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• Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.

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• 125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125) By Charles Gilman.
• 3 player Dabbaba Qi. A 3 player hex variant with player-specific Rivers. (Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.
• 3D Xiang Qi. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Larry L. Smith.

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• Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
• An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
• Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Anglis Qi modified to add Cannons and Arrows. FIDE board plus River, 1st rank-pieces, with or without Pawns, plus Cannons and Arrows. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

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• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi) . 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
• Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)

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• Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
• Cambaluc Chinese Chess Photos. A commercially produced Chinese Chess set with Staunton pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Cannon. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Chaturanga . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group. Author: Jouni Tolonen.
• Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
• Chinese and Korean Chess Links. Comprehensive list of links to Chinese and Korean chess pages. Author: Roleigh Martin.
• Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
• Chinese Chess. Book on the fundamentals of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: H. T. Lau.
• Chinese Chess. Play Xiang Qi, the Chinese form of Chess. (10x9, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). Number of players is probably comparable to FIDE chess players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Chinese Chess Cyber Newsletter. (9x10, Cells: 90)
• Chinese Chess for Beginners. Author: Sam Sloan.
• Chinese Chess for Beginners. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Sam Sloan.
• Chinese Chess Pack. Contains a detailed play guide and strategic hints and tips for the game. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: James Palmer.
• Chinese Chess variant for 7 players. (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Chinese Chess.. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. (9x10, Cells: 90) By M Winther.
• Chinese International Chess. Chinese International Chess is originally invented by 張孝敬(大連人) in 2004. (14x10, Cells: 140) Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: Zhang Xiao Jing.
• Classic Average. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Kuyan Judith.
• Club Xiangqi. An online club for playing Xiang Qi. (9x10, Cells: 90)
• Coffee Chinese Chess. A freeware Java applet for playing Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Pham Hong Nguyen.
• Congo. Demian Freeling's Congo on the Game Courier. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Demian Freeling.
• Crossover-piece Dual Direction Variants. Variants adding different moves in the dual direction to already dual pieces. () By Charles Gilman.
• Crouching Stepper, Hidden Rider. Xiang Qi pieces' moves lengthen and shorten with location. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

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• Dual Direction Variants. Adding extra moves to pieces in historic forms of Chess. By Charles Gilman.

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• Easterhouse. Captured pieces switch between Xiang Qi and Shogi boards. (9x19, Cells: 171) By Charles Gilman.
• Elephant (Xiangqi). Moves two squares diagonally (non-jumping).
• Elephant Chess Club. Webshop selling internationalized Xiangqi and Shogi sets. (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Essentials of Chinese Chess and of Korean Chess . (Link.). Author: Daniel Kian McKiernan.
• Eurasia-Chess Chessmen Piece Set. for Chess, XiangQi, Shogi and other Chess variants. By Emmanuel Baud.
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
• Eurasian Chess . Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.

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• First Syllabus on Xiangqi - Chinese Chess 1. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: David Li.
• First Syllabus on Xiangqi: Chinese Chess 1. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: David Li.
• Five Tigers. A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Five Tigers . A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Robert Price.
• Five Tigers Chess. Variant of Chinese Chess. Red can make two pawn moves per turn but. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Flexible Palace and Flexible River Xiang Qi. Boundaries of Palaces and the River are determined by the location of the Advisors, Generals, Elephants, and Soldiers. (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
• Flyover Xiang Qi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (18x20, Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.
• The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland. (9x10, Cells: 90)
• The Friends of Chinese Chess in Finland .

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• The Game of the Three Kingdoms. Another variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
• The Game of Three Friends. A variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various. Inventor: Jìndé Zhèng.
• Game of three kingdoms, Photos. Photo's of a three-player Xiangqi variant. (x3, Cells: 45)
• German Xiangqi Federation . Includes problem solving contest.
• Gnu Qi. A cross between Anglis Qi and Wildebeest Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
• Go-Figure!. Webshop selling sets of Xiangqi (Chinese chess). (9x9, Cells: 81)
• Great Stour. Diagonal-heavy mixed-camp variant on Courier board with River. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.

