Andylatto

Thanks for doing what you did to the semibogus Shiva guy! Note that his bio is more unsourced than not. His website is a tower of vanity and self-promo.

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TD-Gammon

Andy, thanks for catching the overstatement of TD-Gammon's influence on tournament play—and tracking down that excellent Usenet posting by Kit Woolsey. If you have a moment, please take a look at my reply at Talk:TD-Gammon#Advances in backgammon theory section overstated?. —Ben Kovitz (talk) 15:26, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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