Computers That
Play Games
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| Computers have had the (0) ability to play | ABLE |
| chess for many years now, and their (1) ... | PERFORM |
| in games against the best players in the | |
| world has shown steady (2) ... . However, | IMPROVE |
| it will be years before the designers of | |
| computer games machines can beat their | |
| (3) ... challenge yet - the ancient board | BIG |
| game called 'Go'. The playing area is (4) ... | CONSIDERABLE |
| larger than in chess and there are far | |
| more pieces, so that the (5) ... of moves is | COMBINE |
| almost (6) ... . The game involves planning | END |
| so many moves ahead that even the (7) ... | IMPRESS |
| calculations of the fastest modern | |
| computers are (8) ... to deal with the | SUFFICIENT |
| problems of the game. | |
| In a recent (9) ... for computer 'Go' | COMPETE |
| machines, the best machine beat all its | |
| rivals, but lost (10) ... to three young | HEAVY |
| schoolchildren, so there is obviously still | |
| a lot of work to do. | |