Still, wanting to more Chinese board games? How about the age-old Monopoly? We have entirely dissected the Chinese version to bring you a comprehensive guide to playing Monopoly in Chinese.įirst, let’s break down the keywords you’ll be needing for Chess in Chinese. Each player begins a game with eight pawns, one on each square of their second rank. There are six different pieces in a game of Chess, Pawns, Rooks, Knights, Bishops, Queens, and Kings. When talking about a piece in chess, as in winning a piece or losing a piece, that generally only refers to the minor pieces the Bishop or Knight. The pawn is not categorized into minor or major. The minor pieces are the bishops and knights. It may move one square directly forward, it may move two squares directly forward on its first move, and it may capture one square diagonally forward. They are the strongest players and are deemed more important. The reason for the name including ‘elephant’ in the game is because there is an elephant ‘象’ (xiàng) piece on the board.Įlephants in Chinese Chess behave like bishops but are restricted to only being used for defence. Pawn (chess) The pawn (, ) is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess. The object of the game is to capture your opponent’s king (sound familiar?) while protecting your own. I played my 'regina' to d5) Rook Torre (Tower) Bishop Alfiere (Standard bearer, but this actually is a deformation of the ancient word 'alfiro', from the persian 'al-fil', the elephant, since they used an elephant-shaped piece for the bishop) Knight Cavallo (Horse) Pawn Pedone (Pedestrian) bjornhangjoe.
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