Handicap Mode
If you are a Xiangqi Coach, and you want to give your students some handicap in a practice game; or if you are studying an opening, and want to play against somebody straight away from a particular position, then the Handicap mode is for you!
In this tutorial, we are going to teach you how to set up a custom starting position and then play with your friends.
In the home page, click on the Create Game button
Make sure that the Rated option is not selected.
Click on the “Challenge Someone?” text.
Select the user that you want to play against, then click on the Custom Position button.
You will be redirected to the board editor page. Here, you can set up the position by moving the pieces on the board, or even remove some of the pieces. When you are done, click on the Challenge button.
You will be redirected to the game page, and you can see the starting position of the game is the same as the one you set up in the previous step. An invitation would be sent to your opponent, and you can start playing when he joins!
If for some reasons you want to abandon the game, simply click the abandon button at the bottom, and choose Yes in the pop-up modal. The game will be then be abandoned
You can also set up a custom starting position against your friend directly! First go to the your profile or the Friends page.
Click on the icon of the person that you want to play against. This will redirect you to the selected players’s profile page.
Click on the challenge button.
Inside the challenge modal, make sure you select the Unrated option. And then click on the Custom Position button.
This will bring you to the board position page that we mentioned above. Once you are done, click on the challenge button, and then you are good to go!
