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Computer Can Now Win or Tie All Checkers Games

By analyzing all 5x10^20 (500 billion billion) possible checkers moves, computers can now beat or tie a human at checkers every single game. How'd they analyze so much data? By starting in 1989 and going until they were done. Let's see them do this with Go. [Machinist]

7:50 PM on Thu Jul 19 2007
By Jason Chen
3,960 views, 23 comments

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Jump-Drunk: Shot Glass Checkers

As if we needed to figure out an excuse to quaff multiple shots, Shot Glass Checkers takes the time-tested game off the top of a cracker barrel and into the frat-house sensibilities of the 00s. More »

6:00 PM on Thu Jun 29 2006
By Charlie White
786 views, 2 comments