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Many variants of xiangqi have been developed over the centuries. A few of these variants are still regularly played, though none are nearly as popular as xiangqi itself.
Game of the Seven Kingdoms (Chinese: 七國象棋, p qī-guó-xiàng-qí ;) is a seven-player variant of the game xiangqi ("Chinese chess"). It is traditionally ascribed to Sima Guang, although he died well before the 13th century, to which this game is traditionally dated. The rules of the game can be found in his book, 古局象棋圖.
Xiangqi is a common pastime in Chinese cities (Beijing, 2005) The pieces start in the position shown in the diagram above. Which player moves first has varied throughout history and from one part of China to another. Different xiangqi books advise either that the black or red side moves first.
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The Chinese Xiangqi Association (Chinese: 中国象棋协会) was founded in 1962 as a member of the All-China Sports Federation promoting xiangqi, or Chinese chess, and is based in Beijing. [1] It is among the founding members of the Asian Xiangqi Federation , and since 1975 has been a member of the International Xiangqi Federation .
The old version is fine in structure, but not complete in content. I have added the blocked bishop rule, as well as opening list. The xiangqi history could be put a separate page as well. That will keep the fine structure the same, the main page neat, while let others could elaborate on, say, openings. Tac ke 14:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
In many sets, the red and orange/yellow suit will follow the character conventions used for red Xiangqi pieces, while the white and green/blue suit will follow the character conventions used for black Xiangqi pieces. In Hong Kong sets, a common set of characters adopted from both black and red Xiangqi pieces is used for all four suits.