Tic-Tac-Toe: 2 players

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import java.util.*;

// Tic Tac Toe

public class TicTacToe {

public static void main(String args[]) {
	Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
	String[][] board = {{" ", " ", " "}, {" ", " ", " "}, {" ", " ", " "}};
	int turns = 0;
	while(true) {
		Scanner input1 = new Scanner(askForInput(in, board, 1));
		board[input1.nextInt() - 1][input1.nextInt() - 1] = "X";
		input1.close();
		turns++;
		
		printBoard(board);
		
		if(turns == 9 && !checkForWinner(board)) {
			System.out.println("It's a Draw!");
			break;
		}
		if(checkForWinner(board)) {
			System.out.println("Player 1 won!");
			break;
		}
								
		Scanner input2 = new Scanner(askForInput(in, board, 2));
		board[input2.nextInt() - 1][input2.nextInt() - 1] = "O";
		input2.close();
		turns++;
		
		printBoard(board);
				
		
		if(checkForWinner(board)) {
			System.out.println("Player 2 won!");
			break;
		}
		
	}
	in.close();
}

public static boolean checkForWinner(String[][] board) {
	for(int n = 0; n < board.length; n++) {
		if((board[n][0] == "X" && board[n][1] == "X" && board[n][2] == "X") || 
		(board[n][0] == "O" && board[n][1] == "O" && board[n][2] == "O"))
			return true;				
	}
	for(int n = 0; n < board.length; n++) {
		if((board[0][n] == "X" && board[1][n] == "X" && board[2][n] == "X") || 
		(board[0][n] == "O" && board[1][n] == "O" && board[2][n] == "O"))
			return true		;		
	}
	if((board[0][0] == "X" && board[1][1] == "X" && board[2][2] == "X") || 
	(board[0][0] == "O" && board[1][1] == "O" && board[2][2] == "O"))
		return true;
	if((board[0][2] == "X" && board[1][1] == "X" && board[2][0] == "X") || 
	(board[0][2] == "O" && board[1][1] == "O" && board[2][0] == "O"))
		return true;
	return false;
}

public static String askForInput(Scanner in, String[][] board, int player) {
	boolean bool = true;
	int prow = 0, pcolumn = 0;
	while(bool) {
		System.out.print("P" + player + " input row and column seperated by spaces: ");
		prow = in.nextInt();
		while(true) {
			if(prow > 3 || prow < 1) {
				System.out.println("INVALID, TRY AGAIN");
				in.nextLine();
				prow = in.nextInt();
			} else 
				break;			
		}
		pcolumn = in.nextInt();
		while(true) {
			if(pcolumn > 3 || pcolumn < 1) {
				System.out.println("INVALID, TRY AGAIN");
				in.nextLine();
				pcolumn = in.nextInt();
			} else 
				break;			
		}
		if(board[prow - 1][pcolumn - 1] == " ")
			bool = false;
	}
	
	return prow + " " + pcolumn;
}

public static void printBoard(String[][] board) {
	System.out.println();
	System.out.println(board[0][0] + "|" + board[0][1] + "|" + board[0][2]);
	drawSeperator();
	System.out.println(board[1][0] + "|" + board[1][1] + "|" + board[1][2]);
	drawSeperator();
	System.out.println(board[2][0] + "|" + board[2][1] + "|" + board[2][2]);
	System.out.println();
}
	
public static void drawSeperator() {
	System.out.println("-+-+-");
}

}

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