Home * Tournaments * Computer Olympiad * 1st Computer Olympiad
Next >

		The First Computer Olympiad was held from August 9 to 15, 1989, in the Ballroom of the Park Lane Hotel, London, United Kingdom, where already the first part of the World Chess Championship 1986 between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov took place [1] . Claude Shannon served in the award ceremony, handing the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to the deserving [2]. The First Computer Olympiad was associated by the Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence workshop, with proceedings edited by David Levy and Don Beal, published by Ellis Horwood [3].
Park Lane Hotel [4]

Results

Awari

• Next > ^[5]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P6	Medal
1	Marco	FR	Rémi Niérat	6	Gold
2	Wali	NL	Eric van der Schilden	3½	Silver
3	Conchus	GB	Steve Thomas	2	Bronze
4	Waro	NL		½

• CC Country Codes

Backgammon

• Next > ^[6]

#	Program	CC	Authors Operators	P5	Medal
1	Neurogammon	US	Gerald Tesauro	5	Gold
2	Video Gammon	US	Randall Hoogerhyde	3	Silver
3	Saitek Backgammon	NL		3	Bronze
4	Mephisto Backgammon [7]	GB	Richard Lang, Ossi Weiner	2
5	Backbrain	SE		2
6	A.I. Backgammon	US		0

• CC Country Codes

Bridge

• Next > ^[8]

#	Program	CC	Authors	Score	Medal
1	Acolmaster Bridge	GB	Paul Jones	110	Gold
2	Vtech	US	Tony Guilfoyle	95	Silver
3	Oxford Bridge 3	GB	Andrew Bracher	76	Bronze
4	Bridge Baron	GB	Tom Throop, Tony Guilfoyle	75

• CC Country Codes

Checkers

• Next > ^[9]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P5	Medal
1	Chinook	CA	Jonathan Schaeffer, Joe Culberson, Duane Szafron, Norman Treloar, Brent Knight, Paul Lu	4½	Gold
2	Checkers!	US	Gil Dodgen	3½	Silver
3	Tournament Checkers	US	David Butler	3	Bronze
4	Tomi	GB		2½
5	Sage Draughts	GB	Adrian Millett	1½
6	Checker Hustler	GB	Derek Oldbury	0

• CC Country Codes

Chess

• Next > ^[10]

Final Standing

#	Program	CC	R	M	F	P	C	H	É	E	W	P8	Medal
1	Rebel	NL	x	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	Gold
2	Mephisto X	GB	½	x	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6½	Silver
3	Fidelity X	US	0	½	x	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½	Bronze
4	Pandix	HU	0	0	0	x	1	1	½	1	1	4½
5	Chess Player 2150	GB	0	0	0	0	x	1	1	1	1	4
6	Hiarcs	GB	0	0	0	0	0	x	1	1	1	3
7	Échec 1.5	FR	0	½	0	½	0	0	x	0	1	2
8	E6P	GB	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	x	½	1½
9	Woodpusher	GB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	x	½

• CC Country Codes

Participants

Program	CC	Authors	Hardware
Rebel	NL	Ed Schröder, Jan Louwman	6502
Mephisto X	GB	Richard Lang	68030
Fidelity X	US	Dan Spracklen, Kathe Spracklen	68030
Pandix	HU	Gyula Horváth, Zsuzsa Horváth
Chess Player 2150	GB	Chris Whittington	Atari ST 68000
Hiarcs	GB	Mark Uniacke
Échec 1.5	FR	Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill
E6P	GB	Stephen B. Streater	Acorn Archimedes ARM2
Woodpusher	GB	John Hamlen

Selected Games

Rebel - Fidelity X ^[11]

[Event "1st Computer Olympiad"]
[Site "London, United Kingdom"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "Fidelity X"]
[Result "1-0"]
 
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Rb1 e6 8. O-O Bd6
9. Ne2 c5 10. c4 Ne4 11. b4!! Qc7 12. bxc5 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Nf6 15. g3 Ng4
16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf4 a6 18. Nfe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qd7 20. Bxf5 Nf6 21. Kxh2 g6 22. Bh3 Rb8
23. Qf3 Qe7 24. c6 b5 25. Nc7+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 Qd6 27. e4 Rhe8 28. Rfc1 Rxe4 29. Nxf6 Qxf6
30. Qxe4 Re8 31. Qxe8+ Kxe8 32. c7 Kf7 33. c8=Q Kg7 34. Rc7+ Kh6 35. f4 Qg7 36. g4 Qxc7
37. Qxc7 g5 38. Qf7 gxf4 39. Qf6# 1-0

