

#Chinese chess series
Of XiangQi: you have published a series of books explaining Chinese Chess to To wait and see how the very sensitive chess public will react to it. Gralla: A provocative proposal we’ll have Proposing a new name for Western Chess: “Queen-Qi”, thereby corresponding toĭr. Of that single-minded focus on the Queen on the part of Western Chess, I am Has been the sole reason for this game having gained that much fame. During that very encounterįischer sacrifices his Queen, allowing himself to gain tempo as well as positionalĪdvantage to produce a mate in due course. Who is battling Donald Byrne at the 1956 U.S. The 20th century), featuring Bobby Fischer who commands the black army and There has been one game, dubbed the “Game of the Century” (that is to say: Rule makes any sense, if one views chess as a kind of war simulation game. To be a Queen, Western Chess pays too much attention to the Pawn as well. Li: Western Chess pays too much attention to the Queen, as You are even proposing a new name for it:“Queen-Qi”, René Gralla: Professor Li, you do not like René Gralla of Hamburg, Germany, spoke to Professorĭr. Take place in Paris from July 31st to August 6th, 2005. Year in the long history of XiangQi that will be held outside Asia. On Horse" – has just been released, right on time for the first World Championship His fifth book on Chinese Chess – "Syllabus View on the origins of the game, has earned him the Book of the Year 1998 awardįrom the editors of "Games" magazine. His book "The Genealogy of Chess", an unconventional But his main focus has been on XiangQi as the Asian contribution He translatedĪnd published three Chinese classics: Confucius's Analects, Sun Tzu's Art of Of making Chinese culture more accessible to English-speaking readers. The outspoken and vigorous 76-year-old lives in Bethesda, Maryland.Īfter retirement Professor Li started publishing books with the declared purpose Of Washington, Seattle, and as a Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at theĬhinese University of Hong Kong. In accountancy and started an academic career, giving lectures at the University Born in Ningbo, China, in 1928, Li moved to the USA in 1949. Republic, of the fast and aggressive game of XiangQi (Chinese: 象棋). Is one of the leading authors, at least outside the boundaries of the People's Li is a master of Kung Fu on the chess board: the retired professor PART I Give up Western Chess – play Chinese Chess instead! Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > The ultimate chess experience every day, Pla圜 welcomes 20,000 chess players from all around the world – from beginner to grandmaster.Memorize it easily move by move by playing against the variation trainer. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Learn openings the right way! Build and maintain your repertoire.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Real Fun against a Chess Program! Play, analyze and train online against Fritz.Top authors like Daniel King, Lawrence Trent and Rustam Kasimdzhanov Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Thousands of hours of high class video training.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > Sac, sac, mate! Solve tactical positions of your playing strength.Store your games, training material and opening repertoire in the cloud. Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > My Games – Access your games from everywhere.Still no ChessBase Account? learn more > 8 million games online! Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games.
