World Computer-Bridge Championship Returns to USA 19
Stephen Smith writes "Computers are as good as (or better than) the best humans at such
games as Othello, checkers, and chess.
What game will computers conquer next? If it's not go
or poker,
it might be the card game bridge. The World Computer-Bridge
Championship returns to the USA for the first time in six years,
running from 13 July 2004 to 18 July 2004 at the Hilton
New York (Concourse A, lower level) in Manhattan. Eight bridge
programs are scheduled to compete; our program, Bridge Baron, will try to
avenge its loss to Jack in last year's
final. Spectators are welcome and admission is free."
Re: (Score:2, Funny)
Do you know someone who plays this? (Score:1)
If I knew how well she plays the game, I'd email this story to her.
Re:Do you know someone who plays this? (Score:2, Interesting)
Don't worry about it being too good - it isn't by any stretch of the imagination (or wasn't then) but it was the only one that was worth bothering with..
bridge eh? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:bridge eh? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:bridge eh? (Score:1)
Re:bridge eh? (Score:1)
Re:bridge eh? (Score:1)
Re:bridge eh? (Score:2)
For example:
http://slashdot.org/zoo.pl?op=check&uid
Change it to this:
http://slashdot.org/zoo.pl?op=check&uid=80
And you get an error message because that isn't a valid user. So my guess is that we haven't passed 800,000 yet.
Re:bridge eh? (Score:1, Interesting)
Not bridge but Scrabble and backgammon (Score:2, Interesting)
Scrabble on the other hand is world class. You used to be able to beat the computer's vocabulary using strategy but not anymore.
Backgammon is nearly t
Too bad (Score:4, Interesting)
I've been playing for about 5 years. At this point I've learned that there's *so* much to learn about the game that I can never expect to know everything.
It's a very refreshing change from, say, computer games of the multiplayer RTS/FPS variety, because ultimately there are a very finite set of strategies that work well. After playing for a month or two, it's mostly a matter of refining your play.
I love video games, but bridge is the only game that's kept me playing continuously for the past 5 years. Not only for the mental challenge, but also for the social aspect. It's cool hanging around with some of my old college professors and beating them every once in a while.
Whatever happened to intellectual hobbies? I find it frustrating that I can't find anyone my age (mid 20s) interested in picking up a deck of cards unless it's some mindless drinking game. I work with a lot of intelligent people, but the closest any of their interests come to bridge is Warhammer 40k.
It's *so* much easier to deal a deck of cards (or 2, or 3, depending on how many people are playing) than setting up a LAN party. Why is it so much harder to find 3 people to play bridge than it is to find 10 to play Quake 3?
--Jeremy
Re:Too bad (Score:2)
I agree with you, it's a great, challenging game. It's also much easier to teach the basics to someone that say GURPS.
Re:Too bad (Score:2)
GIB (Score:2)