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=Computer Chess=
As computer chess programmer Bill, Jordan is author of various chess tools and the [[WinBoard]] compliant chess engines [[Bills Bare Bones Chess]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161111132747/http://www.chess-tuition.com/bbb//bbbc.html Bills Bare Bones Chess] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref>aka Basic-Chess, and [[Awesome]] <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20161012202911/http://chess-tuition.com/awesome.html Awesome Chess Program, Chess Tuition (2016)] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref>.
His program '''Chess Memory''' was inspired by [[Adriaan de Groot|Adriaan de Groot's]] [[Cognition|cognitive]] experiments.
One has to memorize positions from a series displayed for 10 seconds each to receive a percent score
<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20140122140327/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~chess/cm.html Chess Memory] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])</ref> .
More recently, Bill Jordan published the didactic [[:Category:Open Source|open source chess programs]] [[Basic-Chess]], [[Bitboard-Chess]] and [[JavaScript-Chess]] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub GitHub] <ref>[https://github.com/billjordanchess billjordanchess · GitHub]</ref>, along with his books and e-Books explaining the programs.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Bill Jordan]] ('''2019'''). ''Optimise Your Chess Thinking''. [https://www.amazon.com/Optimise-Your-Chess-Thinking-Jordan-ebook/dp/B07NJRGBCY/ amazon]
* [[Bill Jordan]] ('''2019'''). ''Play Fast, Positionally and Accurately: Choosing a Move''. [https://www.amazon.com/Play-Fast-Positionally-Accurately-Choosing-ebook/dp/B07WQ1SM86/ amazon]
* [[Bill Jordan]] ('''2019'''). ''How to Write a Chess Program''. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SVX1V73/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 amazon] » [[Bills Bare Bones Chess|Basic-Chess]]
* [[Bill Jordan]] ('''2019'''). ''The Joy of Chess Programming: How Chess Engines Work''. [https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Chess-Programming-Engines-Work-ebook/dp/B07RQJWKHV amazon]
* [[Bill Jordan]] ('''2019'''). ''Play Like a World Champion: Wilhelm Steinitz''. [https://www.amazon.com/Play-Like-World-Champion-Steinitz-ebook/dp/B07PWJCNWY/ amazon]
* [http://whoareyoutothink.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-passion-for-programming.html My Passion for Programming] by [[Bill Jordan]], [http://whoareyoutothink.blogspot.com/ Who are you to think that you could change the world?], July 30, 2011
* [http://www.chesschat.org/showthread.php?15127-Bill-Jordan-flukes-a-win-over-Houdini Bill Jordan flukes a win over Houdini] by [[Bill Jordan]], [http://www.chesschat.org/forum.php Chess Chat], October 12, 2013 » [[Houdini]]
* [https://billjordanchess.blogspot.com/2019/05/i-am-making-available-source-code-for.html source code for a basic chess engine] by [[Bill Jordan]], [https://billjordanchess.blogspot.com Bill Jordan Chess], May 4, 2019 » [[Bills Bare Bones Chess]]aka Basic-Chess
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