Chinese chess online free

River's already drawn. Red and black are waiting. Move a cannon — it'll only bite if something sits in between.

楚 河汉 界車馬象士将士象馬車砲砲卒卒卒卒卒兵兵兵兵兵炮炮车马相仕帅仕相马车

Local table

Ready to cross?

A quiet game against the local AI. No lobby, no waiting.

Difficulty
Guards the palace

Moves

Red opens. Moves will list here after the first piece lands.

Record

Kept in this browser only. Clearing site data wipes it.

Wins
0
Losses
0
Games
0
  • This gameNot started
  • Plies played0
  • Red clock00:00
  • Black clock00:00

On this page

Xiangqi FAQ

Common questions before a first game. Skim the list, or ignore it and move a piece on the board above.

When

When to use

Skimming before a first game. Settling ‘is this western chess?’ in one place.

When not

When not to

Wanting deep rules — see chinese-chess-rules. Wanting piece drills — pieces or cannon.

Defaults

Assumptions

Answers describe this site’s park-table rules and product boundaries.

Steps

How

  1. Skim the list on the right (and below on small screens).
  2. Jump to how-to or pieces if an answer points there.
  3. Or ignore the text and move a chariot.

Worked notes

Examples

  • Is this western chess? → No — river, palace, and cannon; different table
  • Do I need an account? → No — open the page and move

Watch-outs

Gotchas

  • FAQ is not JSON-LD FAQPage spam — visible prose only.
  • Product boundaries change slowly; if a door isn’t shipped, we say so.

Controls

Board controls

Board controls match home. FAQ pages still deserve a living board.

FAQ

What is PlayXiangqiBase?
A Chinese chess page — Xiangqi — with a real board and a local AI. One domain, one board family.
Do I need an account?
No.
Is this western chess?
No. See chinese-chess-vs-chess.
Can I play strangers online?
Not matchmaking. Local AI on most pages. Same-screen pass-and-play: chinese-chess-2-player.
Is the computer in the cloud?
No. It thinks on your device.
Is there an APK?
No. Browser only. Optional PWA install on supporting browsers.
How do draws work here?
Sixty quiet moves or threefold repetition; perpetual check (长将) loses. See rules.
Where do I start?
Home board, or how-to-play-chinese-chess.