Two opponents called Black and Red.

To win you have to checkmate the General of your opponent.

## Board

The board is a 9x10 grid but is virtually divided into 2 fields separated by a river. Each field has a palace.

Pieces’ positions are called points defined by line intersections.

## Pieces

for each team:

- 1 general (king)
- 2 advisors
- 2 elephants (= minister for red)
- 2 cannons
- 2 chariots (rooks)
- 2 horses (knights)
- 5 soldiers (pawns)

We made a western set of pieces for players who might not be familiar with the traditional chinese version. From left to right: General, Advisor, Horse, Elephant, Chariot, Cannon, Soldier. (red and black pieces are different in the traditional set, not in the western set)

## Initial setup

## Pieces actions and properties

(cheat sheet available below)

- General: moves and captures 1 point orthogonally and can not leave his palace. Exception: if no pieces between them, the general captures the opponents general if they are on the same line.
- Advisors: move and capture 1 point diagonally. Can’t leave the palace. This makes only 5 available positions.
- Elephants: move and capture exactly 2 points diagonally. Can’t jump over pieces. Can’t cross the river. This makes only 7 available positions.
- Horses: move and capture 1 orthogonally, then one diagonally away from its former position. Can’t jump over pieces.
- Chariots: move and capture any number of points orthogonally. Can’t jump over pieces.
- Cannons: move like chariots but not for capture. Can’t jump over pieces. Exception: the cannon can only capture by jumping over one and only one piece on its orthogonal way to its target.
- Soldiers (pawns): move and capture 1 point forward. Once he has crossed the river, the soldier can also move and capture 1 point horizontally but not backwards. This is the only possible promotion in the game.

You can use our cheat sheet for a start, for more detailed rules and explanations, you can also read the Xiangqi Wikipedia page.

## Jocly Xiangqi cheat sheet

Higher resolution is available on our wiki

## Available skins

2D skins are available for all, 3D skins need WebGL so please use Chrome or Firefox.

### 3D Classic

### 3D Wall

### 3D Western

### 3D Western Wall

### 2D Classic

### 2D Western