Compare plans
Playing on Xiangqi Arena is free, with no limit on the number of games. A paid plan removes the ads and opens more lessons and puzzles, and it raises the daily and weekly limits on engine analysis, rated puzzles and archive replays.
Free
Unlimited play at no cost
$0
- Unlimited live games, watching, rankings and challenges
- The piece courses, the rules lessons and the first five opening systems
- The daily puzzle, every Basic Mates level and the first Advanced Mates level of the campaign
- 5 rated puzzles and 1 Puzzle Storm run a day
- 3 engine analyses a week and 5 archive replays a day
- In-game engine hints earned through rewards
- Supported by ads on some pages
Basic
秀才 · For players who are improving
$1.99
per month
- No ads
- Every Advanced Mates level of the campaign
- 20 rated puzzles and 3 Puzzle Storm runs a day
- 10 engine analyses a week, with twice the engine's thinking time
- All 12 checkmate patterns and all 20 opening systems
- 50 archive replays a day
- 3 in-game engine hints a day, each with the best move and a short verdict
Standard
进士 · Every lesson and unlimited puzzles
$4.99
per month
- Everything in Basic
- Unlimited rated puzzles and Puzzle Storm runs
- The whole campaign, including Elegant Pastime and Divine Positions
- The endgame and draw technique studies
- 200 engine analyses a week and 500 archive replays a day
- 10 in-game engine hints a day
- A Standard badge on your profile
Premium
御品 · The deepest analysis and early access
$9.99
per month
- Everything in Standard
- 20 in-game engine hints a day
- Four times the engine's thinking time, with priority in the analysis queue
- A Premium badge and a gold name across the site
- Early access to new features
- The plan that does the most to pay for the site
You can cancel at any time. After you cancel, you keep every benefit until the end of the period you have paid for. Nothing is deleted when a membership ends, and your account returns to the limits of the free plan.
What each plan allows
The numbers in this table come from the server, and they are the limits it applies to each plan.
| Feature | Free | Basic | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No ads | not included | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rated puzzles a day | 5 | 20 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Puzzle Storm runs a day | 1 | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Engine analyses a week | 3 | 10 | 200 | 200 |
| Engine thinking time | 1x | 2x | 2x | 4x |
| In-game engine hints a day | none | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| Archive replays a day | 5 | 50 | 500 | 500 |