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Chinook (champion checkers computer program)

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Visit this site: http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/
Author:Jonathan Schaeffer, Dept. of Computing Science, Univ. of Alberta
Description: Chinook is the World Man-Machine Checkers Champion, a title it earned by competing in human tournaments and defeating the best players in the world. Chinook is the by-product of a research effort started in 1989 into game-playing strategies. The long-term objective of the project is determining the game-theoretic value of checkers. Links of interest about Chinook and about checkers, including publications, endgame databases, and free checkers software.
Levels: Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), College
Languages: English
Resource Types: Games, Link Listings, Topic Tools Miscellaneous
Math Topics: Game Theory, Data Sets, Computer Science

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