4th Computer Olympiad

The AST 4th Computer Olympiad took place in London, UK from 5 August 1992 to 11 August 1992. As with each year's Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Awari, Backgammon, Bridge, Chess, Chinese Chess, Draughts, Gin rummy, Go, Go-Moku, Othello, Renju and Scrabble.

Medals Awarded

Awari

  1. Lithidion (M. van der Meulen) (NL)
  2. Marvin (T.Lincke) (CH)
  3. Juju (UK)

Backgammon

  1. Bax (K.-U. Koschnik) (DE)
  2. Maestro 1.0 (J. Boyan) (US)
  3. Video Gammon (R. Hoogerhyde) (US)

Bridge

  1. Bridge King (J. Leber and G. Scholz) (DE)
  2. Bridge Baron (T. Throop and T. Guilfoyle) (UK)
  3. Alpha Bridge (A. Lopatin) (RU)

Chess

  1. HIARCS 6.72 (M. Uniacke) (UK) 1. The King (J. de Koning) (NL) 1. Genesis (E. Riet Paap) (NL)

The three programs were awarded the gold medal

Chinese Chess

  1. Surprise (R. Wu) (CH)
  2. Elephant (S.-H. Hsu) (TW)

Draughts

  1. Tn 83 (A.R.D. Van Bergen) (NL)
  2. Dynamo (A. Millet) (UK)

Gin rummy

  1. Rummymate (RU)
  2. Ginny (RU)

Go 19×19

  1. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  2. Go 4.3 (M. Reiss) (UK)
  3. Archmage (S.-C. Hsu and J.-C. Yan) (TW) and 3. Neuron (RU)

Both Archmage and Neuron were awarded the bronze medal

Go 9×9

  1. Go 4.3 (M. Reiss) (UK)
  2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
  3. Dragon (D.-Y. Lin) (TW)

Go-Moku

  1. Victoria (V. Allis & L. Schoenmaker) (NL)
  2. Polygon (J. Uiterwijk) (NL) and 2. Neuron (RU)

Both Polygon and Neuron were awarded the silver medal

Othello

  1. Othel du Nord (J.-C. Delbarre) (FR)
  2. Aida (J. Gnodde) (NL)
  3. JacP'Oth (P. Gailhac) (FR)

Renju

  1. Neuron (RU)
  2. Zero Club (LVA)
  3. Xokk (FIN)

Scrabble

  1. Quetzal (T. Guilfoyle & R. Hooker) (UK)
  2. Tyler (A. Frank) (US)
  3. Trouble (NL)

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