How to play Chinese Chess

Learn the rules to the board game Chinese Chess quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.
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RULES:
The object of the game is to get your opponent’s general in a position where it is left with no option but to be captured in the next move, this is called a checkmate. Layout the board and each player picks a color and places their pieces on the intersecting lines as shown. Take note that the symbols for each color are slightly different.
On each side of the board, against the back edge, is a 3 by 3 area with an “X” shape, that called the palace. In the center of the board, dividing the two opposing sides, is the river. Pieces may cross the river if their movement allows.
Pick a player to go first then turns alternate. On your turn, you must move 1 piece, then your opponent goes. Pieces can capture opponent’s pieces by using their normal moves and landing on a point occupied by an enemy piece. Captured pieces are removed from the game and may no longer be used.
The General may move one point either vertically or horizontally, but not diagonally, and is confined to the nine points within the palace. Also, a general may not move into a column, which is occupied by the enemy general, unless there is at least one piece positioned in between.
The Guard moves one point diagonally and is confined to the palace.
The elephant moves exactly two points in any diagonal direction and may not jump over intervening pieces or cross the river.
The horse moves one point horizontally or vertically to a vacant point, and then one point diagonally. It may not jump another piece.
The Chariot moves as many points as it wishes horizontally or vertically. It cannot jump over pieces in its path.
The Cannon moves as many points as it wishes horizontally or vertically. To capture, however, a cannon must jump over exactly one piece, of any color, along its line of movement.
The Soldier moves one point forward towards the enemy’s side of the board. Once a soldier has crossed the river, it is allowed to move 1 point forward or one point horizontally. A soldier may never move backward.
If your general is in danger of being captured on the next move, that general is in check, and your opponent must say “check”. You must now either move your General out of check, block the check, or capture the piece threatening check. If you are unable to do so without escaping capture on the following turn, then your opponent has checkmated you and they win the game.
If you force your opponent to repeat their move by repeating your move a second time, you must break the cycle with a different move on your next turn. If you check your opponent three times in a row in a way that repeats their positions, then your opponent must forfeit, and you win.

[@Interesting_Failure]

Quick note: The reason that the general can't move into unobstructed alignment with the opposing general is that there's a rule called "flying general" where if it's your turn and the opposing general is in line with yours, you can move straight across the board and capture it. This never happens during actual play for the same reason a king is never captured in chess.

[@deedeeen]

I can counter; I have been in checkmate with a flying general.

[@ultrio325]

"Sir! The kingdom can't run without you!" "I must go, for it is a warlord's duty to kill." *Flys Hong Kong movie style across the board*

[@kohwenxu]

@@deedeeen As in the actual capture doesn’t happen, similar to how king isn’t captured in chess

[@deedeeen]

​@@kohwenxu that line is just not needed

[@hanwentian8096]

This comment basically says nothing under the context of a rule video ... "I cannot move my general to that position because it is prohibited by the rule" lmao

[@whyisthereaname8503]

"Chinese Chess:How to play." Me:"The rules are the same as regular chess except for these changes..." "The object of the game..." Me:Wait

[@TheExiledMeriler]

Same. My head was so used to this that is turned into "Waaaaaait"

[@dewalian6489]

Relatable

[@Definitely-aDuck]

I did this.

[@braydengraves4655]

Yup, that was me too.

[@llxlliexfairy]

For a refresher of those rules check out this video

[@vladimirlenin843]

The story behind the flying general is that during the chu-han war The black general once saw and shoot the red general with an arrow and almost kill him. That's why you can't move your general Infront of the opponent's general

[@Astrovert296]

is it real. can i see the source?

[@yaoyuchen7301]

@@Astrovert296 It is true. This war happened 2200 years ago.

[@johnhsu5459]

@@Astrovert296 the first emperor of Han dynasty (Liu Bang) is the 'main cast' in the story. He meet up with the opponent general, Xiang Yu, to make a joke on him by the river but ends up with an arrow in his chest and almost made him killed. He never actually recovered from this wound and eventually died from it many years later.

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@Astrovert296 lmao

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@yaoyuchen7301 lmao

[@HD-fy2wu]

Acutally the last part is wrong. The last part is defined as "Perpetual Check" (长将) by Red. It is defined as repeating the position 3 times which one side continuously puts his opponent in check. If "Perpetual Check" happens, the checking side instantly loses. So in the last example, red will lose the game if he checks white with his Horse one more time after white has moved back his General. So red is forced to make other moves in his next turn.

