Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:36:26 10/08/02
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On October 08, 2002 at 08:59:19, Tom Likens wrote: > > >If you enjoyed Hsu's book you ought to pick up Jonathan Schaeffer's book >"One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers". Even, >though it is not about chess it is a fascinating story about a game closely >related. > >Jonathan has made a number of significant contributions to the field of >computer chess and his program chess program Phoenix was quite strong >in its day. His checkers program Chinook, eventually toppled Marion Tinsley >for the world championship. Before his death Tinsley dominated checkers >in a way that Fischer or Kasparov can only dream about, so Chinook's >accomplishment was unprecedented. > >It's a good read that I finished in a long weekend. > >regards, >--tom > Hmmm ... maybe a kind person who lives nearby could lend me his copy? ;-)
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