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Strongly solving the world’s oldest board game, the Royal Game of Ur, using traditional, decades-old, AI techniques


Our new AI has surpassed the skill of every player of the Royal Game of Ur from the last 4500 years.

Our supercharged Panda bot breaking the Royal Game of Ur in two.A few mornings before Christmas in 2017, I hunched over the table in my parents' house. An animation showing the process of calculating the light player's winning chance from every position in the game.To solve the game, you just have to let the water settle. Now, let's zoom-out from the technical details and discuss how solving the Royal Game of Ur fits into the larger landscape of AI.

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