Computers crack famous board game

It could be a case of game over for draughts (checkers) - scientists say the ancient board game has finally been solved.

A Canadian team has created a computer program that can win or draw any game, no matter who the opponent is.



It took an average of 50 computers nearly two decades to sift through the 500 billion billion possible draughts positions to come up with the solution.

You can test your skills against the program here.