Overview
Playing chess is like looking out over a limitless ocean; playing checkers is like looking into a bottomless well.
Full Product Details
Author: Jonathan Schaeffer
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780387949307
ISBN 10: 0387949305
Pages: 510
Publication Date: 24 April 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
., . We get a close look into the embarrassingly low-rent, codger-populated world of championship checkers... and a few painless lessons in the game itself... But the most memorable passages deal with Schaeffers's own bittersweet reactions. His brainchild does so well that he can see, all too clearly, its almost tragic effect on the cloistered society of checkers - and on his fellow human beings. Newsweek Schaeffer's personal involvement in the Chinook project, along with his engaging and open story-telling makes the book surprisingly gripping. A.K. Dewdney
<p>., . We get a close look into the embarrassingly low-rent, codger-populated world of championship checkers... and a few painless lessons in the game itself... But the most memorable passages deal with Schaeffers's own bittersweet reactions. His brainchild does so well that he can see, all too clearly, its almost tragic effect on the cloistered society of checkers - and on his fellow human beings. Newsweek <p> Schaeffer's personal involvement in the Chinook project, along with his engaging and open story-telling makes the book surprisingly gripping. A.K. Dewdney
., . We get a close look into the embarrassingly low-rent, codger-populated world of championship checkers... and a few painless lessons in the game itself... But the most memorable passages deal with Schaeffers's own bittersweet reactions. His brainchild does so well that he can see, all too clearly, its almost tragic effect on the cloistered society of checkers - and on his fellow human beings. Newsweek Schaeffer's personal involvement in the Chinook project, along with his engaging and open story-telling makes the book surprisingly gripping. A.K. Dewdney .,. We get a close look into the embarrassingly low-rent, codger-populated world of championship checkers... and a few painless lessons in the game itself... But the most memorable passages deal with Schaeffers's own bittersweet reactions. His brainchild does so well that he can see, all too clearly, its almost tragic effect on the cloistered society of checkers - and on his fellow human beings. Newsweek Schaeffer's personal involvement in the Chinook project, along with his engaging and open story-telling makes the book surprisingly gripping. A.K. Dewdney
