Everything in Xiangqi Arena
Rated play, ninety-two lessons, a puzzle ladder and an archive of 32,204 master games - in one place, in four languages.
Real games, real stakes
Every rated game moves your Elo and your rank tier. Choose the clock, challenge someone directly, sit down at an open table, or take on one of ten engine strengths.
- Elo ratings with rank tiers from Silver to Diamond
- Custom time controls: total time, increment, and a per-move cap
- Direct challenges by username, with your choice of colour
- Open tables you can browse and join
- Ten engine strengths, from Beginner to Grandmaster
- Chat, draw offers, takebacks, resignation and rematch
Ninety-two lessons on the board
Not videos - positions you play. Each drill sets up a real situation and checks the move you make.
- 55 interactive drills, from how the horse moves to discovered check
- 20 opening systems including the Central Cannon and Screen Horses
- 17 checkmate patterns such as the Cannon Behind the Horse
Puzzles that push back
A campaign to work through, a rated ladder with its own Elo, and a timed run when you want the pressure.
- A campaign of graded levels, unlocked as you solve
- Rated puzzles with a separate puzzle Elo
- One daily puzzle, the same for everybody
- Puzzle Storm: solve against the clock, with a leaderboard
32,204 master games
Replay the games of 2,629 masters, follow an opening through the archive, and let the engine tell you where a game turned.
- 32,204 games, searchable by player, opening and year
- An opening explorer built from the archive
- Engine review of any game: accuracy, an evaluation graph, and the best move at every turn
- In-game hints by mutual consent, with ratings adjusted for whoever used one
Free to play, forever
Everything above is playable without paying. A membership lifts the daily and weekly limits on the engine, the puzzle ladder and the archive.
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Four board themes, four sets of piece icons and twelve sound collections. Play in English, Vietnamese, or Chinese in either script.
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