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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by aaronmcs on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @01:46PM (#32169511)
There is a great book that the main author of Chinook wrote about this. It's called One Jump Ahead[0] and it is a great combination of technical info about the development of Chinook as well as a kind of mini-history of competitive checkers. Strongly recommend!

[0] https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-76576-1

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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by fffrrrr on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:36PM (#32170255)
This is really a riveting book. You don't need any interest in checks or computer science to enjoy it.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen to give up World Championship title by RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @02:24PM (#32170052)
Yes I read the book decades ago and it was indeed excellent. IIRC, the technical details are probably too light for the HN crowd, but it was the biographical stories that had interested me.

For an even shorter, and lighter, read on checkers engine, I recommend Blondie24[0].

[0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/1558607838

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