Chinese Chess

Hello everyone!

Does anybody here know anything about Chinese Chess (Xiangqi)? I've just started playing it a little and would be very grateful if anyone could point me towards any literature on tactics available on the internet.

Based on my very tiny amount of experience with it, Chinese Chess looks like a very interesting variant on the Western version, giving a much more open and fluid game.

Mick 🙂

Originally posted by mikado
Hello everyone!

Does anybody here know anything about Chinese Chess (Xiangqi)? I've just started playing it a little and would be very grateful if anyone could point me towards any literature on tactics available on the internet.

Based on my very tiny amount of experience with it, Chinese Chess looks like a very interesting variant on the Western version, giving a much more open and fluid game.

Mick 🙂

you can get some practice playing at itsyourturn.com

Thanks Sintubin and dfm.

I recently found itsyourturn.com and started a few games of Chinese Chess (got tonked in the first one sadly...)

Another handy site I came across was www.chessvariants.com. However if anyone knows of a site that gives a little more of the strategy (in English!) I'd be grateful.

Mick 🙂

Mick, how about a game of Chinese chess over at iyt? over there i'm called '8k down'. i haven't played much though, so you'll probably beat me easily...
David

I'm up for a game if you want to find my name at Itsyourturn.com. I'm horrible at Xiangqi, but not much better at international chess anyway, but it would be fun to try a game.

Here are some Xiangqi links. http://boardgamecentral.com/games/xiangqi.html. Please let us know if you find any interesting links; I would love to find a way to beat my Dad.

Here's an interesting site, Mick: World Champion Lu's match against the "world," similar to the demonstration that Kasparov did against the world.

http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/xiang_lu_world.html

Links to analysis on the game (well over my head, BTW).

Also this one, which has great links...

http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/xiangintro.html#xareview

...including to this site of basic strategy/tactics:

http://www.geocities.com/yccheok/tutorial/menu.html

I've played Chinese Chess before
Go to er... Yahoo! Games, Chinese Chess, and How To Play (or something like that).

Hey,

you can try some free xiangqi SW at www.nchess.com

or have a look at 4 xiangqi e-books at http://wxf.hypermart.net

Have fun

Originally posted by Zaps
I've played Chinese Chess before
Go to er... Yahoo! Games, Chinese Chess, and How To Play (or something like that).