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'''William (Bill) Jordan''',<br/>
an Australian chess player, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_titles#FIDE_Master_.28FM.29 FIDE Master],
in 1974 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Chess_Championship#Australian_Junior_Champions Australian Junior Champion], in 1997 Australian Postal champion <ref>[https://sachess.org.au/bill-jordan/ Bill Jordan | South Australian Chess Association]</ref>, chess coach and writer, as well as software developer with focus on chess software.

=Computer Chess=
As computer chess programmer Bill Jordan is author of various chess tools and the [[WinBoard]] compliant chess engines [[Bills Bare Bones Chess]] and [[Awesome]].
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> .

=Postings=
* [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]]

=External Links=
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20131022085307/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~chess/programs.html Chess Software] by [[Bill Jordan]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20121016072832/http://home.vicnet.net.au/~chess/dos.html Chess Dos Programs(2-November-2002)] by [[Bill Jordan]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine Wayback Machine])
* [https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=3200876 Jordan, William FIDE Chess Profile]
* [https://sachess.org.au/bill-jordan/ Bill Jordan | South Australian Chess Association]
* [https://www.chess.com/member/billjordan Bill Jordan (BillJordan) - Chess Profile], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com]
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/William_Jordan William Jordan chess games - 365Chess.com]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=39607 The chess games of William Jordan] from [http://www.chessgames.com/index.html chessgames.com]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsdlBGD9F-HNla3kQdhTleQ Bill Jordan chess YouTube channel]
* [https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B07F5WSFHZ FM Bill Jordan's eBooks @ Amazon Author Central]

=References=
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