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Chinook

computer program that plays checkers
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Chinook

Summary

Chinook is a software[1]. Chinook ranks in the top 5% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chinook is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Chinook's instance of is recorded as software[4].
  • Chinook's genre is puzzle video game[5].
  • Chinook's developer is recorded as Jonathan Schaeffer[6].
  • Chinook's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • 1989 marks the founding of Chinook[8].
  • Chinook's official website is recorded as http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~chinook/[9].
  • Chinook's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Chinook'}[10].
  • Chinook's Alexa rank is recorded as {'amount': '+5093'}[11].
  • Chinook's different from is recorded as Chinook[12].

Why It Matters

Chinook ranks in the top 5% of software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] Chinook has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Canada Jonathan Schaeffer software

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Alexa Internet. Retrieved . alexa.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Chinook. Retrieved April 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chinook-q537261
MLA “Chinook.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/chinook-q537261.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chinook-q537261_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Chinook}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chinook-q537261}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-08}}
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  1. 4w ago · Bruno413 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → —
    Country → Canada
    Instance of → software
    Alexa rank → {'amount': '+5093'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q140278959]]"
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