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p.boxed.
  Chinese chess, with different pieces behaving
  differently than orthodox chess.

p.
  Pieces stand on intersections rather than squares: this is purely aesthetic,
  and doesn't affect movements' descriptions.

figure
  img.img-center(src="/variants/Xiangqi/Boards.png")
  figcaption
    | Xiangqi boards borrowed from 
    a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/xiangqi") pychess-variants
    | . Chinese pieces on the right, international ones on the left.

p.
  The central area between rows 5 and 6 is called the "river".
  It affects some pieces behavior.

p.
  Only the rooks behave exactly as in standard chess.
  All other pieces are quite different:
ul
  li.
    The King moves orthogonaly by one square, and cannot leave the "palace"
    consisting of the nine intersections of the grey rectangles
    on the diagram above.
  li.
    The pieces surrounding the king are Advisors: they move by one square
    at a time, diagonally only. They are also restricted to the palace.
  li.
    The pawns ("Soldiers") move - and capture - by going up one intersection.
    After they reach the second half of the board, they can then also move
    (and capture) by one square lateraly.
  li.
    The Elephant moves by two intersections diagonally. It cannot jump over
    obstacles: the midpoint intersection should be vacant.
    The elephants cannot cross the river.
  li.
    The knights ("Horses") also cannot jump over obstacles, although they
    appear to move as in orthodox chess. They make an orthogonal step first,
    and then a diagonal step so that they are at a regular "knight distance"
    from the initial intersection.
    However, the square after first step must be empty.
  li.
    The Cannons move like a rook but capture by jumping first over an
    obstacle (friendly or enemy). After such a jump the cannon can only
    capture (no normal moves).

figure.diagram-container
  .diagram.diag12
    img(src="/variants/Xiangqi/ElephantDiagram.png")
  .diagram.diag22
    img(src="/variants/Xiangqi/HorseDiagram.png")
  figcaption
    | Elephant and Horse moves illustrated, from 
    a(href="https://www.pychess.org/variant/xiangqi") pychess-variants
    | .

h3 More information

p
  | Many resources are available online: just search with keywords Xiangqi
  | or Chinese chess. You can play it on 
  a(href="https://www.pychess.org") pychess-variants
  | , against humans or a bot (Fairy-Stockfish).
  | See also 
  a(href="https://www.xiangqi.com/") xiangqi.com
  | .
Commit	Line	Data
7e107b8f BA	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
70614f55 BA	66	\| , against humans or a bot (Fairy-Stockfish).
	67	\| See also
	68	a(href="https://www.xiangqi.com/") xiangqi.com
	69	\| .