The Piece: Cannon Tag

Description

The Cannon or Pao is an original piece from Xiangqi, the Chinese Chess. It moves without capture like a Rook, and captures by jumping over a hurdle and taking a piece at any distance behind that hurdle along Rook lines.

Tagged Pages

• Al-Ces. Variant on 10 by 10 board with 30 pieces per player. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Amazonia. 11x11 board with Pawns that promote to Princesses in the middle of the board.
• Eurasian Chess. Synthesis of European and Asian forms of Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
• Grand Apothecary Chess-Classic. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
• Grand Apothecary Chess-Modern. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games.
• Grand Cavalier Chess. The decimal version of Cavalier Chess. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Gross Chess. A big variant with a small learning curve. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• Maasai Chess. Large CV with 48 pieces per side, of 20 types including both regular and rapid Pawns.
• Metamachy. Large game with a variety of regular fairy pieces.
• Mir Chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Pao. Moves like rook, but must jump when taking.
• Pemba. Extension of Shako, with 60 pieces.
• Perfect 12. 36 pieces per player on 12 by 12 board. (12x12, Cells: 144)
• SOHO Chess. Chess on a 10x10 board with Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons.
• Shako. Cannons and elephants are added in variant on 10 by 10 board. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Shatranj Kamil X. Shatranj Kamil, with new pieces from Jetan, Shogi and Xiangqi. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Teramachy. A chess variant between Metamachy and Terachess.
• Turkish Chess. 8x10 board with different combination pieces, Vao and Pao. (8x10, Cells: 80)
• UC-170-13. Universal Chess version featuring 170 different kind of major pieces and 13 different kind of pawns. (8x8, Cells: 64)
• Wide SOHO Chess. Chess on a 12x10 board with Archbishops, Marshalls, Champions, FADs, Wizards & Cannons.
• Xhess. Decimal variant with Nightriders and Cannons. (10x10, Cells: 100)
• Yangsi. A very playable chess variant with 12 different pieces on a 10x10 board.
• Yáng Qí. Yankee ingenuity adds new power to Chinese Chess. (9x10, Cells: 90)

Parents

• Piece - Parent tag for noting a specific type of piece in a game