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• Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
• Half Shogi and Half Xiang Qi. Applying the principles of Half Chess to Oriental games. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
• Half Shoxiang. A variant with one each of a mixture of Shogi and Xiang Qi pieces on a FIDE board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Handmade Magnetic Chinese Chess Set. Photo's of Xiangqi set made from magnetic chess and checkers sets. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Heian Shogi . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata. (Cells: 90) Author: Abdul-Rahman Sibahi. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Hex Dabbaba Qi. A Wellisch-style hex interpretation of Xiang Qi, indluenced by Toccata. (Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
• HiddenLynx. A beautiful, user-friendly, Windows program for Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Mikko Oksalahti.
• Historical Chess Variants . A document describing several historical chess variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.

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• Imperial Dragon . A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Fredrix.
• Imperial Dragon Chess. A variant of Xiangqi designed to appeal to western players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Peter Aronson. Inventor: Paul Fredrix.
• Irwell. Gain an advantage by crowning your enemy. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.

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• Kennet. A variant combining the River from Xiang Qi with a 3-player board. (9x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
• Korean Chess Photos. Photos of a traditional Korean Chess set on a homemade board. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho.

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• Larger Wildeurasian variants. increasing the 2+2+1 piece groups from three to five or six. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Little Dragon Chess. Modern small variant of Xiangqi on board of 41 squares. (5x7, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
• Little Dragon Chess . Modern small variant of Xiangqi on board of 41 squares. (5x7, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
• Little Trio. Small variant combining Chess, Shogi, and Xiang-Qi. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Jared B. McComb.
• Little Trio. (7x7, Cells: 64) Author: Nicholas Jay Wolff. Inventor: Jared B. McComb.
• Lucky Xiangqi. All the pieces, except the kings, are turned over so you can't see what they are. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.

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• Magic River. Xiang Qi pieces crossing the Magic River turn into their Western counterparts, and vice versa! (17x9, Cells: 77) By John Smith.
• Magnetic Xiangqi set. Photo's of a magnetic Chinese chess set. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Makruk (Siamese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Manchurian Chess. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• MiniXiang. (5x6, Cells: 30) Author: Larry L. Smith. Inventor: Charles Gilman.
• Minixiang. Xiang Qi's short-range pieces come into their own on a small board. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Charles Gilman.
• Mitregi with compounds of duals. An extra border around the Gnuqi and Wildebishogi array houses forward-only counterparts. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.
• Moon Chess . Played with a Xiangqi set, but with different rules. (8x4, Cells: 32) Author: Peter Aronson.

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• Nested Xiang Qi. A variant hiding Xiang Qi on its diagonals. (18x18, Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
• Ninth Century Indian Chess . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Not Chess. Mixes elements of Chinese and FIDE Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Jim Reynolds.

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• Once More, with Deans. Subvariants of River-with-university-and-cathedral series with extra piece type. By Charles Gilman.
• Ouk Chatrang (Cambodian Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.

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• Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking. Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c. Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
• Pawn (Xiangqi). Moves and captures one square straight forward.
• Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32) Author: Bo Xian.
• Proto-Xiang-Qi . A seminal so-called "Chinese" game with the minimal configuration. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.
• Proto-Xiang-Qi. A seminal so-called "chinese" game with the minimal configuration. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

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• QB Goes East 162 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using double sets on 2 9x9 boards. (Cells: 162) By Charles Gilman.
• QB Goes East 98 squares. Quadruple Besiege versions of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots using single sets on 2 7x7 boards. (Cells: 98) By Charles Gilman.
• Qianhong. Chinese Chess for Windows. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Jeremy Craner.
• Qiube. Xiang Qi variant with Fortresses expanded from square to cube. (9x10x3, Cells: 126) By Charles Gilman.

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• Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (9x9x4, Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.

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• San-kwo-k'i. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
• Senterej . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Shanghai Palace Chess. A blend of Chinese, Japanese, and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
• On ShareDebate International. Online BBS magazine, and software for chinese chess, Korean chess, and for making sets for these games. Author: Roleigh Martin.
• Shatar (Mongolian Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Shoxiang 108. A combination of Shogi and Xiang Qi on a number of ranks divisible by both 2 and 3. (9x12, Cells: 108) By Charles Gilman.
• Simply Xiangi. Correspondence Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) website. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Andy .
• Sino-European Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andy Thomas.
• Sino-European Chess . (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andy Thomas.
• Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
• Snowflake Xiang Qi. A better Xiang Hex. (Cells: 140) By John Smith.
• Storm the Ivory Tower. A Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Storm the Ivory Tower. Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess by email. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Storm the Ivory Tower . Play this Smess adaptation of Chinese Chess with Zillions of Games. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Super-Drop-Xiang-Qi. Xiang-Qi with drops and more thing different when cross river, one new piece. (10x9, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
• Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x10x3, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

