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Chinese chess (board games (activities), games, ... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Strategy board game played in China from about 700 CE. Like Western chess, Chinese chess is believed to have been derived from an Indian board game known as chaturanga. The object of Chinese chess is to capture the opponent's king or general. While the game boards appear superficially similar, the Western board is 8 x 8 rows of alternating light and dark colors, while the Chinese board is 8 x 8 rows of squares of the same color with an extra horizontal void, known as a river, between the two halves; diagonal lines are inscribed across certain squares. Unlike Western chess, which is played on the two-toned squares, Chinese chess is played on the intersection of the lines, known as points, that form the squares. Chinese chess pieces are usually in the form of flat disks, often black and red in color, with Chinese characters inscribed on them to designate their rank. The pieces include a king (general), mandarins, rooks (chariots), knights (horses), elephants (bishops or ministers), cannons, and pawns (soldiers).
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| Terms: |
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| Chinese chess (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,U)
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| chess, Chinese (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| Xiangqi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin)-P,D,U,U)
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| Hsiang chi (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U,U)
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| Hsiang-ch'i (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U,U)
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| Chinees schaken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: K.KQ |
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Activities Facet |
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.... Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ physical activities (G) |
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............ <physical activities by specific context> (G) |
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................ <public and interactive activities> (G) |
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.................... games (G) |
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........................ board games (activities) (G) |
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............................ Chinese chess (G) |
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| Dutch ..... Strategisch bordspel dat sinds ongeveer 700 wordt gespeeld in China. Net als westers schaken is Chinees schaken waarschijnlijk afgeleid van het Indiase bordspel chaturanga. Het doel van Chinees schaken is het veroveren van de koning of generaal van de tegenstander. Hoewel de speelborden op het eerste gezicht op elkaar lijken, bevat het westerse schaakbord 8x8 rijen velden van afwisselend lichte en donkere kleuren en het Chinese bord 8x8 rijen velden van dezelfde kleur met een extra horizontale lege rij (de 'rivier') tussen de twee helften. Over sommige velden zijn diagonale lijnen getrokken. In tegenstelling tot westers schaken - dat wordt gespeeld op velden met twee verschillende kleuren - wordt Chinees schaken gespeeld op de snijpunten van de lijnen (de 'punten') die samen de velden vormen. Chinese schaakstukken hebben meestal de vorm van platte schijven, vaak zwart en rood van kleur, met Chinese karakters die de rang aanduiden. Onder de stukken bevinden zich een koning (generaal), mandarijnen, torens (strijdwagens), paarden, olifanten (bisschoppen of ministers), katapulten en pionnen (soldaten). |
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