18th+Computer+Olympiad

from June 29, to July 05, 2015, Snellius Building, Leiden University, [|Leiden], [|The Netherlands], in conjunction with the WCCC 2015, the WCSC 2015, and the Advances in Computer Games 14 conference. The prize giving took place on July 01 and 02 after the official reception and excursion in [|Museum Boerhaave] in central Leiden, and in the playing rooms of the Snellius Building on the other days. Additional medals for all prize winners were created by Ingo Althöfer with [|Lego bricks], his socks and his washing machine. || toc =Results=
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 * [[image:Snellius.JPG]] ||~  || **18th Computer Olympiad 2015**,
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Amazons

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|Invader] ||~ US || Richard J. Lorentz et al. ||~ 6 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|8QP] ||~ NL || Johan de Koning ||~ 4 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || Unstoppable ||~ CN || Junyao Zhao et al. ||~ 1 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || X+ ||~  ||   ||~ 1 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:Amazons2015.jpg width="640"]] ||
 * TD Jaap van den Herik, Vance (?), Richard J. Lorentz, Johan de Koning ||

Backgammon

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|Palamedes] ||~ GR || Nikolaos Papahristou ||~ 3 ||= 2 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|GNU Backgammon] ||~ NL++ || Nardy Pillards et al. ||~ 3 ||= 1 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|BGBlitz] ||~ DE || Frank Berger ||~ 3 ||= 0 ||= Bronze ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:Backgammon2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1467"]] ||
 * Frank Berger, Nikolaos Papahristou, and Nardy Pillards ||

Chinese Chess
Chien-Yu Chen, I-Chen Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu ||~ 7½ ||= Silver ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || Shiga ||~ TW || Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen ||~ 10 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || Chimo ||~ TW || Wen-Jie Tseng, Bo-Han Lin, Ching-Hua Kuo,
 * ~ 3. || Shark ||~ TW || Shun-Shii Lin ||~ 4½ ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || XieXie ||~ FR || Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo, Jih Tung Pai ||~ 4 ||
 * ~  || HaQiKi D ||~ NL || Harm Geert Muller ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 6. || SjaakII ||~ NL || Evert Glebbeek ||~ 0 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

Chinese Dark Chess
Ting-Yu Lin, Tsan-Sheng Hsu ||~ 9½ ||= Silver ||
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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 12 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|DarkKnight] ||~ TW || Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Wen-Jie Tseng, I-Chen Wu ||~ 11 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || Yahari ||~ TW || Jr-Chang Chen, You-Cheng Syu, Gang-Yu Fan,
 * ~ 3. || Observer ||~ TW || Ta-Kai Hsu, Shun-Shii Lin ||~ 8 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || TuxedoCat ||~ TW || Terry Lao, Chih-Hung Chen, Shun-Shii Lin ||~ 6½ ||
 * ~ 5. || [|Darkness] ||~ TW || Kai-Hsiang Chan, Shun-Shii Lin ||~ 4 ||
 * ~ 6. || [|Rainbow] ||~ TW || Gang-Yu Fan, Jr-Chang Chen ||~ 2½ ||
 * ~ 7. || [|Homer] ||~ FR || Nicolas Jouandeau ||~ ½ ||
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 * [[image:ChineseDarkChess2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1389"]] ||
 * Ta-Kai Hsu (Observer), Chu-Hsuan Hsueh (DarkKnight), and Ting-Yu Lin (Yahari). ||

Clobber

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|PAN] ||~ NL || Johan de Koning ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|Deep Nikita] ||~ US || Andrew Lin ||= Silver ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:Clobber2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1389"]] ||
 * Andrew Lin, Johan de Koning, and TD Jaap van den Herik ||

