Computers have had the  to play chess for many years now,

ABLE

and their  in games against the best players in the world has

PERFORM

shown steady . However, it will be years before the designers

IMPROVE

of computer games machines can beat their  challenge yet –

BIG

the ancient board game called Go. The playing area is  larger

CONSIDERABLE

than in chess, there are more pieces, and the of moves is

COMBINE

almost . The game involves planning so many moves ahead

END

that even the  calculations of the fastest modern computers

IMPRESS

are  to deal with the many problems of the game. In a recent

SUFFICIENT

 for computer Go machines, the best machine beat all its

COMPETE

computer rivals, but lost to three young schoolchildren, so

HEAVY

there is obviously still a lot of work to do !!