Xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, is a two-player strategy board game popular in China and other parts of East Asia. The game is played on a 9×10 grid, with pieces placed on the intersections of the lines rather than within the squares. Each player starts with 16 pieces: a king (known as the “general”), two advisors, two elephants, two horses, two chariots, two cannons, and five soldiers.
The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s general, making it impossible for them to make a legal move to escape. The board features two key areas: the river, which divides the board horizontally, and the palaces, a 3×3 grid at the center of each player’s side where the general and advisors must stay.
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