Xiangqi.com | Chinese Chess Information

Xiangqi.com is a global community of Chinese Chess players, novices to masters. Xiangqi.com is a place where Chinese Chess players from around the world can meet, chat, and play xiangqi online. Players at all levels can join and enjoy the game. Xiangqi (pronounced “shiang-chee”) has been played for hundreds of years and is today still one of the most popular board games in the world, played in China and across Asia, and recently, in the West as well. You can usually find men playing xiangqi in Chinatown neighborhoods across the world. In China, it is known as a “fact” that playing xiangqi and improving your game each week will improve your strategic thinking in business and all aspects of life, so please join us to advance your skills! The game of xiangqi is played on a board of nine columns (files) and ten rows (ranks). The traditional pieces are wooden to disks with red or black Chinese characters drawn on them. The pieces are lined up on the vertices. See Xiangqi Help for detailed descriptions of each piece, and detailed rules about how to play games on xiangqi.com.