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 ...

After 18 years of practice, computers have finally conquered the game of draughts. The result, described as a "truly significant advance in artificial intelligence", is a draughts programme which ...

Played on a standard chessboard of 64 chequered squares, draughts is growing from a domestic to a national competitive game. Although a long-standing past time for many, the game of 'dame', as it is ...

Although London isn't exactly short on things to do, we’d never say no to a new board game cafe. If, like us, you also enjoy competitive socialising, then we have some pretty exciting news. The games ...

If you buy a draughts board from a Norwich charity shop, there is a good chance you will find pages of handwritten rules inside the box courtesy of a city pensioner. Ron Green, 87, has been an avid ...