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• Taijitu Qi. Xiang Qi pieces are joined by (but not combined with) their duals. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
• Tardis Taijitu. Xiang Qi board but with movable, bigger-inside-than-outside Fortresses. (9x10x3, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
• Trebuqi. Hex variant using pieces selected for their similarity to Xiang Qi ones. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
• Triaxial Qi. A 3d variant based on Xiang Qi but with triaxial steppers. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Charles Gilman.
• TriMac 3 Friends. Hexagonal Game of 3 Friends. (Cells: 207) By Graeme C Neatham.
• TriMac HexChess . Zillions Rule File and Graphics. (Cells: 135) By Graeme C Neatham.
• TriMac HexChess. Hexagonal XiangQi. (Cells: 135) By Graeme C Neatham.
• Turn Qi. Cannonless Xiang Qi on a Byzantine-style board, complete with Byzantine geography! (18x5, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

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• Uncle Wang Chinese Chess . Link to website of commercial program that plays Xiangqi.
• Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.

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• VeCoTha. A variant with an H-shaped system of Rivers. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.

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• Weltschach. 3d Wildeurasian variant including Unicorn and Sling moves and covering all 2nd-perimeter destinations. (8x8x8, Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
• A Western Xiangqi Board. Proposal to play Xiangqi on a `westernized' board. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Köksal Karakus.
• Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
• Who crosses the river first?. A variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with two special spaces. (7x7, Cells: 47) By John Smith.
• Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with 2 special spaces. (7x7, Cells: 47) By John Smith.
• Wuji Chinese Chess. Invented by Zheng Lei(鄭磊,河南光山縣人) in 1993. (13x12, Cells: 156) Author: Yu Ren Dong. Inventor: Zheng Lei.

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• Xiang Courier. Xiang Qi enhanced in the style of Courier. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
• Xiang Hex. (9x7, Cells: 79) By Larry L. Smith.
• Xiang Hex. Play this hexagonal adaptation of Chinese Chess on Game Courier. (9x11, Cells: 79) Author: Fergus Duniho. Inventor: Larry L. Smith.
• Xiangqi . Western Style. Version using Alfaerie graphics. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: David Howe.
• Xiangqi. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
• Xiangqi. A Xiangqi problem. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Xiangqi. Photos of a Chinese Chess set made from poker chips and posterboard tiles. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Fergus Duniho.
• Xiangqi 3D. Three dimensional version of Chinese Chess. (5x10x5, Cells: 250) By Larry L. Smith.
• Xiangqi 42. A minature version of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) on 42 squares. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Robert Price.
• Xiangqi 42 . A minature version of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) on 42 square. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Robert Price.
• Xiangqi FAQ. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Xiangqi for Chess Players . Introduction geared toward western chess players. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Douglas Crockford.
• Xiangqi problem. A complicated Xiangqi problem. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender. Inventor: C. K. Lai.
• Xiangqi set. Photos of a figurine Xiangqi set. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Jean-Luc Muraro.
• Xiangqi set: photo's. Photo's of a Xiangqi set, made in China. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender.
• Xiangqi Syllabus on Cannon: Chinese Chess 2. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: David Li.
• xiangqidiag. A tool to show Xiangqi diagrams in webpages. By Hans L. Bodlaender.
• XieXie . Xiangqi Computer Program XieXieMaster 1.0.10 released! (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Pascal Tang. Inventor: Pascal Tang and Eugenio Castillo.

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• Yáng Qí. Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Yáng Qí. Westernized adaptation of Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Yang Qi . Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Yáng Qí - Oriental Graphics . Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Fergus Duniho.
• Year of the Pig Variants. Subvariants extending the forward moves in assorted previous variants old and new. By Charles Gilman.
• Yitong. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Ed Friedlander.
• Yitong. Widely-played regional variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
• Yoto. Variant with heavy Xiang Qi influences marks Year of the Ox. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
• Yutopian Chinese Chess . Author: Sidney Yuan.

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