[@HD-fy2wu]

The reason of this rule is to prevent the losing side from making perpetual checks. Since the General in Chinese Chess is less mobile (can't move diagonally & confined to the palace) compared to the King in Chess, giving perpetual checks is significantly easier compared to Chess, so it is very easy for a losing side to find a perpetual check, therefore allowing perpetual checks and declaring a draw like what's done in Chess makes the game boring and you will see most games drawn by perpetual checks if so. Other than "Perpetual Check", "Perpetual Attack" and "Perpetual Mating-Threat" are also prohibited. Making these prohibited moves instantly loses the game. Also one more point that the video didn't mention: Stalemating your opponent is a win.

[@HD-fy2wu]

Just to add on, repeating a position where both sides are counter-checking their opponents is defined as "Perpetual Check vs Perpetual Check" situation. In this situation, it is a draw since both sides are making prohibited moves. This also apply to any other combinations like "Perpetual Check vs Perpetual Attack" or "Perpetual Check and Attack vs Perpetual Attack and Mating-Threat"

[@napoleonbonaparte.3220]

Anime pfp

[@Triskelion345]

@@HD-fy2wu thanks mate

[@luxmiyu]

@@HD-fy2wu he did mention it at the beginning, you win if the opponent is forced to move into check on their turn (regardless of them currently being in check) both checkmate and stalemate meet this condition, tho he only called it checkmate

[@theomelettecuber5458]

So: Chariot =Rook the strongest piece Solder=Pawn but doesn’t capture pieces diagonally and getting stronger after pass the river and can’t promote to any piece. Horse=Knight but don’t know how to jump Genaral=King but can’t move diagonally or go out the palace, the piece you must protect as all costs. And the funniest thing is you can’t let your General face to face with the enemy’s General. Guard=King but can’t move vertically or horizontally or go out the palace Elephant= Bishop but pretty nerf, can’t even pass the river, move 2 points diagonally Cannon: actually move like a Rook/Chariot but capture pieces by jumping over a piece’s head, doesn’t care about what piece it jump over to capture a piece behind it. Fun fact: In my country-Vietnam this game is really popular and it is played most by the elderly people.

[@arrowghost]

I used to play that game back in my school days but I changed and went with western chess because of the tournaments they host. Most of the time Asian schools host Chinese chess but rarely western chess.

[@theomelettecuber5458]

@@pronixnood yup that’s right

[@bqh3795]

@@pronixnood yeah I like that rule a lot

[@Inugami0622]

If you have a chess piece blocking your knight in any vertical way, you cant move the knight, in chinese it is called "顶马脚" Edit: you cant move the knight over the blocking chess piece

[@Inugami0622]

Unless it is two step away from your knight, you can't move it

[@liweicai2796]

2:35 You don't have to say check. This rule has been officially abolished many years ago. Although in casual games most people tend to say check.

[@benjaminskymaverickp4464]

Wrong

[@DieFlabbergast]

With whom are you playing these casual games? I've played xiangqi for around 35 years, here in Japan, with both Chinese and Japanese opponents. NOT ONCE has anyone ever said "check" in either Japanese (王手) or Mandarin (将).

[@GaleGrim]

@@benjaminskymaverickp4464 Wrong. See I can make contrarian comments have zero context or backing too! Isn't this nice!

[@thebrazillianguytm2186]

@@DieFlabbergast thats the thing they're not cassuals

[@111games.]

Well, you're able to capture The General if you didn't say a check(or "Jiang-Jun" in Chinese) and your opponent didn't find out he's in check, but that's not good for your manner

[@kevwang0712]

Conventional wisdom says that the double cannon check (雙炮將) is almost impossible to escape: unless you're able to either move the general to another column or row, or capture the cannon furthest from the general, this will always result in checkmate, since putting any piece in between the general and the closer cannon won't block the check

[@danielyuan9862]

It's just really hard to block a double cannon check.

[@bj031i6vup]

You need to cover the cannon behind house (馬後炮), that's a killer move. Also this idiom is so common that it changes its meaning throughout time.

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

Just put one piece between the double cannons.

[@Inugami0622]

@@bj031i6vup ahhhh si, this move is quite favoured in national tournaments

[@jasperyeong3638]

@@vibinmikegothyped3270 what if the cannons are together

[@K2MusicKSquare]

The cannon is the unique piece here. Imagine cannon in normal chess.

[@LuxisAlukard]

Fun fact: In Serbian, rook is called cannon. So cannon is canon. It's OK, I'll show myself out...

[@arrowghost]

If there's a western chess variant of the Xiangqi, a pawn on the 5th rank can move sideways but never promotes. And the cannon could be OP if you're not careful. Chinese Knights getting blocked sucks, so it retains the western version.

