About Xiangqi
Xiangqi brings Chinese chess to a browser board of ninety intersections. Horses have blockable legs, elephants stay on their own side of the river, and cannons capture across exactly one screen. Choose three computer difficulties or share the device with another player. Native move suggestions, public notation and undo help you understand a position; local continuation keeps an unfinished match after reload. Checkmate and having no legal move both lose. Repetition is adjudicated rather than automatically turning every repeated attack into a draw.
How to play
Red moves first. Select a piece, then a highlighted intersection. Keep your general safe and never leave the two generals facing along an open file. Suggestion marks a candidate move. Undo takes back one local move or a completed pair against the computer. Starting over confirms replacement of an active match.
Rules in this version
- Generals and advisors stay within the palace. Generals cannot face each other along an unobstructed file.
- Elephants cannot cross the river or jump over an occupied midpoint. Horses cannot move through an occupied first orthogonal point.
- Chariots slide straight. A cannon capture needs exactly one intervening screen.
- Soldiers move forward and gain sideways movement after crossing the river; they never move backward.
- Checkmate or no legal move loses. Permitted repeated positions draw; unilateral perpetual checking and certain continuous chases forfeit.
Tips for playing
- Count a cannon’s screens carefully. Moving an intervening piece can remove a capture or create a new one.
- Protect your general’s escape points. A nearby horse does not threaten a square if its leg is blocked.
Questions about this game
Is stalemate a draw?
No. Having no legal move loses in Xiangqi, including when the general is not currently in check.
Does two-player mode work online?
No. Two people share one device. Solo play uses a computer opponent.
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