5th Computer Olympiad
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The 5th Computer Olympiad took place at Alexandra Palace, the West Hall in London
, UK
from 21 August 2000 to 25 August 2000. After an eight-year hiatus, it was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad. The computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Amazons
, Awari, Chess
, Go
, Hex
, LOA, and Shogi
.
The chess competition of the Computer Olympiad
was a special event, since it was adopted by the ICCA
as the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC 2000).
Awari (2 participants)
Chess
(14 participants)
Go
19×19 (6 participants)
Hex
(3 participants)
Lines of Action
(3 participants)
Shogi
(3 participants)
London
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, UK
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from 21 August 2000 to 25 August 2000. After an eight-year hiatus, it was revived by bringing it into the Mind Sports Olympiad. The computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Amazons
Amazons
The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...
, Awari, Chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, Go
Go (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
, Hex
Hex (board game)
Hex is a board game played on a hexagonal grid, theoretically of any size and several possible shapes, but traditionally as an 11x11 rhombus. Other popular dimensions are 13x13 and 19x19 as a result of the game's relationship to the older game of Go...
, LOA, and Shogi
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...
.
The chess competition of the Computer Olympiad
Computer Olympiad
The Computer Olympiads are a multi-games event taking place every year in which computer programs compete against each other. The majority of the games are board games but other games such as Bridge take place as well...
was a special event, since it was adopted by the ICCA
International Computer Games Association
The International Computer Games Association was founded as the International Computer Chess Association in 1977 by computer chess programmers to organise championship events for computer programs and to facilitate the sharing of technical knowledge via the ICCA Journal.Renamed the 'ICGA' in...
as the 17th World Microcomputer Chess Championship (WMCC 2000).
Medals Awarded
Amazons (6 participants)- 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
- Yamazon (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
- Anky (P. Hensgens) (NL)
Awari (2 participants)
- Marvin (T. Lincke) (CH)
- Softwari (R. van der Goot) (CAN)
Chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
(14 participants)
- Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen) (GER)
- Fritz (F. Morsch) (NL)
- Rebel (E. Schroeder) (NL) and Chess Tiger (C. Theron) (FR)
Go
Go (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
19×19 (6 participants)
- GoeMate (Z. Chen) (China)
- Go4++ (M. Reiss) (UK)
- Aya (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
Hex
Hex (board game)
Hex is a board game played on a hexagonal grid, theoretically of any size and several possible shapes, but traditionally as an 11x11 rhombus. Other popular dimensions are 13x13 and 19x19 as a result of the game's relationship to the older game of Go...
(3 participants)
- Hexy (V. Anshelevich) (USA)
- Queenbee (J. v. Ryswyck) (CAN)
- Killerbee (E. Brasa) (IT)
Lines of Action
Lines of Action
Lines of Action is a two-player abstract strategy board game invented by Claude Soucie. The objective of the game is to connect all of your pieces...
(3 participants)
- YL (Y. Björnsson) (CAN)
- Mona (D. Billings) (CAN)
- MIA (M. Winands) (NL)
Shogi
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...
(3 participants)
- YSS (H. Yamashita) (JAP)
- Shotest 4.1 (J. Rollason) (UK)
- Tacos (H. Tsuyoshi) (JAP)