Sentence:  If the machine does this, it will lose only one point, and as it is not looking far enough ahead, it cannot see that it has not prevented its opponent from <WSD>kinging</WSD> but only postponed the evil day. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.