[aaronmcs]

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

[fffrrrr]

This is really a riveting book. You don't need any interest in checks or computer science to enjoy it.

[RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u]

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