University of Alberta
Canadian university whose researchers developed Chinook, the checkers-playing program that defeated world champion Marion Tinsley.
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Chinook Defeats Marion Tinsley to Win the American Checkers Federation and World Checkers Federation Championship
In 1994, Chinook, a checkers-playing program developed by Jonathan Schaeffer and colleagues at the University of Alberta, became world champion after Marion Tinsley withdrew from their match due to illness, making it the first computer program to win a human world championship in any board game.