Chinese chess (disambiguation)

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Chinese chess may refer to:

  • Xiangqi, a two-player Chinese game in a family of strategic board games of which Western chess, Indian chaturanga, Japanese shogi, and the more similar Korean janggi are also members.
  • Chinese Chess (Bar-Zim), a two player board game copyright 1956 by Bar-Zim Toy Mfg. Co., Inc., played with a Western chess set without pawns and with dice.
  • Chinese Chess (Gabriel), a two-player board game copyright 1981 by Gabriel Industries (a division of CBS Corporation), bearing some resemblance to draughts but without the same ownership of active pieces.
  • Chinese checkers is also sometimes referred to as Chinese chess

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