Games and sports are inherently more fun when you have a chance of winning. What fans do you think are happier: Spurs fans or Knicks fans?But how does it feel when you have absolutely no chance of winning? Well, to figure it out, you can either start rooting for the Royals or try to beat the Chinook computer in checkers.
According to an article from NYT.com, scientists at the University of Alberta have created a computer that cannot lose a game of checkers. Named Chinook, the computer has spent 18 years playing out the 500 billion possible positions. I've heard highly unsubstantiated rumors that Yahoo Checkers is looking into buying Chinook.
I have little doubt that Chuck Norris could beat the computer, even if he started with just one checker.
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