See also

• Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation

Chinese Chess

• Next > ^[12]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P4	Medal
1	Acer Chinese Chess	TW	Yu Shi-Shun	4	Gold
2	CChess Expert Acme	TW	Kuo-Ming Tsao	3	Silver
3	Elephant	TW	Shun-Chin Hsu	1½	Bronze
4	Xian	US	Nick Jacobs	1½
5	Ogre	GB		0

• CC Country Codes

Connect Four

^[13]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P6	Medal
1	Victor	NL	Victor Allis, Jaap van den Herik, Jos Uiterwijk	5	Gold
2	Heap	GB	Mark Taylor	2½	Silver
3	Four Blitz	NL	Hans van der Zijden	2½	Bronze
4	Connect Fun	GB		2

• CC Country Codes

Dominoes

^[14]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P12	Medal
1	Luciano	ES	Daniel Borrajo	9	Gold
2	Seneca	ES	M. Alicia Pérez	5	Silver
3	Rio de la Plata	AR	Edmundo Gramajo	4	Bronze

• CC Country Codes

Draughts

• Next > ^[15]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P10	Medal
1	DIOS '89	NL	Eric van Riet Paap, Chris Jurriëns	8½	Gold
2	Truus	NL	Stef Keetman	8	Silver
3	McDammen	NL	Ron van Bemmelen	5½	Bronze
4	Cerberus	NL	Leo Nagels	3½
5	Psi-Force	NL	John Smeets, Gerard Putter	3½
6	TN83	NL	Ard van Bergen	0

• CC Country Codes

Go

• Next >

19x19

^[16]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P9	Medal
1	Swiss Explorer	CH	Anders Kierulf, Ken Chen	8	Gold
2	Goliath	NL	Mark Boon	7	Silver
3	Star of Poland	PL	Janusz Kraszek	6	Bronze
4	Go Intellect	US	Ken Chen	6
5	Modgo	DE	Alfred Knöpfle, Walter Knöpfle	5
5	Stone	TW	Kuo-Yuan Kao	5
7	Microgo 2	GB	Allan Scarff	4
8	Dragon	TW	Dong-Yueh Lin	3
9	Tango	DE		1
10	Cingo	GB		0

• CC Country Codes

9x9

^[17]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P9	Medal
1	Dragon	TW	Dong-Yueh Lin	8	Gold
2	Go Intellect	US	Ken Chen	7	Silver
3	Goliath	NL	Mark Boon	7	Bronze
4	Go 4	GB	Michael Reiss	6
5	Microgo 2	GB	Allan Scarff	5
6	Modgo	DE	Alfred Knöpfle, Walter Knöpfle	4
6	Swiss Explorer	CH	Anders Kierulf, Ken Chen	4
8	Star of Poland	PL	Janusz Kraszek	3
9	Tango	DE		1
10	Cingo	GB		0

• CC Country Codes

Gomoku

• Next > ^[18]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P12	Medal
1	Matena	RU	Anatoly Frolov, Alexander Gitis	11	Gold
2	Homoku Sapiens	RU	Nikolai Alexandrov	7	Silver
3	Domino	CZ	Miroslav Muron, Jaroslav Novotny	5	Bronze
4	Solid	PL	Adam Dolinsky	1

• CC Country Codes

Othello

• Next > ^[19]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P2x14	Medal
1	Polygon	GB	Alex Selby	26	Gold
2	Comp'Oth	FR	François Aguillon	23	Silver
3	Badia	NL	Marcel Van Tien	19	Bronze
4	Jonathan	US	Brian Rose	18½
5	Thor	FR	Sylvain Quin	17½
6	Raccoon	JP	Tatsuya Mine	16½
7	Peer Gynt	CH	Anders Kierulf	15½
8	Othello Master 7.5	FR	Jean-Christophe Weill	15
9	Chung Hwa	CA	Duy-minh Nhieu	10
10	Verse2	NL	Ben de Wolf	9½
10	Dumbo	NL	Tom Duykers	9½
12	Microb	FR	Maurice Claverie	9
13	Jotel	GB	Joel Feinstein	7
13	Iago	US	Greg M. Gupton	7
13	C&Bek	FR	Sylvain Quin, Yannick Hervé	7

