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		The Eighth Computer Olympiad took place from November 23 to 27, 2003, at Casineum of Casino Graz, in Graz, European Capital of Culture in 2003, Austria, in conjunction with the 11th World Computer Chess Championship and the 10th Advances in Computer Games Conference which were both held nearby at the Castle Hill, Dom im Berg. The 9th Computer Olympiad was organized by Mark Winands, and Jonathan Schaeffer served as tournament director [1].
Casino Graz [2]

Results

Abalone

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	Aba-Pro	AT	Tino Werner	8	Gold
2	Nacre	DK	Peer Sommerlund	0	Silver

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Peer Sommerlund (left) and Tino Werner playing a spectacular game, Ton Tillemans (Draughts) far right. Michael Buro, Johan de Koning and TD Jonathan Schaeffer among the kibitzers [4]

Amazons

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Playoff	Medal
1	Amazong	DE	Jens Lieberum	5	2	Gold
2	Invader	US	Richard J. Lorentz et al.	5	0	Silver
3	8QP	NL	Johan de Koning	4	2	Bronze
4	Aska	JP	Yoichiro Kajihara	4	0
5	TAS	JP	Yoshinori Higashiuchi, Reijer Grimbergen	2

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Backgammon

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P4	Medal
1.	BGBlitz	DE	Frank Berger	3	Gold
2.	GNU Backgammon	*	Achim Müller et al.	2	Silver

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Tough match - Achim Müller and Frank Berger [7]

Chinese Chess

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Playoff	Medal
1	ZMBL	CN	Zhi-Jian Tu	7		Gold
2	XieXie	FR	Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo Jiménez	5	1½	Silver
3	ELP	TW	Wu-Yao Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu	5	½	Bronze
4	Contemplation	TW	Kuang-che Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu, Shun-Chin Hsu	1½
4	Lock	TW	Ming-Cheng Cheng, Shi-Jim Yen	1½

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Xiangqi winners: Pascal Tang, Zhi-Jian Tu and Shun-Chin Hsu [9]

Dots and Boxes

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	Control Freak	US	William Fraser	6	Gold
2	Deep Beige	GB	David Bochenski	4	Silver
3	Dame Po	JP	Hiroyuki Iida	2	Bronze

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Draughts

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P24	Medal
1	Sjende Blyn	NL	Jelle Wiersma	19	Gold
2	Dam 2.2	NL	Harm Jetten	14	Silver
3	TDKing	CH	Ton Tillemans	8	Bronze
4	Tornado	NL	Frank Mesander	7

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Ton Tillemans (Bronze), Jelle Wiersma (Gold) and Harm Jetten (Silver) [12]

Go

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19x19

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#	Program	CC	Authors / Operators	P10	Playoff	Medal
1	GNU Go	SE++	Arend Bayer, Daniel Bump, Gunnar Farnebäck, Heikki Levanto, Paul Pogonyshev, Inge Wallin et al. [14]	10		Gold
2	GoAhead	DE	Peter Woitke, Chrilly Donninger	8		Silver
3	Go Intellect	US	Ken Chen	7	1	Bronze
4	Dariush	FR	Frédéric Boissac, Éric Marchand	7	0
5	Indigo	FR	Bruno Bouzy	5
6	NeuroGo	DE	Markus Enzenberger	4
6	Aya	JP	Hiroshi Yamashita	4
8	Explorer	CA	Martin Müller	3
	Jimmy	TW	Shi-Jim Yen, Ming-Cheng Cheng	3
	SmartGo	US	Anders Kierulf	3
11	GoLois	FR	Tristan Cazenave	1

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9x9

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#	Program	CC	Authors / Operators	P18	Playoff	Medal
1	Aya	JP	Hiroshi Yamashita	14		Gold
2	NeuroGo	DE	Markus Enzenberger	12	1	Silver
3	Go Intellect	US	Ken Chen	12	0	Bronze
4	Indigo	FR	Bruno Bouzy	11
4	Magog	NL	Erik van der Werf	11
6	SmartGo	US	Anders Kierulf	9
7	GoAhead	DE	Peter Woitke, Chrilly Donninger	8
	Dariush	FR	Frédéric Boissac, Éric Marchand	8
9	Oleg	FR	Bernard Helmstetter	5
10	GoLois	FR	Tristan Cazenave	0

