Abstract
Using full-game databases and optimized tree-search algorithms, the game of Kalah is solved for several starting configurations up to 6 holes and 5 counters per hole. The main search algorithm used was iterative-deepening MTD(f). Major search enhancements were move ordering, transposition tables, futility pruning, enhanced transposition cut-off, and endgame databases.
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