The basic rules of Chinese chess

Chinese chess is a part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. It is not only deeply loved by the vast number of chess fans at home, but also spread abroad and gradually won the favor of many chess fans. Foreign countries are very popular and many foreign chess players want to know the rules of Chinese chess. After all, there are many differences between the two methods of chess, familiar with the basic rules, two chess in many places can be by analogy.

The Chinese chess board consists of nine parallel vertical lines and ten parallel horizontal lines intersecting, with a total of ninety crossing points on which the pieces are placed. The middle part (the blank space between the fifth and sixth lines) is called the river boundary. The center of the two ends (the square between the fourth and sixth vertical lines on each end), where the diagonal lines form the Chinese rice square, is called the nine palisades (it has exactly nine intersections).

boundary river：

This is a different place from chess, and there is a river between the two sides, which is usually called the chu river, which means that the chess pieces can cross the river to attack the leader of the other side. These rules are similar to some scenes in ancient Chinese battlefields, and gradually evolved into the basic rules of Chinese chess.

chess pieces：

All the pieces of a total of 32, which is divided into two groups, red, black (against respectively from the side), a total of 16 pieces in each group (in order to distinguish the pieces on both sides, not only differ in color, but also can use different word homophones pieces), which is divided into seven pieces, its name and number is as follows:

red:    帅 車 馬 炮 仕 相 兵

black: 将 車 馬 炮 士 象 卒

将（帅）：

Although they have different names, they are both supreme commanders of opposing sides, whose purpose is to find a way to kill the leader of the other side by using their own pieces, so as to win for their own side. These two pieces of the supreme commander, can only walk in the nine palace, not out of the nine palace. The walking footwork is: left, right horizontal walk, up, down vertical walk, but can only walk one grid at a time. Will and handsome prohibit to go up in the same line direct opposite (middle have no pawn), if one party already occupied a position first, criterion another party must avoid, calculate otherwise lost

士（仕）：

Each line one pace chess, allow to walk along the inclined line in 9 palaces only one pace (the diagonal of square box), walk the azimuth can enter, can retreat, its ultimate goal also is to guard respective highest general (handsome, general).

象（相）：

This chess can not cross the river into each other's territory, its move is: only oblique walk (two steps), you can use the Chinese characters in the field to express the image: tian zigzag diagonal, commonly known as xiang (phase) go field word. Walking azimuth can enter, can retreat, but, when elephant (photograph) in the route that walks, reach tian character center to have chess piece (no matter oneself or be the chess piece of the other party), do not allow to walk past, common say: fill elephant (photograph) eye

车（車）：

This chess is the most powerful chess pieces in Chinese chess, each move can go up, down a straight line (forward, back); Left, right horizontal move (middle not separated pieces), and the number of moves unlimited.

炮（砲）：

The rules of the game are similar to that of the car (the car), horizontal, vertical, as long as there are no pieces in front of the place can walk. However, its rule of eating chess is very special, must skip a piece (whether one of its own or the other side) to eat a piece of the other side. Commonly known as: the mountain fire.

马（馬）：

Game rules: the use of the Chinese word to describe the way the horse walk more appropriate, commonly known as: the horse walk the word (diagonal). However, there is a walking rule, which can decompose a horse's walking day into one straight step (or a horizontal step) and one diagonal step. If there are other pieces blocking the first straight step (or a horizontal step) in the direction to go, the horse is not allowed to walk (commonly known as a lame-horse leg). Walking range is not limited, can enter, can also retreat.

卒（兵）：

Before crossing the river, only one straight step (not back) is allowed for each move. After crossing the boundary, each move may be made straight ahead or sideways (left or right), but not backward. According to this rule, pawn (soldier) walk to the bottom line of the other party can left and right horizontal walk, common say: pawn walk old!

Eat:

No matter what chess, usually as long as according to the rules of chess can go to the parts of the other side of the chess pieces can eat the other side of the chess pieces.

 and the only exception is the gun to eat chess method, more special, need to be separated by a flag (whether it is their own or the other side of the chess) to eat the other side of the chess.

kill and dying:

One party's chess pieces attack the other party will (handsome), and in the next step to eat it, known as according to will, or referred to as will. No declaration is required.

The player who is being played must immediately play, using his or her own moves to resolve the situation.

If a player is photographed and cannot be played, he will be killed (a winning move)

When it is the turn of the player who has no son to move, he is trapped (the player who has no son to move is the loser).

In a game of red chess, the player who plays red shall go first, and each player shall take turns to take one move (each player shall take one move, which is called a turn), until the winner, the loser and the sum are determined.