Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) variants

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1. 125 Percent Shogi and 125 Percent Xiang Qi. 4-player versions of Oriental variants on cross-shaped boards. (15x15, Cells: 125) By Charles Gilman.

A

1. Aire. River variant on H-shaped board, some parts of camps further back than others. (8x12, Cells: 72) By Charles Gilman.
2. Ajax Xiangqi. The Ajax 'effect' meets Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Jose Carrillo.
3. All pieces of classic chesses. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
4. An-Qi. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)
5. Anglis Qi. Xiang Qi and FIDE Chess variant. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
6. Arena Cheturshogqi. 2-4 Players on large board with mutating pieces and piece drops. (13x13, Cells: 169) By Paul E. Newton.

B

1. Banner Xiangqi. Xiangqi with Banners (from the Game of Three Kingdoms) and simplified endgame rules. By A. M. DeWitt.
2. Battle of titans. Missing description (3x(9x5), Cells: 135) By Daniil Frolov.
3. Beautiful Sun Chess (Meiriqi). A 10x10 blend of FIDE, Shogi, and Xiangqi influences. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Glenn Overby II.
4. Blind Chess. Played on the squares of half a Xiangqi board but using all the pieces. (8x4, Cells: 32)

C

1. Caliph Qi. Extension of Isis with compound colourbound pieces and overlapping royal-accessible areas. (6x9) By Charles Gilman.
2. Cannonless Xiang Qi variants. A look at stronger variations of pre-cannon Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
3. Chaturanga . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
4. Chess and Xiangqi Variants. Variants from the Shakki-77 group. Author: Jouni Tolonen.
5. Chess Dial. Play starts with Shogi, then mutates into Xiang Qi, then FIDE Chess, then Shogi again! (9x10, Cells: 90) By John Smith.
6. Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
   
7. Chinese Chess variant for 7 players. Missing description (19x19, Cells: 361) Author: Stephen Leary.
8. Chinese Chess.. An strong Zillions implementation plus a description of the world's most popular game. By M Winther.
9. Classic Average. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Kuyan Judith.
10. Classic sum. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
11. Classic sum - light version. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
12. Congo. Animals fight on 7 by 7 board. (7x7, Cells: 49) Author: Christian Freeling. Inventor: Demian Freeling.
13. Continental Chess. Continental Chess is Chess Variations with many types of pieces such as stepper, leaper, hopper and rider. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Siwakorn Songrag.
14. Copper, Silver, Gold: An Indestructible Metallic Alloy. Game with indestructible metallic alloys. (9x9, Cells: 81) By (zzo38) A. Black.
15. Crossover-piece Dual Direction Variants. Variants adding different moves in the dual direction to already dual pieces. () By Charles Gilman.
16. Crouching Stepper, Hidden Rider. Xiang Qi pieces' moves lengthen and shorten with location. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

D

1. Droppable Xiangqi. Another variant of Xiangqi with droppable pieces. (10x9, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
2. Dual Direction Variants. Adding extra moves to pieces in historic forms of Chess. By Charles Gilman.

E

1. Easterhouse. Captured pieces switch between Xiang Qi and Shogi boards. (9x19, Cells: 171) By Charles Gilman.
2. Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Fergus Duniho.
3. Expanded Chinese Chess. Missing description (9x12, Cells: 108) By Travis Z.

F

1. Five Tigers. A Chinese Chess variant with unequal armies. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
2. 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.
3. Flight and Ferry. The gold dragon of Wessex fights the red one of Wales across the Bristol Channel. (8x10, Cells: 80) By Charles Gilman.
4. Flyover Xiang Qi. A 4-player Shogi with each player facing all 3 others. (18x20, Cells: 180) By Charles Gilman.

