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by wickedwillie on May 10th, 2004

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What is Chinese chess?

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  • by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on June 23rd, 2004

    Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony

    Chinese Chess is played by millions of people in China, other parts of Asia, and wherever Chinese have settled. In recent years it has started to become better known among non-Chinese. Westernized sets of boards and pieces sometimes show up in specialty games shops, and there have been several computer versions.

    For sheer fun, it’s hard to think of a two-player board game that matches Chinese chess. It exercises the brain in much the same way as Western (international) chess, but it is much faster moving. The movement of the pieces tends to be more fluid, the positions more open. It might be said that Chinese chess is more a tactical game than a strategic one. In a sense, it is all "middle game." There is no careful buildup of pawn structures, the major pieces come into play immediately, and drawn-out endgames are rare. Although the openings have been classified, my sense (as a pure amateur) is that it is possible to become a good player without a lot of rote learning.

    Excellent page describes rules, the board, etc.:

    http://home1.gte.net/res1bup4/chess_intro.htm

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