Xiangqi variants
Other ways to play Xiangqi, each one ready to play here. Read how a variant changes the rules, then start a game with it chosen in the table setup.
Handicap Xiangqi
The stronger player plays Red without a chariot, a cannon, one or two horses or nine minor pieces, so players of different strength get an even game.
Manchu Chess
Red has a single banner that moves as a chariot, a horse and a cannon in place of its chariots, horses and cannons; Black keeps the full army.
Banqi
All 32 xiangqi pieces start face down on half a board; each turn you flip a piece or move one of your colour, and higher ranks capture lower ones.
Jieqi
Xiangqi with every piece but the general shuffled face down on the starting points; a hidden piece moves as the piece whose point it stands on, then turns face up.
Three Kingdoms Xiangqi
Three players lead the kingdoms of Shu, Wu and Wei on a six-sided board of three half-boards; defeat a rival to take over its army, and outlast the other.