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Subject: Re: I just finished "Behind Deep Blue" book: short comment

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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