1st Computer Olympiad

The 1st Computer Olympiad took place at the Park Lane Hotel in London, UK from 9 August, 1989 to 15 August, 1989. In this Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Awari, Backgammon, Bridge, Checkers, Chess, Chinese Chess, Connect-Four, Dominoes, Draughts Go, Go-Moku, Othello, Qubic, Renju and Scrabble.

Medals Awarded

Awari
# Marco (R. Nierat)
# Wali (E. van der Schilden)
# Conchus (S. Thomas)
Backgammon
# Neurogammon (G. Tesauro)
# Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde)
# Saitek Backgammon (Treesoft)
Bridge
# [http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/AcolMasterBridge.html Acolmaster Bridge] (Paul Jones)
# Vtech (Tony Guilfoyle)
# Oxford Bridge 3 (Andrew Bracher)
Checkers
# Chinook (J. Schaeffer)
# Checkers! (G. Dodgen)
# Tournament Checkers (D. Butler)
Chess
# Rebel (Ed Schroeder)
# Mephisto (Richard Lang)
# Fidelity (Kathe and Dan Spracklen)
Chinese Chess
# Acer Chinese Chess (Y. Shi-Shun)
# Chinese chess Expert Acme (K-M. Ts'ao)
# Elephant (S-C. Hsu)
Connect-Four
# Victor (V. Allis)
# Heap (M. Taylor)
# Four Blitz (H. van der Zijden)
Dominoes
# LUciano (D. Borrajo)
# Seneca (M. Alicia Perez)
# Rio de la Plata (E. Gramajo)
Draughts
# Dios '89 (E. van Riet Paap)
# Truus (S. Keetman)
# McDammen (R.P.G. van Bemmelen)
Go 19×19
# SWISS Explorer (A. Kierulf)
# Goliath (M. Boon)
# Star of Poland (J. Kraszek)
Go 9×9
# Dragon (D-Y. Lin)
# Go Intellect (K. Chen)
# Goliath (M. Boon)
Go-Moku
# Matena (A. Frolov)
# Homoku Sapiens (N. Alexandrov)
# Domino (M. Muron and J. Novotny)
Othello
# Polygon (A. Selby)
# Comp'oth (F. Aguillon)
# Badia (M. van Tien)
Renju1. Renju Sapiens (A. Grigoriev) 1. Tandy Renju (R. Lang)

Both programs were awarded the gold medal
Scrabble
# Crab (A. Appel, G. Jacobson, G. Thomas and S. Thomas)
# Tyler (A. Frank)
# Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle and R. Hooker)

External links

* [http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/event.php?id=13 Results page]