Games of No Chance
Levy, Silvio / Nowakowski, R. / Nowakowski, Richard J.
Is Nine-Men Morris, in the hands of perfect players, a win for white or for black - or a draw Can king, rook, and knight always defeat king and two knights in chess What can Go players learn from economists What are nimbers, tinies, switches, minies This book deals with combinatorial games, that is, games not involving chance or hidden information. Their study is at once old and young: though some games, such as chess, have been analyzed for c...