Play a free game of checkers against the computer. You can choose the difficulty level. Checkers features sound effects, including speech. This version has.

The computer program has been vanquishing human opponents in checkers for over ten years. Introduction To Phenomenology Sokolowski Ebook3000. Now, scientists at the University of Alberta (Chinook's home) say they have improved the program so that it can never lose.

No opponent, whether human, bacterium, or computer, can win when facing Chinook. In other words, checkers can be retired to the Pit of Practically Useless Games along with tic-tac-toe. The strategy behind checkers (which has over 500 billion possible board combinations) has been solved. If you're a masochist, you can. Only 24 games can be active at once, so you'll have to wait your turn to lose like a little baby.