Draughts

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || Scan ||~ FR || Fabien Letouzey ||~ 18 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || Damage ||~ CH || Bert Tuyt ||~ 16 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || JDraughts ||~ DE || Ron Van Bemmelen ||~ 16 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || Sjende Blyn ||~ NL || Jelle Wiersma ||~ 15 ||
 * ~ 5. || Dragon Draughts ||~ NL || Michel Grimminck ||~ 14 ||
 * ~ 6. || Moby Dam ||~ NL || Harm Jetten ||~ 14 ||
 * ~ 7. || [|TD King] ||~ CH || Ton Tillemans ||~ 12 ||
 * ~ 8. || [|Tornado] ||~ NL || Frank Mesander ||~ 10 ||
 * ~ 9. || [|Deep Nikita] ||~ US || Andrew Lin ||~ 7 ||
 * ~ 10. || GWD ||~ NL || Klaas Bor, Gijsbert Wiesenekker ||~ 6 ||
 * ~ 11. || Cerberus ||~ NL || Leo Nagels ||~ 3 ||
 * ~ 12. || Slagzet.com ||~ NL || Maurits Meijer ||~ 1 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:Draghts10x10Prizes2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1497"]] ||
 * Winners: Bert Tuyt, Fabien Letouzey, Ron Van Bemmelen, and TD Jaap Bus ||

EinStein würfelt nicht!

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ Score ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|Hanfried] ||~ DE || Ingo Althöfer, Jörg Sameith, Stefan Schwarz ||= +3-0 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|Deep Nikita] ||~ US || Andrew Lin ||= +2-1 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || Chinese Program ||~ CN || Junyao Zhao ||= +1-2 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || E-MC2 ||~ JP || Yasumasa Tamura ||= +0-3 ||
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 * [[image:Einstein2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1389"]] ||
 * Junyao Zhao (?), Gold medal for EWN inventor Ingo Althöfer, and Andrew Lin ||

Go

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19x19

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 7 ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|Zen] ||~ JP || Yoji Ojima, Hideki Kato ||~ 7 ||=  ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|Abakus] ||~ DE || Tobias Graf ||~ 5 ||= 1 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|Nomitan] ||~ JP || Simon Viennot, Kokolo Ikeda, Junichi Hashimoto et al. ||~ 5 ||= 0 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || [|CGI] ||~ TW || I-Chen Wu ||~ 4 ||=  ||
 * ~ 5. || [|MC_ark] ||~ JP || Nobuo Araki ||~ 3 ||=  ||
 * ~ 6. || [|Jimmy] ||~ TW || Chou Cheng-Wei, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu ||~ 2 ||=  ||
 * ~ 7. || [|Oakfoam] ||~ ZA || Detlef Schmicker, Francois van Niekerk ||~ 2 ||=  ||
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 * [[image:GoWinners2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1467"]] ||
 * Prize giving ceremony Go 19x19, Simon Viennot, Hideki Kato, and Tobias Graf ||

13x13

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 5 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|Zen] ||~ JP || Yoji Ojima, Hideki Kato ||~ 5 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|Nomitan] ||~ JP || Simon Viennot, Kokolo Ikeda, Junichi Hashimoto et al. ||~ 4 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|Abakus] ||~ DE || Tobias Graf ||~ 3 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || [|CGI] ||~ TW || I-Chen Wu ||~ 2 ||
 * ~ 5. || [|MC_ark] ||~ JP || Nobuo Araki ||~ 1 ||
 * ~ 6. || [|Wingo] ||~ TW || Hsin-Hung Chou ||~ 0 ||
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9x9

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P 10 ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|Zen] ||~ JP || Yoji Ojima, Hideki Kato ||~ 9.5 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|Abakus] ||~ DE || Tobias Graf ||~ 7.5 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|CGI] ||~ TW || I-Chen Wu ||~ 7.0 ||= Bronze ||
 * ~ 4. || [|Nomitan] ||~ JP || Simon Viennot, Kokolo Ikeda, Junichi Hashimoto et al. ||~ 4.0 ||
 * ~ 5. || [|MC_ark] ||~ JP || Nobuo Araki ||~ 2.0 ||
 * ~ 6. || [|Wingo] ||~ TW || Hsin-Hung Chou ||~ 0.0 ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]

