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Janggi - 장기 - Korean Chess. The variant of chess played in Korea. (9x10, Cells: 90) (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Sam wrote on Thu, Jun 27, 2002 11:55 PM UTC:Poor ★Nice page, but it has no history in it. Why are some pieces smaller then others. Tell us. Thank you.
Shawn wrote on Sat, Jul 20, 2002 09:04 AM UTC:Good ★★★★Hello, nice site. I read your instructions and they were enough to get me playing my first game without too many problems! I was just wondering of you knew of any places to play online, since I can't seem to access Korean game sites (they require some kind of Korean registration ID number that foreigners don't have). Let me know if you are aware of a place to play online. Thanks.
new wrote on Fri, Jul 26, 2002 08:58 PM UTC:Try kr.games.yahoo.com.
Sam Lam wrote on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 05:37 AM UTC:Good ★★★★I want to learn to play Korean chess and this site gives me a good introduction. But point 7. b) and 8. make me confused. For point 7. b), if my opponent captures one of my pieces and thus his king faces my king nakedly, then I will be in advantage and I will not be willing to let him draw. Is it a rule that it is a draw game under that suitation ? For point 8., can a soldier (or pawn) move backward from row 10 to row 9 by moving through the diagonal line in the enemy's fortess ? Please answer me, my e-mail is assam@cityu.edu.hk. Thanks a lot.
ian stanley wrote on Tue, Dec 3, 2002 11:15 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Anybody know of a supplier of korean chess sets - i have been playing for a number of months on the computer or with my chinese chess set - but want the real thing for my collection? ian_stanley@bigfoot.com
Kev wrote on Wed, Jan 8, 2003 10:31 PM UTC:Good ★★★★The (plastic) sets can be purchased at your local Korean grocery or gift stores. Search the yellow pages. Bit-Jang, or one king calling a 'check' on the opponent king, as explained 'naked path between two kings', means 'check to tie'. If your opponent captures one of your pieces and thus his king is facing your king nakedly, then his king is 'checking to tie' your king. If you do NOT want the tie, then you must be out of the naked path by either putting a piece in between kings or changing the king's position side ways. If you do agree to tie, then the game is declared stalemate/tie. A soldier (or pawn) cannot move backward from row 10 to row 9 by moving through the diagonal line in the enemy's fortess. Usually, there are three sizes to pieces. Kings are largest. Cha (chariott), Po (Cannon), Ma (Horse/Knight), Sang (Elephant) are all considered officers and medium sized. Jol/Byung (pawns) and Sa (guards) are soldiers and the smallest.
Charles Gilman wrote on Sun, Apr 13, 2003 09:54 AM UTC:A small point on 'If your opponent captures one of your pieces and thus his king is facing your king nakedly'. A piece cannot make the Kings face each other by capturing an intervening piece, as it in turn BECOMES an intervening piece. You can do it by moving the intervening piece but whether that piece captures another piece (as long as it is non-intervening) is irrelevant.
Oddball wrote on Thu, May 1, 2003 02:13 PM UTC:Good ★★★★I'm living in Korea now, and am learning from a couple of experienced Korean players. They told me that the initial placement of the Horse (Ma) and Elephand (Sahng) are reversible. That is, as long as they are opposite their opponent's piece of the same rank. Any insights about that?
Simon Spalding wrote on Fri, May 9, 2003 07:05 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★Bravo to this author as well as to Roleigh Martin for making instructions for the game available in English! As anyone interested in East Asian Chess variants will have found, Korean Chess is much harder to find (instructions or equipment) than Xiangqi or Shogi. Supermarkets in Korean neighborhoods of Southern California often stock cheap pieces, occasionally stock cheap composition boards (made by www.7brothers.com, who are primarily a Go/Weiqi board maker), but I have yet to find a source for nicer-but-not-too-expensive equipment. Hint to those seeking equipment: bring a drawing of the board and pieces with you to show the shop clerks what you are looking for. Has anybody found nicer-quality equipment for sale outside Korea? E-mail me at sspalding@tryonpalace.org, please!
