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XiangQi is the name of Chinese Chess.
With 100 million players, Xiangqi might be the most popular board game in the world. It is estimated to be over 1500 years old.
GAME
Win by positioning your pieces so that on your next move, you would be certain to capture your opponent’s King. You also win by stalemate, which is when your opponent has no available moves. This is a difference from Western chess, where a stalemate is a draw.
Chinese Chess ends in a draw when both players have only Elephants and Advisers in addition to their Kings.
Chinese Chess pieces occupy points on the board where the lines cross. The regions containing diagonal lines are called the palaces. Each palace has 9 points. The strip in the middle with no vertical lines, called the river, separates the players’ home territories.
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On each turn, a player moves one piece according to the rules.
Red has the first move. Some pieces are similar to those of Western chess,
and some are very different. Some pieces are confined to certain areas of the board.
Usually you can capture an enemy piece by landing on it,
but the Cannon can only capture in a special way.
Play for FUN
The best way to learn quickly is to play with computer Chinese chess software.
i-ChineseChess is a Chinese chess computer software which everyone can enjoy playing with.
It has 12 levels suitable for from begninners to advanced players.
Click the following link for more information.
To Learn More
To learn the BASICS OF CHINESE CHESS, please
click here.
You may want to buy a book about Chinese Chess and study it.
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Links
Basics of XiangQi is a good article written by Sam Sloan.
Asian Xiangqi Federation Homepage
Club XiangQi
Chess Hub
Chinese Chess Net (in Chinese)
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