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...e in the other, and thus is a (1,3) hippogonal mover. The [[Xiangqi#Horse| Xiangqi horse]] is a hippogonal stepper and the [[Nightrider (chess)|nightrider]] i ...s.com/piececlopedia.dir/knight.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Chess Variants}}</ref> and {{wikt-lang|grc|γωνία}} (''{{grc-transl|γωνία}}''), meaning "an ...

==Variants== ...are:<ref name=evert>{{cite web |last1=Evert |title=UCI protocol for chess variants |url=http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?t=54167 |website=TalkChe ...

...a two-player Chinese [[board game]] played on a 4×8 grid, or half of the [[xiangqi]] (Chinese chess) board.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banqi |url=https://boardgame ...de specifically for Banqi exist, it is common to play on one half of the [[xiangqi]] board (using only one side of the River). ...

===Variants=== ...eces only permit a maximum of two pieces giving check at once, but in some variants, triple checks and higher may be possible. ...

...(Thai chess), [[Crazyhouse]], [[Capablanca Chess]] and many other Western variants on boards of various sizes. It offers a Westernized representation for thes ...d OS X Apps that specifically configure XBoard for oriental-style shogi or xiangqi are also available. ...

...chess]], a variant of chess that is played in Korea, but which resembles [[xiangqi]] (Chinese chess) rather than shogi. {{Shogi variants}} ...

**[[Xiangqi]], or Chinese chess ...

...ng position of some of the pieces, and the 9×10 gameboard, but without the xiangqi "river" dividing the board horizontally in the middle. ...aracters and are placed on the line intersections (as in the Chinese games xiangqi and [[Go (board game)|Go]]). Janggi pieces are traditionally [[octagon]]al ...

|notableworks = ''The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants'' ...Variants'', in which he describes more than 1400 different [[Chess variant|variants]]. ...

{{About|the chess variant|the board game played with xiangqi pieces|Banqi}} * [[List of chess variants]] ...

{{Shogi variants|sidebar=true}} ...t [[chess]]-type games ever played to some of the smallest. A few of these variants are still regularly played, though none are as popular as shogi itself. ...

...2|ps=, "Origins obscure; in the opinion of Bell, possibly a development of xiangqi."}} A British version known as "Jungle King" was sold in the 1960s by the [ ...Pieces move on the squares as in [[chess]], not on the grid lines as in [[xiangqi]]. Pictures of eight animals and their names appear on each side of the boa ...

* [[Xiangqi]] and [[janggi]] feature a cannon with similar abilities |title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants ...

...David Pritchard (chess player) |title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants |publisher=John Beasley |year=2007 |page=361 |isbn=978-0-9555168-0-1}}</ref ...uthor-link=David Pritchard (chess player) |title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants |publisher=Games & Puzzles Publications |year=1994 |page=107 |isbn=0-952414 ...

...authorlink=David Pritchard (chess player) |title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants |publisher=Games & Puzzles Publications |year=1994 |contribution=Pieces |pa ...while he lived, viz. Capablanca Chess.}}, and has been used in many chess variants since then. ...

...that chaturanga is the common ancestor of the [[board game]]s [[chess]], [[xiangqi]] (Chinese), [[janggi]] (Korean), [[shogi]] (Japanese), [[sittuyin]] (Burme ...that chaturanga is the common ancestor of the [[board game]]s [[chess]], [[xiangqi]] (Chinese), [[janggi]] (Korean), [[shogi]] (Japanese), [[sittuyin]] (Burme ...

...iry-Stockfish: chess variant engine supporting Grand Chess, Embassy chess, xiangqi, shogi, janggi, makruk, S-Chess, Crazyhouse, Bughouse, and many more|websit |title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants ...

.... Note that this is only the normal rule used at the Castilian court, as [[Xiangqi]], [[Janggi]], Javanese [[Surakarta (game)|Surakarta]] and other, more obsc [[Category:Draughts variants]] ...

In [[xiangqi]], human chess is a tradition in [[Vietnam]], where it is called cờ người, [[Category:Chess variants]] ...

...r (Ninja, born 1982). Demian invented [[Congo (chess variant)|Congo]], a [[xiangqi]] variant, in 1982 when nearly 8 years old.{{sfnp|Pritchard|2007|p=147}} ===[[Chess variants]]=== ...