In1984, the Asian Xiangqi Federation (AXF) approved a set of Graphic Xiangqi as part of their effort to promote xiangqi to the world, in particular, the non-Mandarin speaking communities. However, the project was not sustained for some reasons. The AXF … Continue reading
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This endgame puzzle, shared by a xiangqi fan recently, has invited enthusiastic discussion on Facebook. The author of this puzzle is Mr Shen Zhiyi（沈志奕）from Zhejiang PRC (Thanks to Mr Lawrence Tan for sharing his collection of the original publication of … Continue reading
In general, it is harder to compose a drawn endgame puzzle. My inspiration for this one came from watching a stake game played between two national players. … Continue reading
Converting a GM’s Endgame into a Puzzle The composition of this miniature puzzle is inspired by the endgame in the match between Grand Master Liu DaHua（柳大华）and Master Wang BingGuo（王秉国）. Red to move and win. It’s not difficult, but be aware … Continue reading
While editing the games on the “2HC Checkmate Routine” page, a sudden inspiration helped me to compose this endgame puzzle. … Continue reading
Recently I bought a pocket-size xiangqi book 《妙破残局》. It is a collection of some 130 brilliant endgames compiled by Fu Baosheng(傅宝胜)and Zhu Zhaoyi(朱兆毅). In the left diagram below is game #16 from the book. Red wins with a stunning Smothered … Continue reading
In xiangqi, a situation may arise in which the position favours the player not having the turn to move. Diagram 1 shows an example. It is Black’s turn to move. He has a choice between K5=4 and A5+6, Red could … Continue reading