Thread: Has Checkers Been Solved?
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Old March 25th 08, 05:15 PM posted to rec.games.board,rec.games.chess.misc,rec.games.chess.computer,rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.backgammon
Kenneth Sloan
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Default Has Checkers Been Solved?
samsloan wrote:

Even that is not obvious. There are 21 possible rolls of the dice (6!
= 21) and three possible positions of the doubling cube plus 24
possible slots for each checker.


BZZZT!

Are the checkers in your backgammon set marked in some way?

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