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Article: The mechanical grandmaster. (mechanical version of checkers) (Editorial)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- August 29, 1992
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It matters not who wins or loses, it's how it plays the game
AT THE Park Lane hotel in London, a man and a computer sit face-to-screen, competing for the world championship of a game which the locals call draughts--but which both of the competitors call checkers when at home in North America. A small piece of history is being made. The man, Marion Tinsley, will almost certainly be the last human being to claim the title of the world's best draughts-player.
The outcome of this particular match, which will not be decided until the final games are played on August 29th, will determine only when the draughts title passes from man to machine--not whether it will. ...