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 ...

Willoughby Public Library will be hosting a program March 18 on how to win at checkers with Richard Beckwith, grandmaster and president of the World Checkers Draughts Federation. The program will take ...

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, ...

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 more than 18 years and sifting through 500 billion ...

The computer program Chinook has been vanquishing human opponents in checkers for over ten years. Now, scientists at the University of Alberta (Chinook's home) say they have improved the program so ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Perhaps Chinook, the checker-playing computer program, should be renamed "King Me." Canadian researchers report they have "solved" ...