Computers can now play a flawless game of checkers. A calculation that began almost 2 decades ago shows that if both players make perfect moves, the game will be a draw every time. The achievement makes checkers the most complicated game to have been solved completely.
Computers have been able to beat people at checkers since 1994, when a program called Chinook won the checkers world championship.
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