Computer Defeats Human At Japanese Chess

Calopteryx writes "A computer has beaten a human at shogi, otherwise known as Japanese chess, for the first time. As New Scientist reports, computers have beaten humans at western chess before, but that game is relatively simple, with only about 10^123 possible games existing that can be played out. Shogi is a *bit* more complex, offering about 10^224 possible games."

Comments

Re:*yawn*. Call me when we lose at Go.

[PiSkyHi]

It's precisely because the brute force method can be defeated just by scaling up the board size that go is a better game - humans don't use brute force to play it, which makes it a real game.

Re:*yawn*. Call me when we lose at Go.

[CarpetShark]

Spoken like someone who doesn't get Go at all.