G

1. Gala Xiang-Qi. Crossover game. (16x16, Cells: 256) By Daniil Frolov.
2. The Game of the Three Kingdoms. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
3. The Game of Three Friends. A variant on Chinese Chess for three players. (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various. Inventor: Jìndé Zhèng.
4. Gi-Qi-Game. Another one crossover of European, Chinese and Japanese chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
5. Gnu Qi. A cross between Anglis Qi and Wildebeest Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Charles Gilman.
6. Great Stour. Diagonal-heavy mixed-camp variant on Courier board with River. (12x8, Cells: 96) By Charles Gilman.

H

1. Half Nearlydouble Chess and offshoots. Chess enlarged and then shrunk again - or vice versa. (5x12, Cells: 60) By Charles Gilman.
2. Half Shogi and Half Xiang Qi. Applying the principles of Half Chess to Oriental games. (5x9, Cells: 45) By Charles Gilman.
3. Heian Shogi . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
4. Hexiang Qi. Hexagonal Variant of Xiang Qi. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Robert Hancock.
5. Historical Chess Variants . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
6. Honeycomb goes East. Shogi and Xiang Qi on a Hex-prism board. (16x9, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.

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

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1. Larger Wildeurasian variants. increasing the 2+2+1 piece groups from three to five or six. (12x12, Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
2. Little Dragon Chess. Modern small variant of Xiangqi on board of 41 squares. (5x7, Cells: 41) By Peter Aronson.
3. Little Trio. Small variant combining Chess, Shogi, and Xiang-Qi. (7x7, Cells: 49) By Jared B. McComb.

M

1. Magic River. Xiang Qi pieces crossing the Magic River turn into their Western counterparts, and vice versa! (17x9, Cells: 77) By John Smith.
2. Makruk (Siamese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
3. Minixiang. Xiang Qi's short-range pieces come into their own on a small board. (5x6, Cells: 30) By Charles Gilman.
4. MiniXiangqi. S. Kusumoto's MiniXiangqi - Chinese Chess on a 7x7 board (with zrf). By M Winther.
5. MiTaWi. A variant combining elements on Mitregi, Taijitu Qi, and Wildeurasian Qi. (14x12, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
6. Mitregi with compounds of duals. An extra border around the Gnuqi and Wildebishogi array houses forward-only counterparts. (11x11, Cells: 121) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Nested Xiang Qi. A variant hiding Xiang Qi on its diagonals. (18x18, Cells: 196) By Charles Gilman.
2. Ninth Century Indian Chess . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.

O

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

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1. Padwar qi. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 90) By Daniil Frolov.
2. Palace Shogi. A complicated hybrid of Shogi, Xiang Qi, and Chess. By Silvia Hollinshead.
3. Para-Xiang-qi. Xiangqi with limited drops and new piece. (9x10, Cells: 90) By (zzo38) A. Black.
4. Partnership Mitregi. Unthemed 4-player variant with most pieces always moving toward or across the River. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
5. Pass variants. 4-player Xiang, Anglis, &c. Qi on a 10x10 board with intersecting Rivers. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Charles Gilman.
6. Peng Hu rules. Rules for half-board Xiangqi. (8x4, Cells: 32)

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Qiube. Xiang Qi variant with Fortresses expanded from square to cube. (3x(9x10), Cells: 126) By Charles Gilman.

