xiangqi
Sign in to saveXiangqi (; ), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family of games as shogi, janggi, Western chess, chaturanga, and Indian chess. Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, this game is also a popular pastime in Vietnam, where it is known as '''''', literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or '''', literally 'King's chess'.
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Xiangqi, commonly known as Chinese chess, is a two-player strategy board game that belongs to the same family as Western chess and other traditional board games from Asia. It is the most popular board game in China and is also widely played in Vietnam and Chinese communities around the world.
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- Xiangqi board and starting setup
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- Southern Song dynasty to present
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Article
42 sectionsContents
- Board
- Rules
- Pieces
- General
- Advisor
- Elephant
- Horse
- Chariot
- Cannon
- Soldier
- Approximate relative values of the pieces
- Notation
- System 1
- System 2
- Romanised version
- Chinese (Original) version
- System 3
- Example
- Gameplay
- Tactics
- Openings
- Middlegame strategy
- Endgame
- Zugzwang in xiangqi endgames
- Soldier (pawn) endgames
- Horse endgames
- Cannon endgames
- Horse+Cannon endgames
- Chariot endgames
- History
- Modern play
- Tournaments and leagues
- Rankings
- Computers
- Variations
- Variations played with special boards or pieces
- In Unicode
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Xiangqi (; ), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family of games as shogi, janggi, Western chess, chaturanga, and Indian chess. Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, this game is also a popular pastime in Vietnam, where it is known as '''''', literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or '''', literally 'King's chess'.
The game represents a battle between two armies, with the primary object being to checkmate the enemy's general (king). Distinctive features of xiangqi include the cannon (pao), which must jump to capture; a rule prohibiting the generals from facing each other directly; areas on the board called the river and palace, which restrict the movement of some pieces but enhance that of others; and the placement of the pieces on the intersections of the board lines, rather than within the squares.