How to Play XIANGQI (Chinese Chess) - Every Piece Explained in 3D + 3 Killer Tricks

A chessboard with a RIVER... and cannons that JUMP?! 🏮♟️ Learn Chinese chess (cờ tướng) step by step. Xiangqi - Chinese chess, called cờ tướng in Vietnam - is played every day in parks and on street corners. General Wei, a (fictional) Chinese general, teaches Toasty the whole game in 3D: the board with its river and palaces, how every piece moves (general, advisor, elephant, horse, chariot, cannon, soldier), the flying general rule, the elephant's eye, the hobbled horse, how the cannon jumps to capture, why having no legal move means you LOSE - plus 3 famous tricks (double cannon mate, the free capture, check and win the chariot) and 7 battle tips. Every position in the video was checked with a small xiangqi rules program, so all moves and checkmates are legal. Chapters: 0:00 A chessboard with a river? 0:25 Meet General Wei 0:52 Board, river, palace & pieces 1:34 General, advisors & the flying general rule 2:12 Elephants (and the elephant eye) 2:32 The hobbled horse 2:56 The chariot 3:09 The jumping cannon 3:39 Soldiers & the river 4:06 How to win (no legal move = you lose!) 4:35 3 tricks: double cannon, free capture, check + win the chariot 5:28 7 battle tips 6:26 Dismissed! Sources: Wikipedia, "Xiangqi" Photo credits (Wikimedia Commons): Xiangqi pieces on a stone board, Zhouzhuang: Allen Lubitz, CC BY 4.0 Players of general chess in Vietnam 2008: alex-s, CC BY 2.0 Xiangqi in Columbus Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 The characters, board and pieces in this video are original 3D models. General Wei is a fictional character. 🎨 Made with 2D & 3D animation software. 🎬 Video produced by SNE Animation. Please do not reupload. 🤝 For co-production and licensing inquiries, please contact: Support@SNE.vn #xiangqi #chinesechess #boardgames