Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 08:46:53 09/09/02
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On September 09, 2002 at 04:58:21, Ingo Althofer wrote: >In top level computer checkers there was such a "come first" situation. During >the early 90's of the 20-th century Jonathan Schaeffer and his group did a great >job in tackling the game of checkers. During their enterprise they made several >mistakes (and Jonathan Schaeffer even was so great to give an honest description >of these mistakes and woodways in his book "One jump ahead"). But what counts is >the success: Chinook was the VERY FIRST computer program being superior to all >human players. Therefore the Chinook team deserves honor still today - and not >small-minded discussions on the userfriendlyness of a database access code. Hi Ingo, You are absolutely right here. What Jonathan accomplished in those days, with FAR slower machines, deserves a lot of respect. I have the book 'One jump ahead' and as far as I am concerned, this is the BEST book on a game playing program ever written! >And in my mind it is also ok when in the forthcoming title match Chinook as the >defender will keep its title when the match ends in a draw. Chinook did its job >years before the others did, and therefore they deserve this advantage. Will Chinook play a match against Nemesis? Do you know when it will be played? Best regards, Jeroen
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