[@revimfadli4666]

There's also grasshopper chess which was inspired by those cannons(though they can also move diagonally, and only go to one square beyond the jumped piece)

[@theomelettecuber5458]

Western Chess have been played before Cannon was made. At first people wanted to add Cannon into Chess but there is a problem that we have to change the whole chessboard structure, so Cannon will never be added to Chess. That was disappointing. You can share this comment to other people if they complain about the existence of Cannon in chess.

[@L1M.L4M]

@@LuxisAlukard bruh

[@RGC_animation]

The Soldier be like: I crossed this dangerous river that was in my way, now let's go alongside the river.

[@syahmimisnan1734]

Normal chess: king can go anywhere even being check..... Chinese chess: General: I can't escape the palace and you all need to guard me or else....

[@Schinshikss]

@@syahmimisnan1734 Chinese Cheers general: ...but hey, I got this cool particle cannon. I wonder how it does to the enemy general though...

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

@@Schinshikss The cannon is actually OP. I used it quite often to mate my opponent, and to trap their Chariots, too lol.

[@kohwenxu]

Btw, one OP thing about cannons is that if there are two cannons on the General’s row it’s an instant checkmate

[@kohwenxu]

So long as there isn’t anything else in the way that is.

[@dewalian6489]

This actually dope, i really like the palace part

[@L1M.L4M]

It's a unique twist, just like the River and Cannon. The Elephant has been done outside this, so it's not _as_ unique

[@111games.]

I'm Chinese and it's funny because Chess and XiangQi(Chinese Chess) has many similarities. In China, we tend to call a rook in chess a "chariot", and a bishop "elephant", because they have similar moves

[@freeeggs3811]

I forgot what a rook is called in Chinese

[@stuffstuff6135]

@@freeeggs3811the red elephant it means chief advisor in Chinese

[@stuffstuff6135]

@@freeeggs3811the guard too it has two meanings one being guard or the more common one in ancient China the scholar

[@delusiondestroyer9840]

this is no surprise because chess and xiangqi both come from the indian game chaturanga, meaning they have the same origins

[@megasimp8885]

i have never heard anyone called the bishop the elephant, i do hear lots of people calling the rook the chariot tho

[@teajayao7262]

checking your opponent 3 times in a row does not let either win, but if the check contines, the side giving the check must change a move or else he lose pls change the rules there is: 长将作负 长捉作负 长拦作和 一将一杀作负 一将一捉作负 and more...

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

I can teach you one of the openings: + If the opponents move the Cannon from h3 or b3 to e3, move your cannon (on the same side) to e8. + The opponents are likely to defend their center soldier with one of their Horses, move your center cannon down to e9. + Then, they are likely to take your center soldier cuz' it's undefended. Move your other Cannon between yours and theirs. + R.I.P their cannon. - This opening is called the "Center-threatening Cannons" or something.

[@kohwenxu]

Cannon in the Center is just quite powerful. Double cannon with nothing else in the Center is instant checkmate, and the cannon itself prevents blocks, so it’s a huge blow because you are kinda forced to move general, which is as bad as moving the king out

[@bryansiew9707]

In Chinese Chess, there’s no h3, moving of piece are called ‘(type) (column) (forward/backward/horizontal) (destination)’ Example: cannon from 2nd column (counted from R to L) moves to centre is called ‘Cannon 2 horizontal to five’ (炮二平五)

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

@@bryansiew9707 Yup, thanks for the info, I am not a professional player by any means. Just trying to get people to understand the trap.

[@bimapahihi]

nope, the REAL opening is just to copy move

[@ryleyoconnor8010]

"The rules and object are the same as regular chess except for the following changes.

[@mamark3960]

Chinese chess and international chess is different game，the only coincidence is the totally pieces is 32， 16 pieces each side

[@Arus_战巡]

One more important rule: If you have no legal move can make, you loss, instead of a stalemate. I always think that the rule of no legal move in the chess end up with stalemate is unreasonable... Also, when the soldier got the bottom line of the opposing side, it does nothing, it cannot be promoted like the chess.

[@bryansiew9707]

It can be moved horizontal after the river, it won’t do nothing even in the last row

[@roycevanbeethoven]

Rather than saying that you lose instead of having a stalemate, it is more accurate to say that getting stalemated results in a loss, unlike chess, where a stalemate is a draw by default.

[@bryansiew9707]

If you’re pro enough, soldier also can checkmate your opponent.

[@bryansiew9707]

@@roycevanbeethoven I think no move is lose because the Xiang Yu suicide when he was surrounded by Han army. He tried his best, to kill up to hundreds of enemy, but he was wounded heavily, can’t even fight anymore. Instead of killed by enemy, he suicide.

