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Awari Solved

Posted by michael on from the chess,-go-and-twister-still-not-solved dept.

Gerard Jendras sent in a submission about applying computing power to an ancient game. The game of Awari has been solved: with perfect play, the game always results in a draw. There is a Java applet to test your skills against.

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  1. first by Shamanin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post

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    come on fhqwhgads
    1. Re:first by dicepackage · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      second

    2. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      third or more

    3. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      fourth

    4. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      fifth

    5. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      sixth

    6. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      seventh

    7. Re:first by dryopterix · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      n-th

    8. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      n+inth
      ha ha my last cascading replies attack got to #203, lets see if you guys can match it!

  2. Lousy approach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is just the brute force approach to problem solving.

    According to a different article here, they solved the game by developing a program that computes the best move and eventual outcome for all trillions of positions that can possibly occur in a game. The results are stored in a database, and then they crunch the numbers. Not very elegant.

    There really is nothing new about this, much like there is nothing new about linux users stuffing large sausages into their rectums.

  3. Here is Some Kylie Minogue by Real+World+Stuff · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fridays will be now be days to celebrate Kylie.

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  4. Re:Go by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How about:

    Knock-knock.

    Who's there?

    Go.

    Go where?

    GFAD.

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  5. In other news... by Scutter · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And in other news, still no cure for cancer.

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  6. Re:I can see it now... by littleRedFriend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, I have just read your most recent 24 comments and it seems that all you ever do is bitch about spelling, something that spelling checkers have been able to do for a long time.

    So please, enlighten us, by telling us your standards of humor. Yes, do us all a favor and post arguments why you don't like something, or else STFU.

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