Hootle Xiangqi

Hootle Xiangqi teaches xiangqi, Chinese chess, from the very first move to the famous checkmates, and then gives you robots to beat. It is gentle enough for a child of six and thorough enough for a grown-up starting from zero. XIANGQI SCHOOL Ten chapters, 113 short lessons and more than 250 puzzles and games, taught by Hootle the owl and the robots of the ladder. Each lesson shows one idea on a real board, lets you try it, and reads every line aloud. 1. The board and the pieces: the river, the palace, and how every piece moves 2. Capturing and defending: what pieces are worth, the cannon's screen, the blocked horse 3. Check and checkmate, and the xiangqi rule that a general with no move loses 4. Rules and notation: the facing generals, perpetual check, draws, and reading "C2=5" 5. Starting the game: the central cannon, screen horses, traps to avoid 6. Tactics: forks, pins, discovered…