[@redkite121]

Stalemate in chess makes sense because the pieces have more freedom, so stalemate is rarer

[@L1M.L4M]

I can see how historically accurate this is. Many small Chinese nations would fight by a river, so it would make sense to add a river. If there were a 3 player version, it would definitely be where the river creates a fork path.

[@auberninja5090]

This existed earlier than chess

[@L1M.L4M]

@@auberninja5090 among us irl (sus)

[@Tay10rd]

OMG CLASH ROYAL REFERENCE COMFIRMED???

[@manishdhasmana4388]

​@@Tay10rd bruh its the opposite way

[@eugenioaramispalomoalvarad421]

1. Pawns or soldiers are worth 1 point (2 points after crossing the river). 2. Elephant worth is 2 points 3. Advisors are worth 2 points 4. Knights or horses worth 4 points 5. Cannons are 4.5 points 6. Chariots are 9 points 8. Finally is the King which worths most and cannot aim the other King, just for sure

[@VietHoangang-se2zt]

3:06 is false, it is actually the other way around. Three-fold repetition check is an imediate loss for the person doing that. Note that it is only a loss for the person doing it only if the same position is repeated 3 CONSECUTIVE times while IN CHECK.

[@VietHoangang-se2zt]

The video did not mention any draw rules, which in xiangqi is much more complicated than in chess. These are the actions which is an automatic draw in chess, but not in xiangqi: 1. Stalemate is a loss for the person being stalemated 2. Three-fold check repetition is a loss for the person doing it (I have mentioned it) 3. Three-fold ATTACK repetition is also a loss for the person doing it. Similar to the 2nd rule, the three-fold must be consecutive. Note that rule 2 and 3 have MANY exceptions. I will mention it in the next part. 4. 50-move rule in xiangqi is if after 50 moves (each person has finished 50 turns), no piece is captured. It is not an automatic draw if the 50-move rule is reached, unless one person claims a draw. These are ways to draw a xiangqi match: - Both sides agree to a draw (easiest) - Draw due to some exceptions of rule 2 and 3 (these situations are extremely rare): + One side does three-fold check repetition is a loss. But both side do this consecutively, one after the other is an automatic draw + A chariot (rook) do three-fold attack repetition to a canon is a loss. But if that canon is protected (by other pieces), it is an automatic draw + A canon do three-fold attack repetition to a chariot is a loss. But a canon do three-fold attack repetition to 2 chariots consecutively is a draw + Within 2 moves, a piece from side A attacks a piece from side B twice, all in a while B attacks A only once. Do this 3 times (6 moves in total) and A loses

[@Person-ef4xj]

You mentioned 3 ways to get out of check, but the cannon capturing by jumping over a piece between itself and the piece it captures implies a 4th way to get out of check, which is to move the piece that is between the cannon and your general so that there is no longer a piece between the cannon and your general.

[@ninjapirate123]

Oh yes thats also another way to get out of check

[@marksimmons5872]

I love xiangqi. It feels a lot puzzlier trying to put together a check without the aid of really any diagonals.

[@formicidae6710]

We play this all the time even though we are not chinese.

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

i eat ramen all the time even though im not japanese

[@Brindlebrother]

i eat baguette all the time even though I am not French

[@robrick9361]

I eat people all the time even though my name isn't Hannibal.

[@poopoo9904]

I'm Chinese and I don't even play it

[@noobychoco454]

now, for the epic battle everyone waits for: western chess vs chinese chess: they both respectively have a VERY broken chess piece (pawn, cannon, queen, chariot and rook) they both have different rules and placements, so you might want to get a special board that fits the pieces, but works too. and then, you can have the epic battle. probably western chess will be winning, because they have much more broken pieces than the cannon, like the queen and rook. soldier can outmatch the pawn, while cannon outmaches rook. the western horse outmaches chinese horse, and a lot more differences that make the battle interesting. but mostly its just depending on how big brain you are

[@OW0974]

According to my experience in chess the rook is actually more powerful than the cannon

[@noobychoco454]

@@OW0974 yeah technically but you can treat cannon as an extra rook

[@MansMan42069]

No one would win since no piece can be captured. Western chess pieces sit on squares while chinese chess pieces sit on intersections. No piece can land on another.

[@noobychoco454]

@@MansMan42069 true

[@MansMan42069]

@@noobychoco454 Unless, of course, if a western or chinese piece captures a piece from the opposite faction, it turns into the opposite faction version of that piece. Like, a pawn becomes a soldier and vice versa XD

[@erner_wisal]

China's chess is kinda interesting ngl

[@arrowghost]

It's a nice casual game I used to play back in school. But today is mostly western chess, even Chinese grandmasters like Ding Liren & Hou Yifan play western chess instead.

