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HOXChess is a free and open source Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) application for iPhone/iPod touch. The user can either practice with Artificial Intelligent (AI) or play with other people around the world through the free PlayXiangqi.com server. Common features:- Replay mode with 4-button panel (Begin, Previous, Next, End).- Five different Piece sets and Boards, including Western ones.- Sound support.- Graphics effects for Move-Hints and the Last-Move-Highlight.- Three languages: English, Chinese (Simplified), and French.Offline or Artificial Intelligent (AI) mode:- Two different AI engines to choose from.- Each AI has four different Difficulty Levels: Easy (default), Normal, Hard, Master.- Auto Save and Auto Resume the current game.- Disable/Enable (i.e., Pause/Resume) AI at any time to allow the user to play both sides/roles.- Support Player-vs-Player (PvP) with AI being disabled.- Unlimited Undo Moves.- Either Human or AI can move first (as Red player). Online mode (through a centralized server at PlayXiangqi.com):- Play with other people either as a registered user or as a Guest.- Play or Observe existing games/tables.- Support basic Chat feature.- Support receiving Invitations from other people.- Track Rating/Points and game statistics using Elo Rating System.- Support Auto-Resume after having disconnected from the network.- Basic online options: Resign, Draw, Reset, and Timers.Acknowledgements:- HOXChess is created by the team at PlayXiangqi.com.- HOXChess is a fork/branch of NevoChess at nevochess.googlecode.com- XQWLight is an open source AI engine written by Huang Chen at xqbase.com- HaQiKi D is an AI engine written by H.G. Muller at home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller- Some Chinese pieces, boards, and sound files are from XQWizard at xqwizard.sourceforge.net- Western pieces are from chessvariants.com and wikipedia.org- Some icons are from Tango Desktop Project at tango.freedesktop.org- Other icons and from Crystal Project Icons (by Everaldo) at crystalxp.net
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