trouble playing the files, see Wikipedia Media help. Xiangqi (/ˈʃɑːŋtʃi/; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess...

The Chinese Xiangqi Association (Chinese: 中国象棋协会) was founded in 1962 as a member of the All-China Sports Federation promoting xiangqi, or Chinese chess...

historians is that chaturanga is the common ancestor of the board games chess, xiangqi (Chinese), janggi (Korean), shogi (Japanese), sittuyin (Burmese), makruk...

The World Xiangqi Championship is organised by the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF) and is held every two years since 1991. The inaugural edition took place...

emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancestor to similar games like xiangqi and shogi—in seventh-century India. After its introduction in Persia, it...

The World Xiangqi Federation is the association of the national Xiangqi federations around the world, and has been a member of the International Mind...

of xiangqi have been developed over the centuries. A few of these variants are still regularly played, though none are nearly as popular as xiangqi itself...

board game popular on the Korean Peninsula. The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar to it, including the starting position...

Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi...

(Chinese: 王天一; born April 23, 1989) is a Chinese former xiangqi grandmaster. Wang began playing xiangqi at the age of 6, later winning the national U16 youth...

Look up Chinese chess or xiangqi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chinese chess primarily refers to xiangqi, a two-player Chinese game in a family...

sits. The leaper's move cannot be blocked (unlike elephant and horse in Xiangqi and Janggi) – it "leaps" over any intervening pieces – so the check of...

board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...

chess has grown exponentially in China, it still trails Chinese chess (xiangqi) and go (weiqi) by a small margin. There are about three million people...

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Israel still have an edge in experience over their Chinese counterparts. Xiangqi is also considered a sport in China, with millions of players nationwide...

Chen Shiang-chyi (Chinese: 陳湘琪; pinyin: Chén Xiāngqí; born 27 November 1969) is a Taiwanese actress who starred in 24 different films since 1991, best...

Sanguo Qi, Three Kingdoms Chess, or Three-Handed Xiangqi) is a three-player variant of the game xiangqi ("Chinese chess"). The game symbolizes the Three...

Xiangqi at the 2022 Asian Games was held in Hangzhou Chess Academy also known as Hangzhou Qiyuan (Zhili) Chess Hall, Hangzhou, China, from 28 September...

also shogi variants, especially chu shogi) Sittuyin (Burma) Xiangqi (China; see also xiangqi variants) Advanced chess, Centaur chess or Cyborg chess Blindfold...

Sports Games in Beijing 2008 for contract bridge, chess, go, draughts and xiangqi many other bodies have lobbied for inclusion such as the International...

deck for this particular game originated in the 19th century based on Xiangqi pieces on which the names of said pieces are printed on the cards. Chess...

this family, such as ouk chatrang, shatranj, Tamerlane chess, shogi, and xiangqi also evolved. Many chess variants are designed to be played with the equipment...

Ji Xiangqi (Chinese: 季缃绮; pinyin: Jì Xiāngqǐ; born October 1960) is a former Chinese politician and business executive. He was the Vice Governor of Shandong...

derived from the Indian chaturanga. Chaturanga was transformed into the game xiangqi where the pieces are placed on the intersection of the lines of the board...

playing one of either 2...Ke7, 2...Ke8, 2...Kg6, 2...Kg7, or 2...Kg8. In xiangqi, the Chinese version of chess, triple check and even quadruple check are...

world governing bodies for contract bridge, chess, draughts, eSports, go, xiangqi (Chinese chess), mahjong and card games. Its members are the World Bridge...

vazīr in Persian and wazīr in Arabic. It has analogue to the guards in xiangqi. Rukh ("chariot"; from Persian رخ rokh) moves like the rook in chess. Pīl...

chess (xiangqi i.e.象棋) pieces (instead of with the more traditional turtle shells or yarrow stalks used in I Ching divination). Twelve Xiangqi pieces...

1945) is a Chinese xiangqi grandmaster. Hu Ronghua has been referred to as the Bobby Fischer of xiangqi. Due to his excellent xiangqi skills, he was given...