Endgames
Being ahead is not the same as winning. Seven practical principles, from your general's file to guarding your defenders, for converting xiangqi endgames.
For Chess Players
In xiangqi a player with no legal move loses; there is no stalemate draw. How this rule wins endgames that chess would call drawn, and how to avoid it.
Endgames
One soldier and a general can beat a bare general, unless the soldier has run to the last rank. Why that is, and the mistake that throws away easy wins.
Xiangqi Rules
Every way a xiangqi game can finish: checkmate, the no-legal-move loss, resignation, agreed draws, lack of material, running out of time, and forbidden repetiti
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.
Checkmate Patterns
The rule that generals may never face each other turns your general into an attacker. The mates and no-move wins that use it, and how to defend against them.
Endgames
Chariot and general against a bare general is the first endgame to master. The three-step method: confine the general, take a file, then check or leave no move.