And NO it’s not chess – looks like that game is safe for many years to come because it has somewhere in the region of a billion billion billion billion billion possible positions ;)
Computers crack famous board game
It could be a case of game over for draughts – scientists say the ancient board game has finally been solved.
A Canadian team has created a computer program that can win or draw any game, no matter who the opponent is.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6907018.stm