For an exercise in futility, play checkers against a computer program named Chinook. Developed by computer scientists at the University of Alberta in Canada, Chinook vanquished human competitors at ...

You can see it in his eyes. John Pesto loves Checkers. I should have won that game. I end up losing and he loves talking about his passion. I started my dad's barbershop. He always liked to play and ...

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World 11-Man Checkers Champion Alex Moiseyev of Dublin, Ohio, successfully defended his title against challenger Tim Laverty of Graham last weekend. The pair played 12 games at the Econo Lodge in ...

While Ukrainian soldiers are fighting in the frontline, civilians help them by various means. 10-year-old Valeriia from Kyiv is one of them. She is Ukrainian, European, and the world champion for her ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Competitive Checkers Are you ready to take on the challenge and become a Checkers champion? Sometimes when I'm playing a ...

Vidor Checkers USA’s competition series continues to grow in attendance, scope and spectacle, receiving a national sponsor and drawing an entire team from the back-to-back title winner’s home country.