Chess for Absolute Beginners

Author: Li Daobu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Compared to thrilling, tense, and exciting video games, traditional skill-based games seem to be gradually forgotten by people. However, the games left by our predecessors can calm our minds and relieve fatigue. In the process of competing move by move, one can ease agitation, sharpen the mind, and release exhaustion. Countless benefits—why not enjoy them? For this reason, this book aims to correct biases, adhering to the principles of health and accessibility, and is meticulously written from the perspective of a beginner. Through step-by-step guidance, it hopes to help you gradually master the skills and eventually become proficient, allowing you to enjoy them independently. This series is divided into six major traditional board and card games: Chinese Chess, Go, Gomoku, Mahjong, Bridge, and Poker. It is hoped that it can add a touch of brilliance to your leisure time and enrich your life.
Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) has a long history and has been a beloved cultural and recreational activity for thousands of years, with a wide grassroots foundation. It is often praised as "a small chessboard, a big life." Have you not seen it? In streets and alleys, after tea and meals, even strangers can compete on the chessboard: some sweat profusely in tension, while others move leisurely as if strolling in a garden. Winners revel in their triumph, and losers fume in defeat—it reflects the skill and practical level of the players. To make Chinese Chess more popular and enrich people's healthy and civilized cultural and recreational life, we have written this book for beginners, expecting to achieve the goal of helping readers master the game and enjoy it independently through step-by-step and progressive guidance.