Mahjong players

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What do social gaming habits reveal about the lives of those playing?
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Games of Artificial Intelligence

Chess and artificial intelligence have been matched almost since the beginning of AI research, but now there's a new game in town. 
Backgammon game in progress

The Erotics of Backgammon

James E. Doan reveals the sexual innuendoes and double-entendres based on Backgammon.
The car token at the starting square of the Monopoly board game

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The real-estate game Monopoly turns 80 in 2015
Judit Polgar Beast Garry Kasparov

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László Polgár raised all three of his daughters to become chess prodigies.