The perfect game of draughts ends as a draw, Canadian computer scientists report. Researchers at the University of Alberta say they have 'solved' draughts, the 5000-year-old board game. Their computer ...

ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Jamaica Draughts Association, in collaboration with the Montego Bay Warriors Draughts Club, recently hosted a draughts and pool checkers open tournament at Jarrett Park in ...

It has taken more than 18 years, and hundreds of computers to crunch numbers through the night, but yesterday Jonathan Schaefer declared his job done: he had written the world's first program that was ...

For the first time in the history of the event, 18 rounds were required to separate the two titans, with the non-stop format, that sees action continue until one concedes, proving extra tense for ...

Schwarzman claimed his fifth world title in international draughts, having last won the Championship in 2017. His first came in 1998. Schwarzman remained undefeated during the entire competition, ...