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an early Chinese Chess program by Nick Jacobs which was commercially available in 1988 for the IBM PC running under DOS, later also ported to Windows. Xian played the 1st Computer Olympiad,London 1989. Xian guarantees never to make an illegal repetitive move, but still lacks the knowledge to handle cases when a repetition would be legal - and in some cases it allows the opponent to make an illegal repetitive move.
 * Xian**,

=Screenshot=
 * [[image:Xian.jpg]] ||
 * Xian's DOS Screen with on-line tutorial ||

=Selected Publications=
 * Robert Nisonoff, M. Stephanie Ricks (**1988**). //To Catch a King: East Meets West in the Game of Chess//. PC Magazine, October 31, 1988, pp. 506 » EGA Chess
 * Nick Jacobs (**1989**). //Xian, a Chinese Chess Program//. Heuristic Programming in AI 1

=Forum Posts=
 * [|rec.games.chinese-chess FAQ] by Stephen Leary, rec.games.chinese-chess, January 04, 1994
 * [|Re: Chinese Chess Computer Program] by Nick Jacobs, rec.games.chinese-chess, July 04, 1994
 * [|Re: Chess program recommendations wanted] by Nick Jacobs, rec.games.chinese-chess, October 25, 1994

=External Links=
 * [|Xian's ICGA Tournaments]

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