In the end, the Checkers won the game 4-3, and everyone stayed safe in the process. This was the second time the Checkers played in an empty arena because of bad weather. They did the same on Jan. 22, ...

Editor’s Note: In 1951, a British schoolteacher taught a computer how to play checkers. At first, it lost every game – until it began learning from its own mistakes. That moment changed the course of ...