Could Backgammon Be Solved?
by Douglas Zare
1 August 2007
Douglas Zare
Two months ago, in my June 2007 column, "The Essence of Backgammon," I remarked that the game of checkers is too complicated to be completely solved at present. While that still seems to be accurate, researchers at the University of Alberta recently announced a partial solution, which is enough to prove that checkers is a draw with perfect play from the initial position. This is an interesting result, so I'd like to discuss it in detail and compare the task of solving checkers with solving backgammon. I'll also mention some recent results in poker, and the past result of solving hypergammon
| The rest of this article (30.58 K) is premium content. |
GammonVillage Subscriptions:
Article text Copyright © 1999-2009 Douglas Zare and GammonVillage Inc.
You must be signed in to rate articles.
Feedback about this article:
1.
Subject: Re: Could Backgammon Be Solved?
From:
Casper
Date:
01 Aug 2007 23:48 EST
Douglas, very nice article. Could this also be shared with the online forums of the FMJD (World Checkers Federation)?
2.
Subject: Re: Could Backgammon Be Solved?
From:
zare
Date:
03 Aug 2007 19:02 EST
I'm glad you liked it. I'd be happy to share this article. Please send an e-mail to Douglas.Zare@gmail.com .
Douglas Zare
You must be signed in to post comments.
Price: $1,950.00
FIBS Board:
Playing Bots on FIBS
Fri, Nov 20, 2009 08:24 PMGammon Go:
Position 5
Thu, Nov 19, 2009 02:32 PMBlot Blog:
Position #255
Tue, Nov 17, 2009 05:21 PM
