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Informative overview for the newcomer to Xiangqi, however, the descriptions
assume the reader is already familiar with regular chess.
Kim, Cape Town, South Africa

Hi:

The statement that 'You cannot put the opponent in check more than 3 times
in a row with the same piece without either side moving any other piece' is
incorrect.  Rather than the number of checks being limited, it's the number
of repeating 'cycles' (which is three cycles, or a triple-repetition, which
in most cases, six checks).

This common misconception seems to stem from Lau's book, Chinese Chess.  We
would be glad to discuss with you further on this issue.  My e-mail is
[email protected]


Dave Woo
Chinese Chess Institute
USA

I have come to learn the werstern version of chess since i was 6 years old.
From that time on, i have allways felt a passion for the game. Knowing that
there is more than one version of this game, it inspired me to think widely
and come up with other forms and variants of this brilliant game. One can
experiment with the numbers of squares, the forms of squares (how about a
great triagle, with three parties?), the number of pieces, the movements of
those pieces, and even swapping movement capabilities (how about giving the
Bishop the capability to jump like a knight, every other turn - after each
time you have made a move with that piece, its movement-ability changes
from knight to Bishop, from Bishop to Knight and so on...)I am glad to see
there are people who have taken the time and the effort to do research as
to where the game of chess has its origins. It is now commonly believed
that not chines chess, but chaturanga is the oldest known form of chess.
Its an Indian game. I will compare it with chinese chess, and hope many
others will share the same passion.