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		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 [1] .
The venue of the Championships and Conference [2]

Results

Amazons

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P12	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

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Chinese Chess

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P2x11	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, Tsan-Sheng Hsu	12½
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, I-Chen Wu, Shun-Chin Hsu et al.	5
18	QiJi	CN	Duan Yong, Li Zhengqing, Liu Cuiwei	½

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Chinese Chess Winners with Xinhe Xu (left) and Jaap van den Herik (right) [5]

Connect6

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P2x9	Medal
1	NCTU6-Lite	TW	Ping-Hung Lin, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Chih Chan, Ching-Ping Chen, I-Chen Wu	17	Gold
2	Bitstronger (Connect6)	CN	Liang Li, Hao Cui, Ruijian Wang, Siran Lin	16	Silver
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, Junjie Tao, Kang Han, XinXing Li	8
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

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	The Shark	US	William Fraser	8	Gold
2	Qiyi	CN	Jiajia Guo, Xiaomeng Yang, Liang Yunzhao, Jianbo Zhao	3	Silver
3	Matadots	US	Phillip Rogers, Richard J. Lorentz	1	Bronze

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Draughts

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P2x8	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

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#	Program	CC	Authors	Hardware	P12	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, Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel	Huygens Cluster	11	Silver
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, Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro	Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz	8
	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 + 2 x PlayStation 3	5
	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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Go winners: David Fotland, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel and Gian-Carlo Pascutto surrounded by the President of the ICGA, David Levy and local organizer Xinhe Xu [10]

9x9

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#	Program	CC	Authors	Hardware	P18	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, Olivier Teytaud, Jean-Baptiste Hoock, Guillaume Chaslot, Arpad Rimmel	Huygens Cluster	11	1	Bronze
4	Fuego	CA	Markus Enzenberger, Martin Müller, Broderick Arneson, Richard Segal, Gerald Tesauro	Octa core x86-64 @ 2.66 GHz	11
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 + 2 x PlayStation 3	8
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, Liu Yushuai	Core duo x86-64 @ 1.86 GHz	0

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Hex

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P12	Medal
1	Wolve 2008	CA	Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward, Philip Henderson	9	Gold
2	MoHex 2008	CA	Philip Henderson, Broderick Arneson, Ryan Hayward	8	Silver
3	Six	HU	Gábor Melis	4	Bronze
4	Yopt	FR	Abdallah Saffidine, Tristan Cazenave	3

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Phantom Go

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#	Program	CC	Authors / Operators	P8	Medal
1	GoLois	FR	Tristan Cazenave	8	Gold
2	Chinese Deep	CN	Hao Cui, Ruijian Wang, Siran Lin, Liang Li	3	Silver
3	BitStronger (Phantom Go)	CN	Ding Kai, Xie Wangyi, Liu Yushuai	1	Bronze

Pool

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#	Program	CC	Authors	Score	Medal
1	CueCard	US	Christopher Archibald, Alon Altman, Yoav Shoham et al.	64	Gold
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

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	Tacos	JP	Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Junichi Hashimoto	8	Gold
2	BitStronger (Shogi)	CN	Changda Xu, Li Xiao, Ma Junlong, Tong Songling	3	Silver
3	HIT SS	JP	Shohei Seike, Takeshi Ito, Ryosuke Ohguchi	1	Bronze

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Surakarta

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#	Program	CC	Authors / Operators	P8	Medal
1	SIA	NL	Mark Winands	8	Gold
2	BitStronger (Surakarta)	CN	Qiao Zhi, Sun Zhen, Tao Hongru	0	Silver

Group Photo

Participants and officials of the ICGA events on excursion day at the Great Wall [18]

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

• Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (2008). The 13th International Computer-Games Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3
  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
• Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (2008). The 13th Computer Games Championship (part 2). ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4
  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
• Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (2009). The 13th Computer Games Championship (part 3). ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1
  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

External Links

• Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
• Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
• 13th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
• 2008 Gallery by Hideki Kato

References

1. ^ Jaap van den Herik, Mark Winands, Johanna Hellemons (2008). The 13th International Computer-Games Championship. ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 3
2. ^ Image clipped from 5th Day Image 6, 2008 Gallery by Hideki Kato
3. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Amazons - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
4. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Chinese Chess - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
5. ^ Image clipped from 11th Day Image 3, 2008 Gallery by Hideki Kato
6. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Connect6 - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
7. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Dots and Boxes - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
8. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Draughts - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
9. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Go - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
10. ^ Image clipped from 11th Day Image 5, 2008 Gallery by Hideki Kato
11. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Go (9x9) - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
12. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Hex - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
13. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Phantom Go - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
14. ^ Tristan Cazenave (2009). GoLois wins Phantom-Go tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, pdf
15. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Pool - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
16. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Shogi - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
17. ^ 13th Computer Olympiad, Surakarta - Beijing 2008 (ICGA Tournaments)
18. ^ Image 9th Day Image 9 from, 2008 Gallery by Hideki Kato

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