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Buggy, computer world number one
Buggy won three of the last four tournaments in which it was enlisted.
In the last tournament played in Culemborg late 2002, Buggy won 7 games and drew only 2, beating on the way to the victory the top-programs Damage (2nd) and Dios (3rd).
The computer-only competitions usually take place twice a year, most of the time, in the Netherlands. They are then called "Netherlands computer draughts open championship". A few times, the competition was also organized in France and was called "France computer draughts open championship".
The tournaments are held during one or two days. The speed of the games varies from 15 minutes to 1 hour per game per computer. The programmers move the pieces on a board placed between the two computers and push the clock as if they were playing themselves.
Most of the draughts programs are Dutch and the competitions are always held in a very good atmosphere. Was the word "Fair-Play" invented by the Dutch draughts programmers ? I wonder... I have never seen any problem in these competitions.
Here is a brief summary of the few last computer tournaments.
Netherlands computer draughts open championship, Culemborg, 1st december 2002
Single round tournament. 20 minutes per game per computer. 10 programs.
Buggy won all games except against Napoleon and TD King.
| 1. Buggy (Fr) | 16 pts / 18 | |
| 2. Damage (NL) | 13 pts | |
| 3. Dios (NL) | 12 pts | |
| 4. Napoleon (NL) | 10 pts | |
| 5. Dam 2.2 (NL) | 9 pts | |
| 6. Tornado (NL) | 9 pts | |
| 7. JDraughts (NL) | 7 pts | |
| 8. GWD (NL) | 6 pts | |
| 9. Cerberus (NL) | 4 pts | |
| 10. TD King (CH) | 4 pts |
1st World championship, Maastricht, 6-7th July 2002
Because of a last minute change in the rules of the tournament, Buggy
withdrew from the competition.
Considering the high percentage of draws in the game of draughts, we believe
that a single-round tournament is not enough to give an accurate winner.
Therefore, we sadly did not take part to this competition that was called
for the first time in history World Championship. 9 programs.
| 1. Dam 2.2 (NL) | 13 pts / 16 | |
| 2. Dios (NL) | 12 pts | |
| 3. Damage (NL) | 11 pts | |
| 4. Flits (NL) | 11 pts | |
| etc. |
Netherlands computer draughts open championship, Culemborg, 3rd february 2002
Single round tournament. 20 minutes per game per computer. 9 programs.
| 1. Flits (NL) | 13 pts / 16 pts | |
| 2. Buggy (Fr) | 12 pts | |
| 3. Damage (NL) | 11 pts | |
| 4. Dam 2.2 (NL) | 10 pts | |
| 5. GWD (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 6. Windames 3D (Fr) | 8 pts | |
| 7. TD King (CH) | 7 pts | |
| 8. Cerberus (NL) | 3 pts | |
| 9. Tornado (NL) | 0 pts |
France computer draughts open championship, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 10th february 2001
Double round tournament. 15 minutes per game per computer. 8 programs.
| 1. Buggy (Fr) | 23 pts / 28 | |
| 2. Dam 2.2. (NL) | 19 pts | |
| 3. TD King (CH-NL) | 18 pts | |
| 4. Dream (Fr) | 14 pts | |
| 5. WinDames (Fr) | 13 pts | |
| 6. GWD (NL) | 11 pts | |
| 7. Cerberus (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 8. Tornado (NL) | 7 pts |
Netherlands computer draughts open championship, Culemborg, 17th december 2000
Swiss system tournament with 7 rounds. 30 minutes per game per computer. Buggy wins after a tie-break against Damage. 12 computers.
| 1. Buggy (Fr) | 10 pts / 14 | |
| 2. Damage (NL) | 10 pts | |
| 3. Flits (NL) | 9 pts | |
| 4. JDraughts (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 5. Napoleon (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 6. Dam 2.2. (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 7. Dios 99 (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 8. TD KING (NL) | 8 pts | |
| 9. Dream (Fr) | 4 pts | |
| 10. Tornado (NL) | 4 pts | |
| 11. GWD (NL) | 4 pts | |
| 12. Cerberus (NL) | 3 pts |
Netherlands computer draughts open championship, 11-12th july 2000
Buggy did not take part to this complete tournament. 9 computers.
| 1. Flits (NL) | 14 pts / 16 | |
| 2. Damage (NL) | 13 pts | |
| 3. Dam 2.2. (NL) | 12 pts | |
| etc. |
Netherlands computer draughts open championship, Culemborg, 18th december 1999
Swiss system tournament with 7 rounds. 30 minutes per game per computer. 14 computers.
| 1. Dios (NL) | 11 pts / 14 | |
| 2. Buggy (Fr) | 10 pts | |
| 3. Flits (NL) | 10 pts | |
| etc. |
France computer draughts open championship EDF-GDF, St-Ouen, 24-25th may 1999
Swiss system tournament with 8 rounds. 1 h per game per
computer. 12 computers.
The first really good result of Buggy, only 9 months old !
| 1. Flits (NL) | 14 pts / 16 | |
| 2. Buggy (Fr) | 13 pts | |
| 3. Zazen (NL) | 13 pts | |
| etc. |