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Language
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Pages
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Subjects

Chinook (Computer file), Computer checkers, Checkers, Computer files
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One jump ahead: computer perfection at checkers
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1997, Springer
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Table of Contents

Preface
Page vii
Acknowledgments
Page ix
Preface (1997)
Page xi
Acknowledgments (1997)
Page xv
Contents
Page xvii
I Feel I Can't Lose
Page 1
The Opening Game
Page 3
1. This Was Going To Be Easy
Page 5
2. Bottomless Well
Page 25
The Middle Game
Page 35
3. Valuable Lessons
Page 37
4. The Illusion of Intelligence
Page 55
5. A Nobel Turing Trio
Page 73
6. Didn't Samuel Solve That Game?
Page 87
7. The Case for the Prosecution
Page 99
8. As Close to Perfection As Humanly Possible
Page 123
9. You Look Like a Checkers Player
Page 131
10. The Fudge Factor
Page 143
11. I Feel Like a teenager Again
Page 169
12. Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Page 197
13. Trust Me
Page 223
14. A Wake-Up Call
Page 231
15. Prelude to Disaster
Page 247
16. Programmed by God
Page 275
17. Divine Intervention
Page 299
18. Dissension Within the Ranks
Page 323
19. Home Away From Home
Page 347
20. It's A Draw!
Page 365
21. Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable
Page 377
The End Game
Page 405
22. Gentlemen's Agreement
Page 407
23. I'm Ready to Go
Page 417
24. As Good As God
Page 429
25. The Final Frontier
Page 439
26. Quiet Satisfaction
Page 459
27. As Close to Perfection as Computationally Possible
Page 475
28. I Know I Can't Lose
Page 491
29. Past and Present
Page 511
The Game Players
Page 515
30. Sluicing for Gold (Robert Lake)
Page 517
31. A Long Journey (Paul Lu)
Page 523
32. Recollections and Reflections (Norman Treloar)
Page 525
33. Personal Recollections (Martin Bryant)
Page 531
34. Solving the problem of a Checkers Solving Program (Neil Burch)
Page 535
35. Checkered Past (Rebecca Schaeffer)
Page 539
36. Checkered Out (Steph Schaeffer)
Page 543
The Game Stats
Page 547
A. Further Reading
Page 549
B. Tinsley's Record
Page 553
C. Chinook's Record
Page 557
D. Chinook Technical Specifications
Page 559
E. Tinsley-Chinook Games
Page 561
F. Proof Statistics
Page 573
Index 575

Edition Notes

Originally published: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-551) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
794.20285
Library of Congress
GV1464 .S33 2009

Contributors

Contributor
Robert Lake
Contributor
Paul Lu
Contributor
Norman Treloar
Contributor
Martin Bryant
Contributor
Neil Burch
Contributor
Rebecca Schaeffer
Contributor
Steph Schaeffer

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
xix, 585 p. :
Number of pages
585
Weight
860 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23654258M
Internet Archive
onejumpaheadcomp00scha
ISBN 10
0387765751
ISBN 13
9780387765754
LCCN
2008931408
Library Thing
7226454
Goodreads
3708828

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