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Subject: Re: Nemesis, Cake, etc.

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:18:40 08/30/02

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On August 30, 2002 at 03:17:05, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>So I was recently reading that Nemesis won the latest computer championship,
>largely on account of its superior book.  I can't imagine that checkers theory
>still grows in leaps and bounds like chess theory does, but perhaps I am
>mistaken?  Is it just a matter of weeding out bad lines and setting computer
>traps, or is there more to it?
>
>Dave


I think that it is only a question of time until that game is solved by
computers by a big book.

What is the number of legal positions?
What is the number of legal positions that you can get in a game with no stupid
blunders?

The numbers seem to me too small not to solve the game in a few years if people
are interested in it.

Uri






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