Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
About Xiangqi
Xiangqi, or Chinese Chess, is a two-player strategy game played on a 9×10 board. Pieces sit on intersections, the river divides the armies, and each general stays inside a palace.
- Players
- 2
- Board
- 9×10
- Pieces
- 16 per side
- Goal
- Checkmate
How to play
- 01 Red moves first, then players alternate turns.
- 02 Move one piece according to its Xiangqi movement rule.
- 03 Capture by moving onto an opponent's occupied point.
- 04 Win by checkmating the opposing general.
Controls
Click or tap a piece to select it, then choose a legal point on the board to move.
Special rules
Cannons capture by jumping over exactly one screen piece, elephants cannot cross the river, and the two generals cannot face each other on an open file.
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