[@kimtimothy3764]

if you know Chinese characters it will be more interesting，the horse and elephant actually moves in Chinese “日”，and “田”， now 田 is not so special coz its square，but 日 could be horizontal and vertical ，（aka: half 田 stay horizontal，so horse is a big factor in Chinese chess，coz it can moves very different ）also，horse can be tripped if there is one chess in between the same side of the horse，Chinese chess combines great wisdom of our culture and ancient war . It contains various changes，really an intellectual game to play.

[@sohkhoonchuan2420]

3:05 iirc if you use the same piece to continuously attempt to capture an opponent's piece (general or not) such that the position repeats three times, then the attacker must forfeit the game. However, if the same position is achieved three times but using different pieces to attempt capture, it is a draw. Overall nice video! I had been waiting for this to drop as I am a big fan of Chinese Chess myself :)

[@Paul-A01]

Regular Chess 🤝 Chinese Chess: Horses have a funky way of moving

[@lester4532]

You have +100 Social Credit for this tutorial

[@mlacc5020]

I am looking at my 2 childrens watching winnie the pooh while visiting the beautiful country of taiwan, i changed the tv to watch the history channel instead, luckily it is about tiananmeng square at 1989, then i proceed to play video games for 10 hours straight

[@tripledigit4835]

@@mlacc5020 -3,000,000 Social Credit Punishment: Execution

[@wjzjdas7726]

Y'all just can't shut up about this do y'all...

[@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu]

You're a troll. There is no such thing as social credit. It does not exist

[@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu]

@@tripledigit4835 You're a troll. There is no such thing as social credit. It does not exist.

[@ShowUSomething]

I like how you explain the use of 🐎 horse馬… it’s easy understand by foreigner…

[@vladprus4019]

Chess variants West of India: only slightly changes to the game compared to original (Indian), you can play basically using the same board and pieces (unless you are really picky about the aesthetics of elephants looking like bishops, bishops looking like elephants or something like that) Chess variants East of India: LET'S REPLACE BOARD AND CHANGE MOST OF PIECES

[@nothernstar2576]

fun fact: in Russian, bishop is called elefant

[@xeno2752]

Mostly because this isn't even chess. It's just a game that the Chinese played and for which westerners didn't have a word. Often, when that happens and a new "translation" has to be invented, the new thing just gets called "[country name] + [whatever the translator is reminded of by that thing]". Think of the Chinese "dragons" or the Chinese "zodiac", for example.

[@vladprus4019]

@@xeno2752 Except this game originated from the same Indian "original chess" as "western chess", it still belongs to the same "family". What I am referring to is that Persia, Arabic World and Europe didn't alter game that much, making basically "variants" while in China and Japan it evolved into basically separate games with similarities.

[@vladprus4019]

@@nothernstar2576 And in Polish "bishop" is called "messenger" And "knight" is called "jumper" or "horse"

[@jasonleetaiwan]

The minister (elephant) is originally from Xiangqi as you can see it was designed for a 9x10 board. The counselor or scholar was designed for the 3x3 palace so they could guard each other. When these pieces were moved to the squares, one counselor was removed but the move stayed the same which was a rather useless piece that only moves diagonal one square. The original movements of the minister and scholar obviously came from the 9x10 intersection board and they didn't fit the 8x8 square board so the pieces minister became a modern day bishop and the scholar became a modern day queen.

[@SuperCrazyfin]

Ive always been interested in this one

[@arrowghost]

Me too, it's been way overdue since the last time he covered the Animal Chess while I was searching his video gallery for the Chinese Chess.

[@Gdhsusk]

Very informative, Thankyou. Now I’m off to play Chinese chess.

[@jordandavenport5784]

Very interesting. Specifically because a few buddies of mine learned korean chess a few years back. It uses the same board and pieces, but slightly different rules. I'd be curious to see a video comparing the two, since translated rules leave some questions wanting.

[@samsonchen6444]

There's a thing called stalemate, like chess, the general is not in check but no legal moves, but in this case, whoever performs it wins like checkmate. For the checking 3 times, idk but sometimes if u check too many times u lose. For general, the exception to move more than one step and out of the palace is the situation where two generals are on the same line without other pieces, where one general can take the other one in, which this rarely can happen as if u move ur general into danger is already illegal.

[@samsonchen6444]

Btw insufficient material can also be draw, where no attacking pieces are left like the ones who can perform check, unless in some games where moving general into check isn't illegal, which is super rare

[@Garfield_Minecraft]

pao is very tricky horsy was nerfed horsy can’t cross other pieces

[@takeyourdamnmeds]

you missed a minor movement restriction of the horse: It cannot move in a direction if there is a piece directly in front of it in the direction it moves two points in

[@tranmarsherest9579]

well, that's pretty much covered. He said the knight moves one point horizontally/vertically and one point diagonally AND it can't jump on the hori/verti move That pretty summed up what you meant

[@arrowghost]

Yes, if that piece block. Even if there's a Knight VS Knight, if one knight is blocked by a piece, then it can't capture, but the other unblocked knight can take that enemy knight.

