中国象棋-Chinese-Chess-英语演讲

ChineseChess2013/5/9Designby:sixthgroupLOGOChineseChesswasinventedinIndiasometimebeforethe6thcentury,butdidn'tevolveintoitscurrentformuntilthe15thcentury.HistoryThegamewasmadepopularinMedievalEurope,itwasplayedmostlybythenobility.LOGOHistoryChineseChessisanextremelypopulargameintheEasternHemisphere.Itiscurrentlyplayedbymillions(ortensofmillions)inChina,Taiwan,Thailand,Singapore,Vietnam,HongKongandotherAsiancountries.ChineseChesshasremainedinitspresentformforcenturies.ThereismuchliteratureonChineseChess,mostofitinChina.Thereare,however,afewbooksavailableinEnglishandotherlanguages.WesternermayfeelstrangeforthesetraditionalChinesesymbols,butcaneasilyberecognizedwithaminimumofpractice.LOGOBoard&PiecesTheChineseChessboardismadeupoftenhorizontallinesandnineverticallines.Theverticalsareinterruptedbyacentral-horizontalvoidcalledariver.Twopalacesarepositionedatoppositesidesoftheboard.Eachisdistinguishedbyacrossconnectingitsfourcornerpoints.Tip:ChineseChesspiecesareplayedonlineintersectionswhicharecalledpoints.TheaboveboardshowsvariousL-shapedmarkingsinordertodistinguishthesetuppointsofPawnsandCannons.LOGOBoard&PiecesFromlefttorightonthebottomandtoprows,yousee:aRook,aKnight,aMinister,aGuard,aGenerals,aGuard,aMinister,aKnight,andaRook.Onthethirdrows,youseetheCannons,andonthefourthrowyouseethePawns.Piecesatthebottomhalfarered.LOGOTheObjectiveistoCheckmateyouropponent-trappingwhileCheckingyouropponent'sGenerals.ThegameiswonbycheckmatingorstalematingtheopponentKing.ChineseChessisabasedgame,withRedstartinggameplay.RulesPerpetualcheckisforbidden.Youcannotcheckyouropponentmorethanthreetimesinarowwiththesamepieceandsameboardpositions.LOGOPawnsPawnsaretheweakestpieceinthegameofChineseChess.Theycanonlymoveforwardandattacking.startingPawnmovesonepointstraight-forward.AAPawncrossingtheriverpromotes,keepingitspreviousmoveandgaininganewmove--aone-pointsteptoeitherhorizontal.Pawnsdonotadvocateonthelastrank,wheretheycanmoveonlyleftorright.LOGOCannonsTheCannonmovesdifferentlywhenitmovestocapturethanwhenitmovespassively.1.TheCannonmovespassivelyasanRook.2.TheCannonmovestocaptureasanRookwhichisrequiredtohopoverasinglescreen.Inotherwords,Cannonscapturebyskipasecondpieceinordertocaptureathirdpiece.Cannonsonlycapturewhenskipandonlyhopwhencapturing.Theymayneverhopovermorethanonepieceinagivenmove.LOGORookarethefirstmostpowerfulpieceinthegameofChineseChess.Theycanmoveeitherhorizontallyorvertically.RookLOGOKnightsKnights’movementisveryunique,similartothatofaLshape.Movingonesquarelaterally,thenonesquarediagonally.TheKnightmovesonepointorthogonallyfollowedbyonepointoutward-diagonally.Itmaynotleapoveroccupiedpoints.LOGOMinistersTheMinisterscanonlystayontheirdesignatedside,soaMinistersonaredsquarecannevergoonablacksquare.TheMinistersmovesexactlytwopointsdiagonally.Itmaynotleapoveroccupiedpoints.Also,Ministersareconfinedtotheirhomesideoftheriver.LOGOGuardsTheGuards’movementislimitedtoownpalace.Movinganydirectiondiagonallyinownpalace.movingonestepeachtime.LOGOGeneralsTheGenerals’movementislimitedtoownpalace.Theycanmoveeitherhorizontallyorvertically.butcannotmovediagonally.LOGOTip1.TheGeneralsisachesspiecethatyouwanttoprotect.IfyourGeneralisexposedtoattack,yourGeneralisinCheck.“2.ThetwoGeneralscannotfaceeachotheronanopenfile.IfeitherGeneralsitsexposedonanopenfile,theotherGeneralmaynotmovetooccupythatfile.LOGO