If you’ve ever played chess or even checkers, you’ve probably thought about making a board that lets a computer play you without having to enter your moves and look at the board on a screen.

People have been interested in chess-playing computers ... It just gets worse from there as the checkers get captured or blocked. And that’s just a small board with pieces that can’t move ...

saying it has "enough dignity and interest" to become a third checkerboard game alongside chess and checkers. "The counters ...