By :Shawn
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The History Of Chinese Chess
• Chinese Chess is also called XiangQi (象棋）
• Evolved from an ancient Chinese game called Liubo
that was invented some 3,500 years ago.
• Strategy Game like in military warfare with
‘Generals’, ‘Pawns’, ‘Advisors’ etc.
• Xiang(Elephant ‘象’)= Ivory from Elephant
• Qi(piece ‘棋’)= Chess piece.
• Han Dynasty Xiang Xi
• Bei Zhou Dynasty  XiangQi
The Board
Layout of Chess Pieces
Rules of playing Chinese
Chess
16 pieces in each army.
Red ALWAYS starts the game.
Think before moving or you will make a
mistake.
Shake your opponent’s hand before starting
the game.
Moves of Chinese Chess
Moves of Chinese Chess
• The Rooks [ 车 ]：9 points
– Only 2 Rooks in each army.
– They can move forward , left , right and backwards
and can cross the river but it can’t go diagonally.
– Placed at the corner of the board.
• The Horses [ 马 ]：4 points
– Only 2 Horses in each army.
– Move like an ‘ L’ shape and it can cross the river .
– It can’t move where pieces block blocks the
horse .Since it can be blocked , it is very easy to attack
it.
– Placed next to the Rooks.
• The Elephants [ 象 ] or [ 相 ] : 2 points
– Only 2 Elephants in each army.
– May move diagonally only.
– It can’t cross the river.
• The Advisors [ 士 ] or [ 仕 ]：2 points
– Only 2 Advisors in 1 army.
– Similar to the Elephants.
– It can only move diagonally in a box .
• The Cannons [ 炮 ] or [ 砲 ]：4.5 points
– Only 2 Cannons in 1 army.
– It’s move is very unique when your piece or your
opponent’s piece blocks the it , it may capture your
opponent’s piece behind that blocking piece.
• The General [ 帅 ] or [ 将 ]:0 points
– Only 1 General in each army.
– most important piece in the army.
– can move only forward or sideways in the box .
– Opponent must say “ Check “ when attacking it.
– When it’s in check , move it out of check , capture the
checking piece or block the check with another piece.
– When it is trapped and can’t escape , the result is
checkmate and who trapped it is the winner.
• The Soldier [ 兵 ] or [卒] 1 or 2 points
– Only 5 Soldiers in each army.
– It can only go 1 step forward when it had not cross the
river yet.
– After crossing the river , it can go sideways 1 step and
forward 1 step.
Websites That You Can Play Chinese
Chess
• www.clubxiangqi.com/
• www.agame.com/game/chinesechess.html
• http://chesscape.com/
Video About Chinese Chess
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=play
er_detailpage&v=VqcTaFcFbUA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDpdTi
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• www.yutopian.com
• www.wikipedia.org
• www.skookumpete.com