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September 2008
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chess

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In 1997 Garry Kasparov, then World Champion, lost an entire chess match to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, and it is only a matter of time before the machines become absolutely unbeatable. But the human brain, as Lewis Dartnell explains, is still able to put up a good fight by exploiting computers' weaknesses.

Tags: game theory : computer chess : chess : Deep Blue : shaturanga : garry kasparov : chinook : draughts


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Combinatorial Game Theory is a powerful tool for analysing mathematical games. Lewis Dartnell explains how the technique can be used to analyse games such as Twentyone and Nim, and even some chess endgames.

Tags: strategy : chess : combinatorial game theory : twenty-one : nim : partisan game : non-partisan game


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Tags: game theory : computer chess : chess : Deep Blue : shaturanga : garry kasparov : chinook : draughts


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Tags: chess