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Subject: Re: volunteers needed to help solve checkers in a few months !

Author: Pallav Nawani

Date: 11:28:14 10/12/04

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On October 11, 2004 at 18:38:04, Duncan Roberts wrote:

>http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/
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>
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>Breaking News!
>We have achieved a milestone in our quest to solve the game of checkers. The
>White Doctor opening (10-14 22-18 12-16) has been solved: it is a draw. This
>means that our program when playing Black (the weak side) will never lose. When
>playing White, our program will never lose and may win (if the opponent makes a
>mistake). You can view our solution to the White Doctor opening here.
>
>

What's the point here? What's to be gained by solving checkers??

Pallav





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