark Winands, Levente Kocsis, Erik van der Werf ||

Lines of Action

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 12 ||~ ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || [|YL] ||~ IS || Yngvi Björnsson ||~ 10½ ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || [|MIA III] ||~ NL || Mark Winands ||~ 8½ ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || [|(T-T)] ||~ JP || Jun Nagashima ||~ 5 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || [|Pete] ||~ SE || Inge Wallin ||~ 0 ||=   ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Shogi

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 8 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1 || ISshogi ||~ JP || Yasushi Tanase, Akihiro Kishimoto, Norifumi Gotoh ||~ 6 ||= 3 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2 || Kanazawa Shogii ||~ JP || Shinichiro Kanazawa ||~ 6 ||= 1 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3 || Shotest 5.6 ||~ GB || Jeff Rollason ||~ 4 ||= 2 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4 || Tacos ||~ JP || Hiroyuki Iida, Yoichiro Kajihara et al. ||~ 4 ||= 0 ||=  ||
 * ~ 5 || Spear ||~ JP || Reijer Grimbergen ||~ 0 || ||=    ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:ShogiMaastricht2002.jpg width="640" link="http://icga.leidenuniv.nl/icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2002/album/p7060173.html"]] ||
 * Yasushi Tanase and Jeff Rollason in [|ISshogi] vs. [|Shotest] ||

=See also=
 * CG 2002
 * WCCC 2002

=Publications= > Hans Kuijf (**2002**). //Bridge at the 7th Computer Olympiad//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Ken Chen (**2002**). //GO4++ wins 19x19 Go tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Erik van der Werf (**2002**). //GO4++ wins 9x9 Go tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Richard J. Lorentz (**2002**). //First-time entry Amazong wins Amazons tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Yngvi Björnsson, Mark Winands (**2002**). //YL wins Lines of Action tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (**2002**). //ELP wins Chinese Chess tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Yasushi Tanase (**2002**). //ISshogi wins Shogi tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Jaap Bus (**2002**). //Dam 2.2 wins Draughts tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Hiroyuki Iida (**2002**). //Control Freak wins Dots-and-Boxes tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad > Frank Berger (**2002**). //BGBlitz wins Backgammon tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad  =Workshop= During the 7th Computer Olympiad a workshop on computer games was held, on the evenings of July 6, 7 and 8, again organized by Jos Uiterwijk from IKAT at Maastricht University
 * Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (**2002**). //The Seventh Computer Olympiad//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3
 * Frank Berger (**2002**). //Backgammon at the 7th Computer Olympiad//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4 » 7th Computer Olympiad
 * Jos Uiterwijk (**2002**). //The 7th Computer Olympiad - Report on the Computer-Games Workshop//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4
 * Mark Winands (**2002**). //The Seventh Computer Olympiad//. IKAT, Maastricht University, [|pdf]

Lectures

 * Jos Uiterwijk (ed.) (**2002**). //The Seventh Computer Olympiad: Computer-Games Workshop Proceedings//. CS 02-03, IKAT, Maastricht University
 * 1) Brian Sheppard (**2002**). //An Overview of Computer Play of Scrabble//. Invited Lecture, 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 2) Hiroyuki Iida (**2002**). //Dynamic-Information Games//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 3) Mark Winands, Levente Kocsis, Jos Uiterwijk, Jaap van den Herik (**2002**). //Learning in Lines of Action//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 4) Rémi Coulom (**2002**). //Treemaps for Search-Tree Visualization//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop, [|pdf]
 * 5) Jonathan Schaeffer (**2002**). //Solving the Games People Play//. Invited Lecture, 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 6) Jeroen Donkers, Jos Uiterwijk (**2002**). //Programming Bao//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop, [|pdf]
 * 7) Jun Nagashima (**2002**). //Realization-Probability Search: Its application to Shogi and LOA//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 8) Richard J. Lorentz (**2002**). //Finding Territory in Amazons//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 9) Eugène Nalimov (**2002**). //Chess Endgame Tablebases//. Invited Lecture, 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 10) Erik van der Werf (**2002**). //Solving Ponnuki-Go on Small Boards//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 11) Ingo Althöfer (**2002**). //Inventing Game Variants with Computer Help//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 12) Guy Haworth (**2002**). //[|Self-play: Statistical Significance]//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop
 * 13) Guy Haworth (**2002**). //Reference Fallible Endgame Play//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop, [|pdf]
 * 14) Yngvi Björnsson (**2002**). //The Game Programmer’s Toolbox//. 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop

Photos
Eugène Nalimov,winner of the ChessBase Best-Publication Award and Guest of Honor at Workshop, during his invited Lecture, July 8, 2002 Johan de Koning and Jan Krabbenbos ||~   ||= ... Chess Endgame Tablebases ||
 * < Schoolboys listening to what ... ||~  ||= Nalimov says about ... ||
 * [[image:2002maastrichtevr6Nalimovlecture.JPG height="320"]] ||~  || [[image:2002maastrichtevr6Nalimovlecture2.JPG height="320"]] ||
 * = Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, Rudolf Huber, Levente Kocsis, Frans Morsch,

=Forum Posts= > [|Re: Tony Marsland and Chinese Chess in Maastricht (slightly O.T.)] by Pham Hong Nguyen, CCC, July 30, 2002
 * [|Tony Marsland and Chinese Chess in Maastricht (slightly O.T.)] by Omid David, CCC, July 30, 2002

=External Links=
 * [|Maastricht 2002 (ICGA Tournaments)]
 * [|Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|7th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|7th Computer Olympiad]
 * [|7th Computer Olympiad - Workshop]
 * [|Welcome to a Computer-Games Minded Maastricht], ChessBase News, June 28, 2002 (ICGA Press Release)
 * [|BGBlitz at Maastricht 2002 - Computer Olympiad - Maastricht 2002] by Frank Berger

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