Xiang Qi

Xiang Qi (pronounced "Shiang Chi") is Chinese Chess. Not to be confused with Shogi, which is Japanese Chess.

I have recently begun playing this game. I had learned the moves years ago but hadn't really played until very recently. A co-worker of mine is Chinese and has been willing to play with me, so I picked up the game again.

I was originally thinking about placing Xiang Qi related posts in the chess blog, but that blog is already my busiest and (a) I didn't want to clutter it up further and (b) I didn't think that most of the people visiting that blog will care about Xiang Qi. So I created this blog, where I plan to record my Xiang Qi games and provide links to other Chinese Chess content on the web.

An excellent book to learn to play this game is David Li's.