Computer Olympiad

The Computer Olympiad is a multi-games event in which computer programs compete against each other. For many games, the Computer Olympiads are an opportunity to claim the "world's best computer player" title. First contested in 1989, the majority of the games are board games but other games such as bridge take place as well. In 2010, several puzzles were included in the competition.
History.
Developed in the 1980s by David Levy, the first Computer Olympiad took place in 1989 at the Park Lane Hotel in London. The games ran on a yearly basis until after the 1992 games, when the Olympiad's ruling committee was unable to find a new organiser. This resulted in the games being suspended until 2000 when the Mind Sports Olympiad resurrected them. Recently, the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) has adopted the Computer Olympiad and tries to organise the event on an annual basis.
Games contested.
The games which have been contested at each olympiad are:
1st Computer Olympiad.
Medals awarded.
Awari
Backgammon
Bridge
Checkers
Chess
Chinese chess
Connect Four
Dominoes
Draughts
Go 19×19
Go 9×9
Gomoku
Othello
Renju
Scrabble
2nd Computer Olympiad.
Medals awarded.
Awari
Backgammon
Bridge
Checkers
Chess
Chinese chess
Go 19×19
Go 9×9
Gomoku
Othello
Qubic
Renju
Scrabble
3rd Computer Olympiad.
Medals awarded.
Awari
Bridge
Chess
Chinese chess
Both programs were awarded the gold medal.
Draughts
Go 19×19
Go 9×9
Explorer 90 and Go Intellect were awarded the gold medal.
Gomoku
Nine men's morris
Othello
Qubic
Renju
Scrabble
4th Computer Olympiad.
The AST 4th Computer Olympiad took place in London, UK from 5 August 1992 to 11 August 1992.
Medals awarded.
Awari
Backgammon
Bridge
Chess
All three programs were awarded the gold medal.
Chinese chess
Draughts
Gin rummy
Go 19×19
Both Archmage and Neuron were awarded the bronze medal.
Go 9×9
Gomoku
Both Polygon and Neuron were awarded the silver medal.
Othello
Renju
Scrabble
5th Computer Olympiad.
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, Lines of Action, 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).
Medals awarded.
Amazons (6 participants)
Awari (2 participants)
Chess (14 participants)