AI practice · 2 players
Gomoku
Fifteen lines. Countless possibilities. Place your stones and connect five.
LITTLE TABLE · FIELD GUIDE
How to play Xiangqi
Watch the horse legs, cannon screens and facing generals. Checkmate or leave your rival without a move.
AI practice · 2 players
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The essentials
Red moves first. Generals and advisers remain in the palace. Elephants cannot cross the river and can be blocked at the eye; horses can be blocked at the leg. A cannon needs exactly one screen to capture, while soldiers gain sideways moves after crossing the river.
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Your first moves
Select a piece, preview a legal destination and confirm. A move must not expose your general or leave the two generals facing one another. Both checkmate and stalemate are losses for the player unable to respond.
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Playing at Little Table
Play against the local practice AI or invite a friend into a private room. A sole perpetual checker loses; other threefold repetitions draw. A draw also occurs after 120 plies without a capture or soldier move. Complex tournament perpetual-chase adjudication is not automated.
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Common questions
Is this rated or timed chess?
No. These are casual private games and built-in AI practice, without a rating ladder or chess clock.
Why can a horse not reach a square?
Check whether its leg is blocked and whether moving it would expose your own general.
You know the basics. Pull up a chair.
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