[@clonefighter1996]

@@arrowghost not Knight - Horse, but yes

[@DieFlabbergast]

You didn't watch the video very carefully, did you? He covered that.

[@StoMoComedoPro]

Yeah, I have played Chinese Checkers, this game seems fun, I love the mechanic of rivers in chess games too.

[@ro.m.6432]

Palace? Why not call it commander's tend as i imagine that kind of battle

[@kirakelvinart2169]

I used to see many oldman playing this in my local coffee shop... And i never know the rules until now

[@chrisjust7445]

You forgot "The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes". LOL

[@LoveKirbythecutepinkball]

Actually, red aka Han dynasty goes first. And you must do stalemate if it’s the same as original chess. Then you win

[@Shees6481]

Thanks brother

[@hafizkhan2361]

tefaz!!! 🤣

[@ryanye8441]

I have invented a game rule which is "Chinese Chess VS Chess" The player of the "chess" has only two pieces: Queen and King The player of the "Chinese chess" has all of the pieces that this video mentioned The player of the "Chinese chess" determines who goes first if the "chess" goes first, the starting position of the queen and king is determined by the "Chinese chess" player if the "Chinese chess" goes first, starting position of the queen and king is determined by the "chess" player The King can move diagonally and out of the palace(King is not general, it's the classic king) The Queen moves just like normal queen who wins?

[@chieuleyang6768]

Chinese chess. No way the queen matches up for all the other Chinese chess pieces combined. Even in international chess a queen might not be able to beat two rooks

[@ryanye8441]

@@chieuleyang6768 but the king is vulnerable to diagonal attacks

[@RandomPerson-kx8fk]

I'm pretty sure that if one side's pieces can't move then the side that can move wins.

[@sparkyshore3543]

The cannon in fairy chess combines the powers of a queen, a knight, and a camel.

[@redstonehero7944]

For the horse, its movement pattern is very specific, in that it moves 1 point horizontally or vertically before moving 1 point diagonally. If there is a piece in the way horizontally or vertically, then the horse may not jump over it.

[@auberninja5090]

correct

[@Т1000-м1и]

Taking what makes chess good and then putting something that feels like it on top of regular chess is what's happening with national variants

[@OpiumSkib]

So basically General:king Horse:knight Elephant:bishop Chariot:rook Canon:queen Soldier:pawn Guard:🗿

[@ninjapirate123]

Canon is not the queen

[@小透明透明さん]

One to say:stalemate in Chinese chess is also a winning position

[@syahmimisnan1734]

I have play this before when I was kid... Sadly the general can't escape the palace...

[@grindingtopdontstop5834]

Ah! Reminds me of the good ol’ days when I used to play this!

[@tommyma1559]

some of the other play of the chess works on Chinese chess as well.

[@Mark73]

Battle Chess had a version of Chinese Chess back in the 80s.

[@arrowghost]

There are parts you did not mention : 1. The Pawn doesn't capture diagonally, sideway capture allowed after crossing the river, once it reaches the end of the board, it doesn't Promote 2. A bonus, if both knights confront each other, if a piece blocks one of the knight's movement, that knight cannot capture that knight but allowed vice versa, unlike western chess' knights.

[@ryanmurphy9654]

Point 1 Doesn’t matter because he didn’t say the rules were the same as regular chess, he said at the start that a capture works by landing on a piece through regular movement unless explicitly stated otherwise. He didn’t mention promotion for the same reason.

[@katt111]

im here to learn this thing so when i get older i get to play this while drinking a tea and act like a retired general or a wise man.

[@cotuongnhathoa]

Thanks for sharing basic rules of Xiangqi chess😀

[@xiayang3727]

I play pieces captured on the bottom the piece that captured it on top

[@masterimbecile]

The cannon is my fav piece! Love setting up sneaky snipes with that thing. There’s also a checkmate move that became (or derived from?) a saying: 馬後炮 (cannon behind the horse). It’s a checkmate move where the enemy general is stuck either getting taken by the horse or sniped by the cannon hidden behind it. As a saying, it’s the equivalent of “Monday morning quarterback”.

[@lukatolstov5598]

Why general and guard CAN'T move out of the PALACE?

[@Bsnsobscuregames]

On a roll with the possibility free games.

