#elephant eye

For Chess Players

Ten Traps Chess Players Fall Into in Their First Xiangqi Games — and How to Avoid Each One

Chess instincts cause predictable xiangqi mistakes: blocked horses, cannon screens, pinned pieces between the generals. The ten most common and their fixes.

29/09/2026 5 min read

Xiangqi Rules

How Xiangqi Pieces Move: Every Piece Explained With Its Blocks, Limits and the Mistakes New Players Make

Exactly how each xiangqi piece moves and captures: general, advisor, elephant, horse, chariot, cannon and soldier, plus the blocking rules that trip up beginner

28/09/2026 6 min read

The Pieces

Elephants and Advisors in Xiangqi: How the Defenders Move, How They Protect the General, and When Losing One Hurts

Elephants (Tượng) and advisors (Sĩ) guard the xiangqi general. How they move, the elephant's eye block, good defensive formations and when their loss is fatal.

28/09/2026 5 min read