Some Games and Machines for Playing Them

John F. Nash

ResearchPublished 1952

Some board games are presented which have the following properties:

  1. The first player has a winning strategy.
  2. The winning strategy is, as yet, unknown.

A description of electrical analog machines capable of playing these games are given. In practice, these machines play the games fairly well, but not perfectly.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1952
  • Pages: 8
  • Document Number: D-1164

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Nash, John F., Some Games and Machines for Playing Them. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1952. https://www.rand.org/pubs/documents/D1164.html.
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