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Subject: Re: Bridge bet

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 07:53:14 04/08/99

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On April 07, 1999 at 21:42:02, Adnan wrote:

>
>After reading some more on "Gib's" site, I noticed that Zia retracted his
>challenge. The challenge he issued in early 90's was for one million pounds.
>The match against Gib was not for this bet. Apparently, he got scared of
>computer progress :-) But he was boasting a lot in his book, published in 97.
>Reading his claims made me wonder. After all, how more difficult it can be to
>write a Bridge program from chess programs, I thought.

Actually, Bridge is a lot more complex than it appears. Just like practically
anybody can write a chess program that can play so so chess, practically anybody
can write a bridge program that can play so so bridge.

But to play Bridge well (especially defensive Bridge) requires a lot of skill,
just like Chess.

KarinsDad :)



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