For Chess Players
Chess instincts cause predictable xiangqi mistakes: blocked horses, cannon screens, pinned pieces between the generals. The ten most common and their fixes.
Xiangqi Rules
Exactly how each xiangqi piece moves and captures: general, advisor, elephant, horse, chariot, cannon and soldier, plus the blocking rules that trip up beginner
The Pieces
The xiangqi horse (Mã) moves like a knight but can be hobbled. How the leg block works, where horses belong, and how to use them in attack and endgames.
Endgames
Why horse and general beat a bare general, why a horse can never attack two neighbouring points at once, and when horse endings end in a draw.
Beginners
The twelve mistakes almost every new xiangqi player makes, grouped into rule errors, opening habits and in-game blind spots, with a concrete fix for each.