• CC Country Codes

Renju

• Next > ^{[20] [21]}

#	Program	CC	Authors	P2	Medal
1	Tandy Gomoku/Renju	GB	Richard Lang	1	Gold
1	Renju Sapiens	RU	Andrey Grigoriev	1	Gold

• CC Country Codes

Scrabble

• Next > ^[22]

#	Program	CC	Authors	P24	Medal
1	Crab	US	Andrew Appel, Guy Jacobson, Graeme Thomas, Steve Thomas	21	Gold
2	Tyler	US	Alan Frank	16	Silver
3	Quetzal	GB	Tony Guilfoyle, Richard Hooker	13	Bronze
4	Scrabble	GB		9
5	Monty Plays Scrabble	US	Robert Walls	1

• CC Country Codes

Publications

Reports

• Ard van Bergen (1989). The 1st Computer Olympiad, August 9-15, 1989. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3

Heuristic Programming in AI

• David Levy, Don Beal (Eds.) (1989). Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence - The First Computer Olympiad. Ellis Horwood, ICGA ^[23]
  

Tournaments

• Anders Kierulf, Jürg Nievergelt (1989). Swiss Explorer blunders its way into winning the first computer Go Olympiad. Heuristic Programming in AI 1

Conference

1. Gerald Tesauro (1989). NEUROGAMMON: A Neural-Network Backgammon Learning Program. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
2. John MacLeod (1989). Microbridge: A Computer Developed Approach to Bidding. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
3. Richard Wheen (1989). Brute Force Programming for Solving Double Dummy Bridge Problems. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
4. David Levy (1989). The Million Pound Bridge Problem. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
5. Nick Jacobs (1989). Xian, a Chinese Chess Program. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
6. Jos Uiterwijk, Jaap van den Herik, Victor Allis (1989). A Knowledge-Based Approach to Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
7. James D. Allen (1989). A note on the Computer Solution of Connect Four. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
8. Sarit Kraus, Eithan Ephrati, Daniel Lehmann (1989). An Automated Diplomacy Player. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
9. Daniel Borrajo, Juan Rios, M. Alicia Pérez, Juan Pazos (1989). Integration Issues in an Expert Dominoes Player. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
10. Derek Oldbury (1989). AI (Any Interest) for Draughts? Heuristic Programming in AI 1
11. John Smeets, Gerard Putter (1989). Some Experience with a Self-Learning Computer Program for Playing Draughts. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
12. Ken Chen (1989). Group Identification in Computer Go. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
13. Anatoly Frolov (1989). A Mathematical Model for Go-Moku. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
14. Clarence Hewlett (1989). Hardware Help on an Othello Endgame Analyzer. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
15. Anders Kierulf (1989). New Concepts in Computer Othello: Corner Value, Edge Advoidance, Access, and Parity. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
16. Greg M. Gupton (1989). Genetic Learning Algorithm Applied to the Game of Othello. Heuristic Programming in AI 1
17. Susan L. Epstein (1989). The Intelligent Novice - Learning to Play Better. Heuristic Programming in AI 1

Forum Posts

• Computer Games Olympiad by Paul Davison, rgc, November 16, 1988
• StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description) by Stephen B. Streater, rgcc, October 20, 1996 » E6P
• Re: Search or Evaluation? by Mark Uniacke, Hiarcs Forum, October 14, 2007 » Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation

External Links

• London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
• 1st Computer Olympiad, Chess - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
• Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
• 1st Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia

References

1. ^ List of chess world championship matches from Wikipedia
2. ^ Ard van Bergen (1989). The 1st Computer Olympiad, August 9-15, 1989. ICCA Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3
3. ^ David Levy, Don Beal (Eds.) (1989). Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence - The First Computer Olympiad. Ellis Horwood
4. ^ Park Lane Hotel from Wikipedia
5. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Awari - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
6. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Backgammon - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
7. ^ Mephisto - Schachversand Niggemann
8. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Bridge - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
9. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Checkers - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
10. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Chess - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
11. ^ London 1989 - Chess - Round 1 - Game 2 (ICGA Tournaments)
12. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Chinese Chess - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
13. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Connect-Four - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
14. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Dominoes - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
15. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Draughts - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
16. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Go - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
17. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Go (9x9) - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
18. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Go-Moku - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
19. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Othello - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
20. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Renju - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
21. ^ Renju from Wikipedia
22. ^ 1st Computer Olympiad, Scrabble - London 1989 (ICGA Tournaments)
23. ^ ICGA Reference Database (pdf)

What links here?

Up one level