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Subject: Re: WMCCC 2000

Author: Tom King

Date: 13:59:07 04/19/00

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On April 19, 2000 at 16:51:34, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>On April 19, 2000 at 06:50:23, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>
>>On April 19, 2000 at 02:56:12, James Robertson wrote:
>>
>>>Does anybody have any details about the WMCCC 2000? Application deadlines, etc?
>>>
>>>James
>>
>>Isn't the WMCCC 2000 held in conjunction with Mind Sports Olympiad? I found this
>>page:
>>
>>http://www.msoworld.com/Olympiad/computer.html
>>
>>I don't know if it helps.
>
>According to that page, computers will be competing in several other games,
>including Backgammon, Othello, and Awari.  To my knowledge these three games
>(and possibly some of the other ones) have been completely solved by computers.
>So what's the point of having a competition for them?
>
>Jeremiah

I think your knowledge is wrong. Othello and Backgammon haven't been solved.
As for Awari, I have no idea.

Some other games have been solved. Connect-4, for instance.

Cheers,
Tom

tomking11@yahoo.co.uk
*not* tom@hatbulb.demon.co.uk (how do I change what CCC thinks my email address
is??)



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