In Pamplona (Spain), the Computer Olympiad 2009

was held from May 11 to May 17. Connect6 was also

played, with six programs participating:

two each from China and Taiwan (ROC), one from

Japan, one from the Netherlands.

After a double round robbin the medals went to:

Gold - Bit (China)

Silver - MeinStein (NL)

Bronze - Bit2(Connect6) (China).

Some more details available at

http://www.grappa.univ-lille3.fr/icga/tournament.php?id=201

The dutch entry “MeinStein” was developped by

Theo van der Storm. Theo, who had been also active

here on LittleGolem, died in January 2009, but his

friend Jan Krabbenbos operated MeinStein in Pamplona.

Ingo.

Thank Prof. Dr. Ingo Althöfer for sharing this piece of information.

With consent of his family, Theo van der Storm's (1960-2009) chess program, MeinStein (Einstein Wuerfelt Nicht!) program and MeinSteinConnect6 program are kept downloadable for everybody via http://www.csvn.nl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=50&Itemid=26?=en. You can see his photo as well.