About Xiangqi.com

Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) was created in China over two thousand years ago, and it remains one of the most popular board games in the world. In China, it is a known fact that to improve your strategic thinking in business and life, you should learn to become a better xiangqi player. Anyone can learn to play the game and to improve weekly with regular play and coaching. To see the basics of the game, see our Youtube video.

The mission of Xiangqi.com is to become the #1 site in the world for xiangqi players from different countries to meet to play, to learn, and to develop new friendships.

The founder of Xiangqi.com is Paul English. Paul has created five successful startups in the US and has lectured on entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School and Stanford Business School.

Read about the Xiangqi.com Team to see who is behind this website.

Current Status

Xiangqi.com is in beta test mode right now. Please login each Saturday at 9am ET (9pm China) to meet the Xiangqi.com development team, to play xiangqi with us, and to make new friends. See also our Release Notes and Roadmap.

For now, please arrange to meet a friend here to try out the site. You can also play against our chess engine by choosing COMPUTER as your opponent.