[@honeyjuice219]

very interesting. I like the fact that the general and the guard is confined in a palace like the base or spawn in bas. The cannon is a very interesting piece but I think it's a bit situational and gimmicky. good chess mod 7/10

[@runeblade099]

Well it is not a mod. It is created quite earlier (I might be wrong) tho. Both aren't affected to each other in term of anything.

[@honeyjuice219]

@@runeblade099 we'll you got the point that it's technically not a chess mod. But I call all chess variants mods though. That's the point

[@arrowghost]

It's an actual board game come from China, popular mostly in Asian countries but not the world, even Chinese grandmasters like Ding Liren & Hou Yifan played Western chess instead.

[@Schinshikss]

It's more of a relation between Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress than just a mod for a game.

[@KnightOfEternity13]

@@arrowghost That's kind of sad, that we lose cultural diversity. Japanese people don't abandon their chess, maybe Chinese follow take their example

[@JustFootball2k10]

Yes

[@KevinTyler123]

You're first.

[@JustFootball2k10]

Yeah

[@yumeng046]

sorry actually red should always go first it is the rules.

[@COTUONGHAY.]

Hi, I am love Chinese Chess ❤

[@auberninja5090]

are u chinese

[@hiofongcheng4208]

THE GENERAL AND HIS TWO GUARDS CANNOT LEAVE THE PALACE

[@robertocerlito8581]

COL thanks for teaching us

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Unlike so called "Chinese" Checkers (which is an American invention inspired by an Italian game), Chinese Chess really did originate in China.

[@KnightOfEternity13]

Didn't they branched from Indian ones though?

[@yulwu6758]

@@KnightOfEternity13 the name xiangqi first appeared in warring states period, 500 years before indian chess was recorded. However we do not know for sure if the Xiangqi variant back then is indeed the ancestor of today's Xiangqi. I think its highly likely Persians brought indian chess design to existing Chinese chess game and created a fusion.

[@Iamnotgonnatellyoumyname]

Can you please make a video on the korean chess ( janggi )

[@HollywoodTacticool]

you need a video about Korean Janggi, it's got differently shaped and sized pieces, with varied rules (like no river)

[@bahungphung1408]

Chinese chess is very interesting for me. I from Vietnam. 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@ThatCanadianGuy]

there is another rule for the solider instead of forcing the solider to move diagonally or vertically after crossing the river some people (including my friends and I) have the solider move left, right, or forward

[@roycevanbeethoven]

You and your friends are right. Soldiers are only allowed to move forward until they cross the river, after which, they are allowed to move one space orthogonally in three directions, but never backwards. No variant of xiangqi that I am aware of allows diagonal movement for soldiers.

[@КириллСевастьянов-ж9ь]

Captured pieces are removed from the board and may no longer be used, that's why the general may move only 1 point horizontally and vertically, and it's confined to the 9 points within the palace.

[@alwayssplitaces5129]

The person who has checkmated or stalemated their opponent wins

[@EdithKFrost]

You forgot that stalemate is actually considered checkmate in Chinese chess

[@Kcf_not_kfc]

In vietnamese The elephant is the bishop The horse is the knight The chariot is the rook The soldier is the pawn 😅

[@VietHoangang-se2zt]

I think our ancestors named chess pieces based on xiangqi, because chess came to Vietnam later. We just use similar name for pieces which are kinda similar.

[@ninjaz-snanimator5718]

the Chinese chess also called Xiangqi

[@Dark4arker]

I did play this until the time I was blink, and I can't remember which one is my Chariot since the piece written in Chinese

[@irasac1]

Blink?

[@ailuu5560]

Tôi đến từ Việt Nam là một quốc gia phổ biến với trò chơi này và tôi có 1 chút thắc mắc ở điều cuối cùng bạn nói trong video. Theo tôi được biết thì đe dọa bắt quân liên tục theo luật Trung Quốc thì bên bắt quân sẽ buộc phải đổi di chuyển nếu ko sẽ bị xử thua và ko quan tâm bên việc bên bị bắt quân di chuyển quân của họ như thế nào, còn theo luật Việt Nam thì đó sẽ là 1 trận hòa tức là trong ví dụ cuối cùng của bạn thì không có luật nào nói ngựa đỏ sẽ thắng nếu chiếu tướng liên tục vậy cả. Tất nhiên tôi không phải kiện tướng chuyên nghiệp nên có thể tôi đã nhớ sai luật vì đây cũng là 1 luật khá khó để hiểu của trò chơi này vì nó còn liên quan đến việc 2 bên cùng liên tục đe dọa bắt quân của nhau nhưng tôi đã chơi trò này tương đối thường xuyên nên tôi muốn làm rõ hơn về điều luật này

[@mjnhtuannguyen2496]

No stalemate in this chinese chess its very popular in china, yes is basic, and in vnamese tho

[@Tian2zi4huang2di4]

My grandpa plays this game all the time. I can never beat someone in this game lol.

