Each year the Arimaa World
Championship tournaments are held to determine the best
human Arimaa player and the best computer Arimaa player
for the year. The games are
played over the Internet and everyone is welcome to
participate and watch.
Human Championship
Computer Championship
2023 World Championship
Champion: Mathew Brown of USA
2rd: Matthew Craven of USA
3nd: Caylan Mcgregor of Canada
2022 World Championship
Champion: Jerome Richmond of Great Britain
2nd: Mathew Brown of USA
3rd: Matthew Craven of USA
2021 World Championship
Champion: Mathew Brown of USA
2nd: Jerome Richmond of Great Britain
3rd: Caylan Mcgregor of Canada
2020 World Championship
Champion: Mathew Brown of USA
2nd: Jerome Richmond of Great Britain
3rd: Gregory Clark of USA
2019 World Championship
Champion: Jerome Richmond of Great Britain
2nd: Matthew Craven of USA
3rd: Mathew Brown of USA
2018 World Championship
Champion: Matthew Craven of USA
2nd: Steven Zierk of USA
3rd: Gregory Clark of USA
2017 World Championship
Champion: Mathew Brown of USA
2nd: Gregory Clark of USA
3rd: Lev Ruchka of France
2016 World Championship
Champion: Mathew Brown of USA
2nd: Gregory Clark of USA
3rd: Brendan M of Great Britain
2015 World Championship
Champion: Mathew Brown of USA
2nd: Karl Juhnke of USA
3rd: Jean Daligault of France
2015 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Sharp by David Wu
2nd: bot_Z by Nathan Blaxall and Ricardo Barreira
3rd: bot_Marwin by Mattias Hultgren
2014 World Championship
Champion: Jean Daligault of France
2nd: Mathew Brown of USA
3rd: Karl Juhnke of USA
2014 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Sharp by David Wu
2nd: bot_Ziltoid by Ricardo Barreira
3rd: bot_Marwin by Mattias Hultgren
2013 World Championship
Champion: Jean Daligault of France
2nd: Valdas Bucinskas of Lithuania
3rd: Peter U. of Germany
2013 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Ziltoid by Ricardo Barreira
2nd: bot_Marwin by Mattias Hultgren
3rd: bot_Sharp by David Wu
2012 World Championship
Champion: Hirohumi Takahashi of Japan
2nd: Jean Daligault of France
3rd: Greg Magne of Canada
2012 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Marwin by Mattias Hultgren
2nd: bot_Briareus by Ricardo Barreira
3rd: bot_Sharp by David Wu
2011 World Championship
Champion: Jean Daligault of France
2nd: Greg Magne of Canada
3rd: Daniel Scott of Great Britian
2011 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Sharp by David Wu
2nd: bot_Marwin by Mattias Hultgren
3rd: bot_Clueless by Jeff Bacher
2010 World Championship
Champion: Jean Daligault of France
2nd: Karl Juhnke of USA
3rd: Greg Magne of Canada
2010 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Marwin by Mattias Hultgren
2nd: bot_Clueless by Jeff Bacher
3rd: bot_OpFor by Brian Haskin
2009 World Championship
Champion: Jean Daligault of France
2nd: Karl Juhnke of USA
3rd: Greg Magne of Canada
2009 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Clueless by Jeff Bacher
2nd: bot_GnoBot by Toby Hudson
3rd: bot_OpFor by Brian Haskin
2008 World Championship
Champion: Karl Juhnke of USA
2nd: Jean Daligault of France
3rd: Greg Magne of Canada
2008 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Bomb by David Fotland
2nd: bot_Sharp by David Wu
3rd: bot_OpFor by Brian Haskin
2007 World Championship
Champion: Jean Daligault of France
2nd: Paul Mertens of Germany
3rd: Karl Juhnke of USA
2007 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Bomb by David Fotland
2nd: bot_Zombie by Evan Dorn
3rd: bot_Clueless by Jeff Bacher
2006 World Championship
Champion: Till Wiechers of Germany
2nd: Greg Magne of Canada
3rd: Paul Mertens of Germany
2006 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Bomb by David Fotland
2nd: bot_Clueless by Jeff Bacher
3rd: bot_Aamira by Paul Pogonyshev
2005 World Championship
Champion: Karl Juhnke of USA
2nd: Frank Heinemann of Germany
3rd: Omar Syed of USA
2005 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Bomb by David Fotland
2nd: bot_Clueless by Jeff Bacher
3rd: bot_GnoBot by Toby Hudson
2004 World Championship
Champion: Frank Heinemann of Germany
2nd: Naveed Siddiqui of USA
3rd: Omar Syed of USA
2004 Computer Championship
Champion: bot_Bomb by David Fotland
2nd: bot_Occam by Don Dailey
3rd: bot_GnoBot by Toby Hudson