Jay wrote on Sun, Aug 17, 2003 04:15 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★International chess has a rule of thumb values of the chess pieces. Like Knight and Bishops are equal to 3 pawns, Rooks are about 5 worth. Queen is worth 9 etc. Korean chess has some references like the Elephant(Sang) is worth 2 pawns (Jol) or one guard (Sa). Anyone know what the Cha,Po,Ma,Sang are worth in comparison values ?
cha (car) rook : 13 points poe cannon : 7 ma horse knight : 5 sang (elephant) xiang bishop : 3 sah guard : 3 byoung, chol pawn : 2 -------------------------------------------- Is this what you want? dajava@naver.com
This is the official homepage of Korean Chess Association
<p>It is only in Korean now
<p>http://www.kja.or.kr
a commnet here : 2002-06-27 Sam Poor Nice page, but it has no history in it. Why are some pieces smaller then others. Tell us. Thank you. my reply : I copied the history of Korean chess (=janggi) form official homepage of Korea Janggi Association to here http://myhome.naver.com/dajava/historyofjanggi.html It is only in Korean and is there anyone who wants to try this page with an automated Korean to English translator?
a message here : 2003-05-09 Simon Spalding -- snip - occasionally stock cheap composition boards (made by www.7brothers.com, who are primarily a Go/Weiqi board maker) --- snip - my comment : it is http://www.6brothers.com
Hello, 'bada Janggi' is a freeware with which you can play a Korean chess game against a computer. It runs on PC with windows 3.1 or above with 1 M ram It uses usual janggi rules except that it does not recognize 'bik jang' (= faced Kings) Downloading link is here http://dcslab.snu.ac.kr/~nirsys/bada16.zip Screen shot is here. http://dcslab.snu.ac.kr/~nirsys/image/bada.jpg a Quick and dirty manual by me is : F5 : New game F7 : load a saved game F8 : save a game Alt+F4 : Exit P.S. Its author calls it 'bada janggi' as he was a college student near a 'bada' (=Ocean). In my understanding, he went to 'Busan University'
Hi,
I have uploaded one of the most popular janggi (Korean chess) opennings
http://myhome.naver.com/dajava/janggi/popular1.html
It is 404 k bytes.
You can <a href=http://myhome.naver.com/dajava/janggi/popular1.swf>download</a> and play it with Swiff Player from www.globfx.com
You can download and play it with Swiff Player from www.globfx.com ------------------------------------------------ Oops ! You have to right-click on 'download' and choose 'save as ...'
Seongmo Yoon wrote on Fri, Oct 10, 2003 08:16 AM UTC:Another popular janggi opening is here http://myhome.naver.com/dajava/janggi/popular2.html Pay attention to the way two blue army horses support each other like 'beloved birds' The opening strategy by blue army is called 'Beloved birds' opening.
You can pay a Korean chess with a computer here It is a Java applet loaed into Explorer http://www.fungame.pe.kr/javagame/janggi/janggi.htm
You can download very strong Janggi program from
<a href='http://myhome.naver.com/yhzcpu'>myhome.naver.com/yhzcpu.</a>
<br>This site was originally created and maintained by Seongmo Yoon.
Seongmo Yoon wrote on Fri, Nov 7, 2003 07:51 AM UTC:a new Korean chess playing software with English menus and English pieces It is a freeware (beta version) It runs on Windows. http://myhome.hanafos.com/~yatari/janggi/jk.zip
Seongmo Yoon wrote on Fri, Nov 7, 2003 08:14 AM UTC:http://myhome.hanafos.com/~yatari/janggi/jk.html Visit here and use left mouse button or right mouse button to download jk.zip
Hi,
Mr. Kim, kyungjoong got the 3rd KBS Janggi Wang cup
('wang' = king)
Blue army player in this game is Mr. Kim, kyungjoong
He has all the Pro Janggi tournament titles in South Korea
I uploaded a link here
http://myhome.hanafos.com/~yatari/janggi/bestpro.html
I used IE 6.0 on Windows
One hour a game..................... wrote on Fri, Nov 28, 2003 08:16 AM UTC:Good ★★★★e-mail discussions for janggi http://www.topica.com/lists/janggi
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