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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.
XBoard/WinBoard also fully support engines that play chess variants, such as Fairy-Max. This means the GUI is able to display a wide range of variants such as xiangqi (Chinese chess), shogi (Japanese chess), makruk (Thai chess), Crazyhouse, Capablanca Chess and many other Western variants on boards of various sizes. It offers a Westernized ...
Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family of games as shogi, janggi, Western chess, chaturanga, and Indian chess.
Current definitions of qi cover a wide range of board games, and given that in classical Chinese qí could also refer to other games, some argue that the qí in the four arts could refer to xiangqi. [1] However, xiangqi is often considered a popular "game of the people," whereas weiqi was a game with aristocratic connotations.
Pieces for en:Xiangqi (a Chinese form of chess). The two sides (red and black) have different characters for the same piece. This image shows the traditional characters. The "general" pieces. Date: 21 December 2008: Source: Own work: Author: Inductiveload: Permission (Reusing this file) Own work, all rights released (Public domain)
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 World Xiangqi Federation is the association of the national Xiangqi federations around the world, and has been a member of the International Mind Sports Association since 2015. [citation needed] On April 6, 1993 on the occasion of the 3rd World Xiangqi Championship in Beijing, China, the World Xiangqi Federation was founded. [2]
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