anyone here play chinese chess

just wondering because i got my chinese chess set back from chess club today (left it there over summer...)

I've played a few rounds of Xiangqi but I'm not good at it. I don't really like how confined the general is. But it's rather fun to play.

hirohiigo wrote:I've played a few rounds of Xiangqi but I'm not good at it. I don't really like how confined the general is. But it's rather fun to play.

xiangpi??
and generals??

anyway its a lot like international chess but the board is much more fun with the palace and a river

Xiangqi is the name of Chinese chess. And the general is Xiangqi's equivalent of chess's king.

The river is nice but I don't like that the elephants can't cross.

oh i thought they were called emperors

and the elephants are rubbish in the game lol but are there just for defence

No they're generals. Legend has it that they used to be called the emperors, but when the emperor of China heard that two Xiangqi players were trying to capture and kill the emperor, he had them put to death. So they renamed it the general.

Elephants would be a fine piece if they could cross the river. I know there's no river or restrictions for elephants in Janggi (Korean chess), so I'd like to try that sometime.

hirohiigo wrote:No they're generals. Legend has it that they used to be called the emperors, but when the emperor of China heard that two Xiangqi players were trying to capture and kill the emperor, he had them put to death. So they renamed it the general.

Elephants would be a fine piece if they could cross the river. I know there's no river or restrictions for elephants in Janggi (Korean chess), so I'd like to try that sometime.

interesting i never knew that
when i was taught it by my old chess master he showed my chinese chess and said they were called emperors (since he's in a palace and that)

I can play Xiangqi pretty well. I am Chinese, nonetheless (although I'm relatively better at shogi now)