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Go 9x9 Winners: Ken Chen (Bronze), Hiroshi Yamashita (Gold) and Markus Enzenberger (Silver) [16]

Hex

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	Six	HU	Gábor Melis	6	Gold
2	Mongoose	CA	Ryan Hayward, Yngvi Björnsson, Michael Johanson	2	Silver

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Hex Gold and Silver - Gábor Melis and Ryan Hayward [18]

Lines of Action

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	MIA IV	NL	Mark Winands	7	Gold
2	BING	FR	Bernard Helmstetter	5	Silver
3	(T-T)	JP	Jun Nagashima	0	Bronze

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LOA winners: Bernard Helmstetter, Mark Winands and Jun Nagashima [20]

Poker

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#	Program	CC	Authors		Medal
1	Vexbot	CA	Terence Schauenberg		Gold
2	Sparbot	CA	Neil Burch		Silver

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Shogi

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#	Program	CC	Authors	P8	Medal
1	YSS	JP	Hiroshi Yamashita	6	Gold
2	ISshogi	JP	Yasushi Tanase, Akihiro Kishimoto	5	Silver
3	Tacos	JP	Hiroyuki Iida	1	Bronze

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Organizer

• Mark Winands

Tournament Director

• Jonathan Schaeffer

See also

• Advances in Computer Games 10
• WCCC 2003

Publications

• Mark Winands, Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (2003). The 8th Computer Olympiad. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4
  Ken Chen (2003). GNUGo wins 19x19 Go tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Erik van der Werf (2003). Aya wins 9x9 Go tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Mark Winands (2003). MIA IV wins Lines of Action tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Jens Lieberum (2003). Amazong wins Amazons tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Ton Tillemans (2003). Sjende Blyn wins Draughts tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2003). ZMBL wins Chinese Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Hiroshi Yamashita (2003). YSS wins Shogi tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  David Bochenski (2003). Control Freak wins Dots-and-Boxes tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Frank Berger (2003). BGBlitz wins Backgammon tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Tino Werner, Peer Sommerlund, Gert Snider (2003). Aba-Pro wins Abalone tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Gábor Melis, Ryan Hayward (2003). Six wins Hex Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, pdf » 8th Computer Olympiad
  Darse Billings (2003). Vexbot wins Poker tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad

External Links

• Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
• Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
• 8th Computer Olympiad from Wikipedia
• Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria by Hiroshi Yamashita
• BGBlitz at Graz 2003 - Computer Olympiad - Graz 2003 by Frank Berger
• GNU Backgammon - Report from the 8th Computer Olympiad, Graz by Achim Müller

References

1. ^ Mark Winands, Jaap van den Herik, Johanna Hellemons (2003). The 8th Computer Olympiad. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4
2. ^ Alles über das Casino Graz (German)
3. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Abalone - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
4. ^ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web, Image 00_0025 by Mark Winands
5. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Amazons - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
6. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Backgammon - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
7. ^ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_23_web
8. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Chinese Chess - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
9. ^ Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria, November 26 by Hiroshi Yamashita
10. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Dots and Boxes - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
11. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Draughts - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
12. ^ ndex of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web
13. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Go - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
14. ^ GNU Go - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
15. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Go (9x9) - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
16. ^ Index of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_26_web, Image 100_0047 by Mark Winands
17. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Hex - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
18. ^ ndex of /icga/news/Olympiad/Olympiad2003/fotos/2003_11_24_web
19. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Lines of Action - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
20. ^ Computer Olympiad 2003 in Graz, Austria, November 25 by Hiroshi Yamashita
21. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Poker - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)
22. ^ 8th Computer Olympiad, Shogi - Graz 2003 (ICGA Tournaments)

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