Not basketball-related, but I thought it was interesting.
Chalk up another victory for computers. According to this article in the New York Times, a computer programmer has now "proved" that his computer program can never lose at checkers--it can win or draw, but there is no possible way to beat it. In essence, checkers has now become a slightly more involved version of the big game of tic-tac-toe contained in the classic Matthew Broderick film "WarGames." You can only win at Checkers if the other person makes a mistake.
On a related note, I had no idea that in tournament checkers (actually, I didn't know there WAS tournament checkers) the match starts with three moves chosen at random. Who knew?
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