R

1. Random Rodent Chess. Variant geneRATing rodent-named pieces marks Year of the Rat. (4x(9x9), Cells: 324) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Saint Pancras Shogi. double-set Sainted Shogi variant with half the pieces starting promoted. (11x12, Cells: 132) By Charles Gilman.
2. San-kwo-k'i. inese Chess for three players (Game of the Three Kingdoms). (Cells: 135) Author: David Howe and Various.
3. Semedo. Missing description (5x8, Cells: 40) Author: Daniil Frolov.
4. Senterej . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
5. Shanghai Palace Chess. A blend of Chinese, Japanese, and Western Chess. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gary K. Gifford.
6. Shatar (Mongolian Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
7. Shogi with Cannons. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By John Smith.
8. 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.
9. Sino-European Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Andy Thomas.
10. Sittuyin (Burmese Chess) . Part of a document describing various Historical Chess Variants. Author: Nader Daou.
11. Snowflake Xiang Qi. A better Xiang Hex. (Cells: 140) By John Smith.
12. Spherical Chinese Chess. XiangQi with a spherical board. (9x10, Cells: 92) By Graeme C Neatham.
13. Spire orth triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (7x14, Cells: 98) By Daniil Frolov.
14. Stock Goes East 25 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (5x(5x9), Cells: 225) By Charles Gilman.
15. Stock Goes East 49 files. Stockschach-style analogues to Shogi, Xiang Qi, and offshoots. (7x(7x9), Cells: 441) By Charles Gilman.
16. 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.
17. Switchback Xiang Qi. Folding the Xiang Qi board into 3d has surprisingly little effect. (3x(3x10), Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
18. Synochess. Asymmetric west vs east variant where the western chess army plays against a Chinese and Korean-inspired army. By Daniel Lee.

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1. Taijitu Qi. Xiang Qi pieces are joined by (but not combined with) their duals. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
2. Tardis Taijitu. Xiang Qi board but with movable, bigger-inside-than-outside Fortresses. (3x(9x10), Cells: 144) By Charles Gilman.
3. Trebuqi. Hex variant using pieces selected for their similarity to Xiang Qi ones. (11x11, Cells: 91) By Charles Gilman.
4. Triangular xiang-qi. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 81) By Daniil Frolov.
5. Triaxial Qi. A 3d variant based on Xiang Qi but with triaxial steppers. (5x(5x10), Cells: 250) By Charles Gilman.
6. TriMac 3 Friends. Hexagonal Game of 3 Friends. (Cells: 207) By Graeme C Neatham.
7. TriMac HexChess. Hexagonal XiangQi. (Cells: 135) By Graeme C Neatham.
8. Turn Qi. Cannonless Xiang Qi on a Byzantine-style board, complete with Byzantine geography! (18x5, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.

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1. Unidirectional arrays on standard boards. Both players in the same direction, as Viking Chess, but on boards of correspondiyng face-to-face variants. By Charles Gilman.

W

1. Waterfall Xinag-Qi. An elegant 3D xinag-qi variant. (9x(9x10), Cells: 810) By Daniil Frolov.
2. Weltschach. 3d Wildeurasian variant including Unicorn and Sling moves and covering all 2nd-perimeter destinations. (8x(8x8), Cells: 512) By Charles Gilman.
3. Wey. Another variant in the same family as Avon, Cam, Isis, and Kennet. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Charles Gilman.
4. Who crosses the river first?. A variant on Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90) Author: Stephen Leary.
5. Wormhole Xiang Qi. A small Xiang Qi variant with 2 special spaces. (7x7, Cells: 47) By John Smith.

X

1. Xiang Courier. Xiang Qi enhanced in the style of Courier. (12x10, Cells: 120) By Charles Gilman.
2. Xiang Hex. Missing description (9x7, Cells: 79) By Larry L. Smith.
3. Xiang-qi moving palace and river. Missing description (9x10, Cells: 64) By Daniil Frolov.
4. Xiangaroo. Xiang Qi variant with compounds of back-rank pieces. (9x10, Cells: 90) By Charles Gilman.
5. Xiangqi (象棋): Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Chinese Chess (Xiangqi). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!) Author: Hans L. Bodlaender and Fergus Duniho.
   
6. Xiangqi 42. A minature version of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) on 42 squares. (7x6, Cells: 42) By Robert Price.
7. Xiangqi vs Orthodox Chess. Missing description (9x9, Cells: 77) By Travis Z.
8. Xiongqi. A Xiangqi variant with modern Bishops on a 9x9 board. By Cyril Kato.
9. xodul. Ten different pieces, with some Shogi and Xiangqi inspirations. By Silvia M. G. Rodrigues.
10. XSChess. Xiangqi plus shogi plus chess. (9x14, Cells: 126) By Hafsteinn Kjartansson.

Y

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

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