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   1 p.boxed.
   2   Chinese chess, with different pieces behaving
   3   differently than orthodox chess.
   4
   5 p.
   6   Pieces stand on intersections rather than squares: this is purely aesthetic,
   7   and doesn't affect movements' descriptions.
   8
   9 figure
  10   img.img-center(src="/variants/Xiangqi/Boards.png")
  11   figcaption
  12     | Xiangqi boards borrowed from
  13     a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/xiangqi") pychess-variants
  14     | . Chinese pieces on the right, international ones on the left.
  15
  16 p.
  17   The central area between rows 5 and 6 is called the "river".
  18   It affects some pieces behavior.
  19
  20 p.
  21   Only the rooks behave exactly as in standard chess.
  22   All other pieces are quite different:
  23 ul
  24   li.
  25     The King moves orthogonaly by one square, and cannot leave the "palace"
  26     consisting of the nine intersections of the grey rectangles
  27     on the diagram above.
  28   li.
  29     The pieces surrounding the king are Advisors: they move by one square
  30     at a time, diagonally only. They are also restricted to the palace.
  31   li.
  32     The pawns ("Soldiers") move - and capture - by going up one intersection.
  33     After they reach the second half of the board, they can then also move
  34     (and capture) by one square lateraly.
  35   li.
  36     The Elephant moves by two intersections diagonally. It cannot jump over
  37     obstacles: the midpoint intersection should be vacant.
  38     The elephants cannot cross the river.
  39   li.
  40     The knights ("Horses") also cannot jump over obstacles, although they
  41     appear to move as in orthodox chess. They make an orthogonal step first,
  42     and then a diagonal step so that they are at a regular "knight distance"
  43     from the initial intersection.
  44     However, the square after first step must be empty.
  45   li.
  46     The Cannons move like a rook but capture by jumping first over an
  47     obstacle (friendly or enemy). After such a jump the cannon can only
  48     capture (no normal moves).
  49
  50 figure.diagram-container
  51   .diagram.diag12
  52     img(src="/variants/Xiangqi/ElephantDiagram.png")
  53   .diagram.diag22
  54     img(src="/variants/Xiangqi/HorseDiagram.png")
  55   figcaption
  56     | Elephant and Horse moves illustrated, from
  57     a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/xiangqi") pychess-variants
  58     | .
  59
  60 h3 More information
  61
  62 p
  63   | Many resources are available online: just search with keywords Xiangqi
  64   | or Chinese chess. You can play it on
  65   a(href="https://www.pychess.org") pychess-variants
  66   | , against humans or a (basic) bot.