Game over. Computer scientists at the University of Alberta have solved checkers, the popular board game with a history that dates back to 3,000 B.C. After 18-and-a-half years and sifting through 500 ...

It took more than 18 years, but computer scientists have completely solved the game of chess, with a program that can be tied but never beaten. Steve Mirsky reports. If you're enjoying this article, ...

If you've ever felt the need to sit down and play a game of checkers with a computer, don't bother anymore. You simply cannot win. It's not that the odds of you beating it are slim to none, it's that ...

Checkers champions, meet your match. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. An invincible checkers-playing program named Chinook has ...

After almost two decades, a dozen University of Alberta researchers using hundreds ofcomputers have created a computer program that always wins or ties at the game of checkers. Jonathan Schaeffer, ...

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WASHINGTON – Perhaps Chinook, the checker-playing computer program, should be renamed "King Me." Canadian researchers report they have "solved" checkers, developing a program that cannot lose in a ...