One jump ahead
Subtitle: computer perfection at checkers
By: Jonathan Schaeffer.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9780387765754
Subjects: Chinook (Computer file); Computer checkers
Notes: Originally published: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-551) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Preface (1997)
pagenum: xi; title: Acknowledgments (1997)
pagenum: xv; title: Contents
pagenum: xvii; title: I Feel I Can't Lose
pagenum: 1; title: The Opening Game
pagenum: 3; label: 1
title: This Was Going To Be Easy
pagenum: 5; label: 2
title: Bottomless Well
pagenum: 25; title: The Middle Game
pagenum: 35; label: 3
title: Valuable Lessons
pagenum: 37; label: 4
title: The Illusion of Intelligence
pagenum: 55; label: 5
title: A Nobel Turing Trio
pagenum: 73; label: 6
title: Didn't Samuel Solve That Game?
pagenum: 87; label: 7
title: The Case for the Prosecution
pagenum: 99; label: 8
title: As Close to Perfection As Humanly Possible
pagenum: 123; label: 9
title: You Look Like a Checkers Player
pagenum: 131; label: 10
title: The Fudge Factor
pagenum: 143; label: 11
title: I Feel Like a teenager Again
pagenum: 169; label: 12
title: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
pagenum: 197; label: 13
title: Trust Me
pagenum: 223; label: 14
title: A Wake-Up Call
pagenum: 231; label: 15
title: Prelude to Disaster
pagenum: 247; label: 16
title: Programmed by God
pagenum: 275; label: 17
title: Divine Intervention
pagenum: 299; label: 18
title: Dissension Within the Ranks
pagenum: 323; label: 19
title: Home Away From Home
pagenum: 347; label: 20
title: It's A Draw!
pagenum: 365; label: 21
title: Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable
pagenum: 377; title: The End Game
pagenum: 405; label: 22
title: Gentlemen's Agreement
pagenum: 407; label: 23
title: I'm Ready to Go
pagenum: 417; label: 24
title: As Good As God
pagenum: 429; label: 25
title: The Final Frontier
pagenum: 439; label: 26
title: Quiet Satisfaction
pagenum: 459; label: 27
title: As Close to Perfection as Computationally Possible
pagenum: 475; label: 28
title: I Know I Can't Lose
pagenum: 491; label: 29
title: Past and Present
pagenum: 511; title: The Game Players
pagenum: 515; label: 30
title: Sluicing for Gold (Robert Lake)
pagenum: 517; label: 31
title: A Long Journey (Paul Lu)
pagenum: 523; label: 32
title: Recollections and Reflections (Norman Treloar)
pagenum: 525; label: 33
title: Personal Recollections (Martin Bryant)
pagenum: 531; label: 34
title: Solving the problem of a Checkers Solving Program (Neil Burch)
pagenum: 535; label: 35
title: Checkered Past (Rebecca Schaeffer)
pagenum: 539; label: 36
title: Checkered Out (Steph Schaeffer)
pagenum: 543; title: The Game Stats
pagenum: 547; label: A
title: Further Reading
pagenum: 549; label: B
title: Tinsley's Record
pagenum: 553; label: C
title: Chinook's Record
pagenum: 557; label: D
title: Chinook Technical Specifications
pagenum: 559; label: E
title: Tinsley-Chinook Games
pagenum: 561; label: F
title: Proof Statistics
pagenum: 573; title: Index 575