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Yu Ren Dong wrote on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 05:07 AM UTC:
Thanks. As a Chinese, I am glad that people would be interested in two ancient Chinese Chess varints: Three Friends Chinese Chess(¤T¤Í´Ñ), and Three Kingdoms Chinese Chess(¤T�°ê´Ñ)¡C


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The detailed rules of the Three Friends Chinese Chess are avaiable from the book ¹Ï»¡¤¤°ê¥j¥N¹CÃÀ ISBN: 9576687039, which records many Chinese Ancient Game.

In this Chinese Chess History book  '��¤¤°ê¶H´Ñ¥vÂO¦Ò' ISBN: 9787101037043, also records the broad of of Three Friends Chinese Chess, but lacks the detailed rules.

Three Kingdoms China Chess was invented during Southern Song Dynasty. Unfortunarely, the inventor's name, the rules books ¤T°ê¹Ï®æ,¤T¶HÀ¸¹Ï and the detailed rules were all lost.   

¾G®Ê¼w, the inventor of Three Friends Chinese Chess, lived in Anhui province during the reign of Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty. He is one of friends of ±i¼é who was known as one of the greatest essay writers in China. 

±i¼é wrote a book called ¬L¥NÂO®Ñ�. The rules of three Friends Chinese Chese were found in ¬L¥NÂO®Ñ�. 

During the reign of Qianlong Emperor, ª÷¾Ç¸Ö�, in his game book:ªª½Þ¶¢¸Ü also mentioned this game. 

I think that ¾G®Ê¼w maybe invended his variant in according to the original broad of the Three Kingdoms Chinese Chess.

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