I had a checker game with a bearded gentleman from another country and he was and is a very nice guy. He was learning checkers from books he said and I was real pleased to have another convert to checkers. I beat him a couple of times then all of a sudden he moved like a Grand Master and beat me. He then told me he was trying out a program he had found and even sent the the print out of what it had told him to do to win the game. I just smiled and did not stomp around like Rumplestillskin but I will admit for one brief moment I felt like Ugh was describing. In the end I looked at it as a learning experience for him as well as me. Now intense tournament prize games may indeed be another matter.