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Xiangqi: Chinese Chess. Links and rules for Xiangqi (Chinese Chess). (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Dec 14, 2003 10:53 AM UTC:
John Ayer's 'orthogonal leapers' are presumably the piece now called a Dabbaba as that was the extra piece in Shatranj Kamil, to 'complete' a family with the diagonal Elephant and oblique Knight. However the Elephant and Knight of present-day Xiang Qi are steppers - they need to pass through a square adjacent to both start and destination. Would the Dabbaba of the intermediate game have been a stepper rather than a leaper? is ther any evidence of Xiang Qi ever having leaping pieces?