One Jump Ahead

Computer Perfection at Checkers

By: Jonathan Schaeffer

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Paperback | 28 November 2008 | Edition Number 2

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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.

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I Feel I Can't Lose	p. 1
The Opening Game	p. 3
This Was Going To Be Easy	p. 5
Bottomless Well	p. 25
The Middle Game	p. 35
Valuable Lessons	p. 37
The Illusion of Intelligence	p. 55
A Nobel Turing Trio	p. 73
Didn't Samuel Solve That Game?	p. 87
The Case for the Prosecution	p. 99
As Close to Perfection As Humanly Possible	p. 123
You Look Like a Checkers Player	p. 131
The Fudge Factor	p. 143
I Feel Like a Teenager Again	p. 169
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines	p. 197
Trust Me	p. 223
A Wake-Up Call	p. 231
Prelude to Disaster	p. 247
Programmed by God	p. 275
Divine Intervention	p. 299
Dissension Within the Ranks	p. 323
Home Away From Home	p. 347
It's a Draw!	p. 365
Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable	p. 377
The End Game	p. 405
Gentlemen's Agreement	p. 407
I'm Ready to Go	p. 417
The Game Score	p. 427
As Good As God	p. 429
The Final Frontier	p. 439
Quiet Satisfaction	p. 459
As Close to Perfection as Computationally Possible	p. 475
I Know I Can't Lose	p. 491
Past and Present	p. 511
The Game Players	p. 515
Sluicing for Gold	p. 517
A Long Journey	p. 523
Recollections and Reflections	p. 525
Personal Recollections	p. 531
Solving the Problem of a Checkers Solving Program	p. 535
Checkered Past	p. 539
Checkered Out	p. 543
The Game Stats	p. 547
Further Reading	p. 549
Tinsley's Record	p. 553
Chinook's Record	p. 557
Chinook Technical Specifications	p. 559
Tinsley-Chinook games	p. 561
Proof Statistics	p. 573
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