There are only a few winning and tying patterns for tic tac toe. There was
a fellow that made a relay logic that >could play tic tac toe and would win
against a human of at least tie but never lose.
Checkers is one of the most complicated games.
Dwight
I am not very familiar with the game theory of Tic Tac Toe. However, what
you say does make sense and in general I would think the best that can be
hoped for between adult player and a computer is a tie (barring no stupid
mistakes on the part of the human player). However, according to the New
Yorker article the Manrobot beat the human player five times in a row....
hence my quip about the WOPR.
Consider the possibility that the writer took "did not lose 5 times in a
row", and wrote that as "WON 5 times in a row".
