Chinook (draughts Player) - Timeline

Timeline

• 1997 - Jonathan Schaeffer writes a book about Chinook called One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers. An updated version of the book was published November 2008.
• May 24, 2003 - Chinook completes its 10 piece database with 5 pieces on each side.
• August 2, 2004 - The Chinook team announces that the tournament opening in English draughts called the White Doctor (10–14 22–18 12–16) is proven to be a draw.
• January 18, 2006 - The Chinook team announces that the 09–13 21–17 05–09 opening is proven to be a draw.
• April 18, 2006 - The Chinook team announces that the 09–13 22–17 13–22 opening is proven to be a draw.
• March 10, 2007 - Jonathan Schaeffer announces (at the ACM SIGCSE 2007 conference) that a final solution to checkers is expected within 3–5 months.
• July 19, 2007 - The journal Science publishes Schaeffer's team's article "Checkers Is Solved", presenting their proof that the best a player playing against Chinook can achieve is a draw.