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From: ron@ada-uts.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Why can't a machine be World's Check
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 13:43:00 EDT
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The Samuels checker program (mentioned in the first response to this note)
was in fact better than all human players, including the world champion,
at the time.  In checkers, there's probably no comparison (today) between
the best programs and the humans.