Chinese Chess (also known as Chinese Chess) is a traditional intellectual game popular in East Asian countries such as Vietnam, China, and Taiwan. This is an ancient chess game with two players, using a chess board divided into 9 vertical lines and 10 horizontal lines, with a river in the middle and two generals on each side.

Each player will have 16 chess pieces, including:

1 General

2 Officers

2 Elephants

2 Chariots

2 Cannons

2 Horses

5 Pawns

Important keywords in Chinese Chess:

Opening: The first stage of the game, establishing the battle position (common openings such as Binh Phong Ma, Thuan Phao, Nghich Phao, Don De Ma...).

Mid-game: In the middle stage, the main pieces start to attack, occupy the center, attack the wings, open the Cannon line...

End-game: In the final stage, with few pieces left, the General and the Pawn play a decisive role.

Checkmate, capture, sacrifice, defense, counterattack, trap, double play, checkmate are common tactical techniques.

End of the game: Checkmate, draw, win, promote the Pawn, run out of moves...

High tactical nature:
Chinese chess requires players to have deep strategic thinking, the ability to calculate many moves, predict the opponent and control the horizontal-vertical axis, diagonal lines, defensive weaknesses, tactical traps...

Chinese chess is not only a game, but also an intellectual art, combining attack, defense, sacrifice, and skillful troop movement, imbued with the cultural identity of East Asia.

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