Abalone (board game) computer-to-computer competition held in 2003 at the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) events in Graz, Austria, the AbaPro program defeated the Nacre program. In 1999, a number of top players from the Mind Sports Olympiad signed an agreement to use a different starting position (the Belgian daisy) to revitalize the game. This has been used for top tournaments since then, including the AbaCup. Abalone (board game) Abalone is an award-winning two-player abstract strategy board game designed by Michel Lalet and Laurent Lévi in 1987. Players are represented by opposing black and white marbles on a hexagonal board with the objective
Bōku champion five times. Andres Kuusk (Estonia) has won the title four times. The 2005 "Bōku" World Champion was Joey Ho from London, who was aged 17 when he claimed the title after defeating reigning champion David Pearce. Bōku Bōku is an abstract strategy board game played by putting marbles on a perforated hexagonal board with 80 spaces. The object of the game is to get 5 marbles in a row. The game has also been sold under the name "Bollox", and later "Bolix" and won a Mensa Select award in 1999. Invented by Rob Nelson, the former Portland Mavericks left-handed