7th Computer Olympiad

The 7th Computer Olympiad was held in Maastricht, The Netherlands from July 5 till July 11, 2002. There were 68 participants from over 13 countries.

The chess event played here was adopted by the ICCA as the 10th World Computer Chess Championship.

Medals Awarded

Amazons (6 participants)

1. Amazong (J. Lieberum) (GER)
2. 8QP (J. de Koning) (NL)
3. Invader (Avetisyan) (USA)

Backgammon (2 participants)

1. BGBlitz (F. Berger) (GER)
2. Gnubg (A. Müller) (GER)

Bridge (2 participants)

1. Wbridge5 (Costel) (FRA)
2. Jack (H. Kuijff) (NL)

Chess (18 participants)

1. Junior (A. Ban) (Israel)
2. Shredder (S. Meyer-Kahlen) (GER)
3. Brutus (A. Kure) (GER)

Chinese Chess (4 participants)

1. ELP (J-C. Chen) (Taiwan)
2. Shiga 8.1 (S-J. Yen) (Taiwan)
3. Xie Xie (Pascal Tang, Eugenio Castillo) (FRA)

Dots and Boxes (2 participants)

1. Control Freak (W. Fraser) (USA)
2. Seicho (H. Iida) (JAP)

Draughts (9 participants)

1. Dam 2.2 (H. Jetten) (NL)
2. DIOS (C. Jurriens) (NL)
3. Damage (B. Tuyt) (NL)

Go 19×19 (5 participants)

1. Go4++ (M. Reiss) (UK)
2. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)
3. GNU Go (I. Wallin) (SWE)

Go 9×9 (4 participants)

1. Go4++ (M. Reiss) (UK)
2. GNU Go (I. Wallin) (SWE)
3. Go Intellect (K-H. Chen) (USA)

Lines of Action (4 participants)

1. YL (Y. Björnsson) (CAN)
2. MIA III (M. Winands) (NL)
3. (T-T) (H. Iida) (JAP)

Shogi (5 participants)

1. ISshogi (Y. Tanase) (CAN)
2. Kanazawa under Reiki (S. Todoroki) (JAP)
3. Shotest 5.6 (J. Rollason) (UK)

References

• 2002 Computer Olympiad website
• Detailed results page