It's hard to believe that it's been over a decade since One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy at Checkers was published. I'm delighted to have the oppor- nity to update and expand the book. The ? rst edition ended on a sad note and that was re? ected in the writing. It is now eleven years later and the project has come to a satisfying conclusion. Since its inception, the checkers project has consumed eighteen years of my life- twenty if you count the pre-CHINOOK and post-solving work. It's hard for me to believe that I actually stuck with it for that long. My wife, Steph, would probably have something witty to say about my obsessive behavior. Rereading the book after a decade was dif? cult for me. When I originally wrote One Jump Ahead, I vowed to be candid in my telling of the story. That meant being honest about what went right and what went wrong. I have been criticized for being hard on some of the characters. That may be so, but I hope everyone will agree that the person receiving the most criticism was, justi? ably, me. I tried to be balanced in the storytelling, re? ecting things as they really happened and not as some sanitized everyone-lived-happily-ever-after tale.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Opening Game. - I Feel I Can t Lose. - ThisWas Going To Be Easy. - BottomlessWell. - The Middle Game. - Valuable Lessons. - The Illusion of Intelligence. - A Nobel Turing Trio. - Didn t Samuel Solve That Game? . - The Case for the Prosecution. - As Close to Perfection As Humanly Possible. - You Look Like a Checkers Player. - The Fudge Factor. - I Feel Like a Teenager Again. - Gentlemen, Start Your Engines. - Trust Me. - A Wake-Up Call. - Prelude to Disaster. - Programmed by God. - Divine Intervention. - DissensionWithin the Ranks. - Home Away From Home. - It s a Draw! . - Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable. - The End Game. - Gentlemen s Agreement. - I m Ready to Go. - The Game Score. - As Good As God. - The Final Frontier. - Quiet Satisfaction. - As Close to Perfection as Computationally Possible. - I Know I Can t Lose. - Past and Present. . - Sluicing for Gold by Robert Lake. - A Long Journey by Paul Lu. . - Recollections and Reflections by Norman Treloar. - Personal Recollections by Martin Bryant. - Solving the Problem of a Checkers Solving Program by Neil Burch. . - Checkered Past by Rebecca Schaeffer. - Checkered Out by Steph Schaeffer.
