A Concept in Xiangqi Opening

International Grandmaster (IGM) Alvin Woo explains an important concept in the centre cannon vs screening horse defence opening.
Alvin Woo is a 4-time Xiangqi champion in Singapore and an International Grandmaster (IGM), a prestigious title achieved by less than 50 Xiangqi exponents worldwide. His was twice ranked world individual 6th (in the World Xiangqi Championships). Having achieved many years of success, Alvin feels he has reached a different phase in life and wishes to contribute to grooming new players and promoting this beautiful mind sport. He teams up with two other top local Xiangqi exponents, Dr Nicholas Lim and Benny Chow, to create for you a school like no other.
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[@RolandTitan]

nice. thanks

[@kuchingtan]

This helps a lot. Thanks and greetings from Sarawak.

[@WarBaboon]

Thank you so much for posting this! It's so hard to get xiangqi material available to Westerners.

[@mickmickymick6927]

Westerners who speak English. Other westerners are boned.

[@Guitboxchen]

I'd appreciate more content focused on general principles of openings. This was a good example of this particular scenario, but beginners would benefit most from looking at the big picture.

[@deanazcoolzi4382]

Love the piece movement a true master! I’m still learning and only played the dark version

[@fritzkoalableu8228]

Thanks for the content, hope to see more, please help european beginners like me to improve 😊

[@EnglishTalkRight]

Thanks for this I just started playing again after 2 years hiatus. This really helped brush up on my opening moves.

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[@senchaichow2193]

How often do we have these tutorial videos?

thanks

[@davidwestin6345]

Hello from 6 years in the future!

[@mickmickymick6927]

I wish this video came up in search first instead of stuff in Chinese.

[@carloschen7991]

Thank

[@brassmonkey84]

Hmm, I want to learn xiangqi.. Not sure if this academy holds classes?

[@mcatuara1]

Where did you get that chess set, and where can I get one?

[@kl8922]

im very bad at chess and by the blink of an eye, my chariot die too many times. I forgotten where the pieces go after 1st scenario.

[@floris737]

At 1:10, why don't you exchange the chariots and get rid of the problem?

[@vladimirmendoza2645]

Because beginners would rather take a free soldier than to exchange chariots

[@chomel5431]

at 3:09 why you dont kill the horse?

[@TheCitizenship]

If you mean the black horse, because the black elephant is guarding the horse. In my opinion, prioritising chariot over horse is better and most would agree. Chariot has better killing moves than horse in most cases..

[@floris737]

As a European, I failed to derive any opening 'priciples' from this video. In western chess, we would call this an "opening trap" instead.

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

@@santiagomorales9129 exactly, maybe just maybe this is a different albeit similar game & the differences change the way you play it

[@jasonyang867]

没有基础象棋知识，这视频，完全看不懂！这是入门级别