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On the Web
- An Introduction to Xiangqi for Chess Players - Xiangqi may be the most popular board game on Planet Three. It is a great game, but it is virtually unknown outside of China.
- Xiexie's Xiangqi Page - Provides news and rules about Xiangqi and free download of Xiangqi software.
- Movesky XiangQi - Another high quality site that offers free online xiangqi playing. Requires download of client software. Most players are in the Asia region.
- Club XiangQi - XiangQi lovers play and make friends online.
- Chess Varients: Xiangqi: Chinese Chess - Contain general game information, links to online shopping, rules, and pieces.
- Xiangqi Database - Xiangqi games database, events and player information.
- Xiangqi in Braunschweig - Bietet Veranstaltungshinweise, Aufgaben, Partien und Turnierberichte.
- XiangQi im Rhein-Main-Gebiet - Auf regionale Veranstaltungen wird hingewiesen. Ferner wird eine Spielanleitung im PDF-Format bereitgestellt.
- Wikipedia: Xiangqi - Spielmaterial und Spielregeln werden dargestellt, dazu gibt es eine kurze bersicht ber die Geschichte.
- Qianhong Xiangqi - Home of a freeware Chinese Chess game designed for Chinese and Western players of all skill levels.
Wikipedia Articles
- Xiangqi - Xiangqi ( ), is a two-player Chinese board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, shogi and janggi. The present-day form of Xiangqi originated in China and is therefore commonly called Chinese chess in English.
- Four Color Cards - Four Color Cards (四色牌) is a very popular game that has a relatively long history in China. They seem to be derived from Mahjong (playing style) and Xiangqi (the names of the pieces in Xiangqi are used on the cards).
- Check (Chess) - In games such as chess, shogi, and xiangqi, a check is an immediate threat to capture the king (or general in xiangqi). A king so threatened is said to be in check.
- Banqi - Banqi (Chinese: 半棋; Pinyin: bànqí), or Half Chess, is a two-player Chinese board game played on a 4x8 grid, or half of the Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) board. Most games last between ten and twenty minutes, but advanced games can go on for an hour or more.
- Ko shogi - Kō shōgi (廣将棋 or 廣象棋 'wide (elephant) chess') is a large-board variant of shogi, or Japanese chess. The game dates back to the turn of the 18th century and is based on xiangqi and go as well as shogi.