11×11

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|MoHex] ||~ CA || Philip Henderson, Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward ||~ 7 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || DeepHex ||~ PL || Jakub Pawlewicz ||~ 5 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|Ezo] ||~ JP || Kei Takada ||~ 0 ||= Bronze ||
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 * [[image:HexOlympiad2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1431"]] ||
 * TD Jaap van den Herik, Kei Takada, Ryan Hayward, and Jakub Pawlewicz ||

13×13

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Playoff ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|MoHex] ||~ CA || Philip Henderson, Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward ||~ 6 ||= 2 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || DeepHex ||~ PL || Jakub Pawlewicz ||~ 6 ||= 0 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|Ezo] ||~ JP || Kei Takada ||~ 0 ||=  ||= Bronze ||
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Lines of Action

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 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || [|MC-LOA] ||~ NL || Mark Winands ||~ 6/6 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || [|Deep Nikita] ||~ US || Andrew Lin ||~ 4/6 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || [|Lucky Line] ||~ CN || Junyao Zhao ||~ 0/8 ||= Bronze ||
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Shogi

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Shogi

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || Shokidoki ||~ NL || Harm Geert Muller ||~ 4 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || SjaakII ||~ NL || Evert Glebbeek ||~ 0 ||= Silver ||
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Mini-Shogi

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || Shokidoki ||~ NL || Harm Geert Muller ||~ 4 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || SjaakII ||~ NL || Evert Glebbeek ||~ 2 ||= Silver ||
 * ~ 3. || EVG ||~ TW || Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu ||~ 0 ||= Bronze ||
 * [|CC Country Codes]
 * [[image:MiniShogi2015.jpg width="640" link="https://icga.leidenuniv.nl/?page_id=1431"]] ||
 * Prize giving ceremony, Mini Shogi, TD Jaap van den Herik, Harm Geert Muller and Shun-Chin Hsu ||

Tori Shogi

 * ~ # ||~ Program ||~ CC ||~ Authors ||~ P ||~ Medal ||
 * ~ 1. || Shokidoki ||~ NL || Harm Geert Muller ||~ 4 ||= Gold ||
 * ~ 2. || SjaakII ||~ NL || Evert Glebbeek ||~ 0 ||= Silver ||
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=Booklet=
 * [|The 21st World Computer Chess Championship - The 18th Computer Olympiad] (pdf)

=Reports=
 * Jaap van den Herik, Walter Kosters, Aske Plaat, Johanna Hellemons (**2015**). //The 18th Computer Olympiad 2015//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4
 * Jaap Bus (**2015**). //SCAN wins Draughts Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 » 18th Computer Olympiad
 * Ingo Althöfer (**2015**). //HANFRIED wins EinStein Würfelt Nicht! Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 » 18th Computer Olympiad
 * Harm Geert Muller (**2015**). //SHOKIDOKI wins MiniShogi Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 » 18th Computer Olympiad
 * Kun-Hao Yeh (**2015**). //2048-KHYEH wins 2048 Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 » 18th Computer Olympiad
 * Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, I-Chen Wu (**2015**). //DARKKNIGHT wins Chinese Dark Chess Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 » 18th Computer Olympiad
 * Pascal Tang (**2015**). //SHIGA wins Chinese Chess Tournament//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 4 » 18th Computer Olympiad
 * Ryan Hayward, Jakub Pawlewicz, Kei Takada, Tony van der Valk (**2017**). //MOHEX Wins 2015 Hex 11x11 and Hex 13x13 Tournaments//. ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1 » 18th Computer Olympiad

=Forum Posts=
 * [|Computer Olympiad 2015 Leiden] by Bert Tuyt, [|World Draughts Forum], May 01, 2015
 * [|Fotos Computer-Olympiade Leiden 2015] by Ingo Althöfer, [|DGoB-Diskussionsforum], June 29, 2015 (German)
 * [|New Shokidoki release] by Harm Geert Muller, CCC, July 26, 2015 » 18th Computer Olympiad 2015 - Shogi

=External Links=
 * [|18th Computer Olympiad 2015 | ICGA]
 * [|Leiden 2015 (ICGA Tournaments)]
 * [|18th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia]
 * [|Harm Jetten's draughts program - Performance]
 * [|CC Country Codes]

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