Xiangqi
Xiangqi is the member of the Chess family
which is most widely played in China. If you look past the
surface details, the overall board plan and movement style is similar
to chess; but there are a lot of interesting details.
The board is 10x9, and pieces
are placed on the intersections rather than in the squares. The
center of the board is called the river,
which elephant pieces cannot
cross, and soldier pieces
become more powerful after crossing the river. A 3x3 square on he
edge of the board is called the palace.
The opposing generals and their guards are confined to
their respective palaces.
The pieces, which are red and
black, are tradionally just discs wiht chinese characters naming them.
Boardspace defaults to westernized icons, but the traditional
characters are one-click available..
Some of the movements are identical or very similar to Chess, but
others are unique, especially the cannon.
Checkmate is similar to
Chess, but perpetual check is forbidden, and stalemate is a win for the
stalemating player.
Complete rules can be found here.
Robots: Adequate.
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