{"product_id":"9780387765754","title":"One Jump Ahead: Computer Perfection at Checkers","description":"\u003ch1\u003eOne Jump Ahead: Computer Perfection at Checkers\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSchaeffer, Jonathan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2008-11-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387765754\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-76576-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 585\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47671526293644,"sku":"9780387765754","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387765754.jpg?v=1776517675","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780387765754","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}