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I am primarily giving this 'excellent' to offset the 'ekon' comment of 'Poor' followed by the ekon statement of 'for learn more skill.' What kind of comment is that, aside from being terrible grammatically? The Xianqi page clearly explains the rules of Chinese Chess. The page is not 'poor,' nor is the game. If one already knows how to play and wants to get better then he or she can (a) play more games of Xianqi and (b) read one or more of the books listed in the 'Shop' section of the Xianqi page.
for learn more skill
Compared with the Western chess, I find this game is a lot more exciting. Only 5 pawns with a distance between them make roads for pieces come to the enemy's territory and organize an attack. There are much less draws than in Western chess, and you cannot play passively hoping for a draw if you don't want to fight, the enemy's forces will overwhelm you soon. The battle here is more fiery than in its counterpart and draw is only achieved through a fight with a lot of exchanges. This game has less regard on material, you could be several pawns or one piece down but you have chances to attack the enemy's King, it is ok since the king is limited in His Royal Palace. Sacrifices of pieces are seen in almost every 3 games, and two rooks (the strongest offensive piece) sacrifice is seen in around, say, 5000 games.
i really like the cannons in xiangqi... and the fact that the game itself
develops more quickly than 'fide' ... also that once the pieces become a
bit unbalanced, the 'losing' side still seems to be able to mount an
attack... in other words, material superiority is not as important as in
'fide'... one thing i really miss in chinese chess... there are no
powerful bishops... but interestingly, the elephant can 'ambush' you
because you forgot about it!... i don't know how many pieces i've lost
to the otherwise 'weak' elephants... all because i forget, and the
elephant does not forget!... i actually prefer xiangqi to 'fide'... i'm
probably 'lower intermediate' level in both games... but they sure are
fun!... anyway... getting back to the cannon... it is a very interesting
piece... probably the single most interesting piece in either fide or
xiangqi... when you cross over from fide to xiangqi... the cannon takes
the most getting used to... at least that was my experience... finally,
another site where you can play xiangqi is 'www.itsyourturn.com'... they
have turn-based like brainking... i have seen some clubxiangqi players at
iyt too...
PLAY BY EMAIL SERVERS : brainking.com recently included xiangqi!
Rules are well explained. Just wonder if there's forum dedicated to xiangqi discussion?
try out shogi (japanese chess) and you will find another game better than 'classical' chess he he
I just played Xiangqi today and it charmed me and everybody who played it today. Excellent game. Much better then the classic chess.
Your readers might be interested in my free Chinese Chess program for Windows called Qianhong (Light Red)--it provides a good way to get into the game without previous Chinese Chess experience. Would you mind adding it to the list of links? Thanks! www.jcraner.com/qianhong/
Roberto, I'd like to point out that as of right now, when one Googles 'chessvariants,' the first related page that comes up under the main listing is this Xiang-Qi page. If that isn't a good indicator of this game's popularity variant-wise, if not game-wise in general, I don't know what is. (Incidentally, a search for 'xiangqi' gives this page second in the list, and a search for 'xiang-qi' or 'chinese chess' gives it first.)
From: chinese-chess-xiang-qi.dev.java.net : '...Because of the huge number of players in China and the rest of Asia, Chinese Chess is 'the' most popular game in the world...' There is not support for this statement, and, in my personal opinion, it is not true, even if you are only talking about board games, and even if you are only talking about Chess and variants.
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There is now a Piececlopedia entry for the General itself, to which you may wish to add a link.
This comment is now obsolite. I already submitted 'Para-Xiang-qi'.
I have found a 'Chinese chess board' with 'material pieces': http://www.mastersgames.com/cat/board/chinese-chess.htm But it's expensive.
one rule in Xiangqi is : Perpetual check is forbidden. You cannot check your opponent more than three times in a row with the same piece and same board positions. But the software do not understand it. The device check me no-limitted in a row wiht the same piece and same board positions. i have to give up.
I managed to find a Xiang Qi set at a 'Value World' a few days ago that didn't include any directions whatsoever. This page was/is a great help!
What a site! For a lover of fairy chess etc. like me. Years ago I saw this beatiful chess set and wanted it, but could not afford to pay D. kr. 1.500 (appr. 300 dollars). This Christmas my girlfriend gave it to me! I never told her my wish, so it is simply the best Christmas present I have recived, ever. It is very beautiful, a smaller copy of the terracotta figures from the grave of Qin Shi Huang Di, first emperor of China - much more visual than Chinese characters. The ministers and guards are very alike, though (anyone else out there who has a set and knows which one has a split hair-do and which one does not?) She worried that it was not standard chess. I thought great that it is not, though rules did not follow (and I thought Chinese and Japanese chess were the same...), so we picked up some simple, and flawed rules on the Internet. I have played several games with my self or the kids. We have made three major mistakes: 1. The ministers (elephants) could leap (minor mistake actually). 2. I thought the way the horse moved was in a simple L-shape: One step orthogonally and two steps to the side - or two steps, then one step. This gives some other points where one cannot leap, including different opening options. 3. Great mistake: I thought the cannons could only capture a token directly behind another token (in stead of the great leap for cannon-kind of the real rules), which makes it a rather weak token in it self. Glad you set me straight on all points, though I will recommend my 'wrong variant', which gives a very complicated and defensive game (with some tendency to produce tied games). The 'wrong horse moves' I will recommend in general, for variation. Looking forward to testing out your variants and the Chorean chess on the board...
There wasn't any conclusions i could find for the game... but as a chinese, i admit that i like this game a lot even though i do not play it often...
The idea that the differing symbols for similar opposing pieces were necessary long ago ties in with the Cannon, a latecomer to the game, being one of the pieces for which both armies use the same symbol.
I Think you should also post the traditional characters for the pieces instead of just the simplified ones.
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