[@hiofongcheng4208]

WHY THE TWO GENERAL CANNOT FACE TO FACE ? BECAUSE IN THE REAL HISTORY, 項羽（BLUE GENERAL ）USED BOW AND ARROW TO SHOOT 劉邦（RED GENERAL ）WHEN THEY FACE TO FACE

[@bryansiew9707]

Black not blue

[@brandysmith-n3g]

Very Interesting game of Chess.

[@tsychannel653]

when I move da chariot: in this move I'm gonna sacrifice DA RUUUUUUUUUUUK

[@Chainsawvillager]

Im pretty sure repetition of checks is a stalemate, i've played with my grandpa and father. This is also the case with universal chess

[@vickyzhouinfinland5838]

Like your explaination!

[@thangphamquang6312]

yes, its finally here

[@T101G]

Is stalemate still a draw in this?

[@Noname-nk5lz]

No

[@liweicai2796]

Technically there is no stalemate since putting yourself in check IS a legal move and the opponent wins by capturing your king.

[@enochliu8316]

Stalemate is a win for the player who stalemates, not a draw.

[@hanwentian8096]

@@liweicai2796 If it makes you lose than what is the point of it being legal?

[@liweicai2796]

@@hanwentian8096 In chess, depending on the event, sometimes the first illegal move is some other minor penalty rather than an immediate lose. While in Xiangqi no "event rule" can overwrite that putting yourself in check is an immediate lose.

[@arrowghost]

Ahh, about time you cover that game since the Animal Chess. Though it's sad it's quite an underrated game, even Chinese grandmasters like Ding Liren & Hou Yifan played Western chess instead.

[@revimfadli4666]

They're grandmasters of Chinese Chess too?

[@CouchTomato87]

I don't think you can use Chinese grandmasters as an example that western chess is supplanting Chinese Chess or call it just a "casual" game in your other post above. With a country that large, you're bound to have strong players in Western Chess too. Similarly, there are strong Chinese Chess players in Europe (although not GM level)

[@chieuleyang6768]

@@CouchTomato87 yes precisely!

[@Au16227]

that is probably because they're grandmasters in chess instead of xiangqi

[@xiayang3727]

Now do how to play chess and Chinese chess on 1 board do 8x8 board and 9x10 board

[@CDnX]

Can you introduce korean chess? idk about north one tho but at least in south korea, it uses the similar layout with chinese chess, but there are no river, general(king) starts on middle of palace and able to move diagonally along drawn line, elephant go one step forward two step diagonally without jumping over, and cannon must jump over the piece to move, etc...

[@arrowghost]

Japan has its own chess called Shogi, I was wondering a GM named Hikaru Nakamura was from Japan, he was born there but moved to the US. I'm sure he knows about Shogi

[@L1M.L4M]

I'm just now wondering if there's a Mongolian or Siberian (east russian) chess. And I've been wondering if there was a varient in native North and South America

[@chopstixx44]

This helped me out👍

[@yvonnely3500]

colour by choose

[@XiangqiCheckmate0710]

Thank you admin for making a great video. Very easy to understand, hope you make more videos!

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

What makes Chinese chess so fun: everything is harmonized and equalized in a way or another. But when it comes to tactics, Western chess seems to do better.

[@amiwong]

Is there promotion for soldiers once they reach the back rank? Is there stalemate (one side has no legal moves)? Can you offer a draw?

[@jojbenedoot7459]

No promotion. Soldiers can move horizontally along the back rank. Stalemate is a victory for the attacking player, not a draw. You can offer a draw

[@amiwong]

@@jojbenedoot7459 Thxx

[@turtlehead8386]

Normally the person playing red always go first not pick one.

[@ChaoticYAYO]

So basically its exactly the same as english chess? (Please correct me if im wrong) You juist use a different set of pieces.

[@LosBROSPQR]

Really nice video!

[@hiofongcheng4208]

將/帥=GENERAL 士/仕=GUARD 象/相=ELEPHANT 卒/兵=SOLDIER 車=CARRIAGE 馬=HORSE/CAVALRY 砲=CATAPULT

[@alio9051]

Interesting.

[@notreallygudetama]

why did my father not tell me about the "cannot be in the same column as the enemy general unless you're blocked"

[@akeem2983]

Maybe it's kind of like en passant move in chess - commonly forgotten about

[@neunundneunzigluftballons]

The piece "elephant" should not be called as an elephant, instead, it is similar to a prime minister, which is a human, according to the Chinese word 相

[@bryansiew9707]

象for black, 相for red, actually calling it elephant make sense