Chinese Chess for Beginners

by Sam Sloan

When you think of chess, you probably think of the strategy game played throughout Europe and the Americas. There is another kind of chess played throughout the world by probably more people than any other strategy game. That game is Chinese Chess. The "Elephant Game" as it is called by the Chinese, dates back more than 2000 years. A cousin of Western Chess, its unique style of play results in a wide-open, quick-moving and aggressive contest.

Chinese Chess for Beginners explains both the rules and the strategies of the game clearly and in detail so that you can start playing right away. It covers everything from the opening through the endgame.

The book includes a set of paper chessmen that you can cut out and begin to play right away.

202 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2006

Reviews

[Peer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good introduction into Chinese Chess. I had a lot of fun reading and playing, and got inspired to play all different kind of endgames. The book comes a bit short in openings, though. Also Sloan uses his own notation system of relative positions and not unique positions, which is sometimes confusing. Nowadays Chinese chess has a likewise notation as western chess, so the book is a bit outdated. This and a little annoying bragging of the author made it four stars instead of five. But for me it was all I needed to get a start in this very interesting game.

[Hydra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice book to start with.