Playing Online
What the two numbers in a time control mean, how the increment changes a game, and which time control fits your level and your goal, from learning to fast fun.
Xiangqi Rules
A complete beginner's guide to xiangqi rules: the board and river, the palace, how each piece moves, check and checkmate, and what makes it different from chess
Xiangqi in Vietnam
Vietnamese sources write moves as P2-5 or M8.7, English ones as C2=5 or H8+7. How both notations work and how to convert between them without mistakes.
For Chess Players
The cannon moves like a rook but captures by jumping over exactly one piece. How it works, why it is so strong early, and the counting habit that tames it.
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.
Xiangqi Rules
Learn xiangqi notation in ten minutes: WXF piece letters, file numbers from each player's side, the plus, minus and equals signs, and the Vietnamese version.
Beginners
New to xiangqi? A step-by-step path: learn the board, the moves and the blocks, play short games, understand the opening, and win your first real game.
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.