The Chess of China

By Dennis A. Leventhal

Subjects: China, Chinese chess, boardgame, Dennis Leventhal, ancient boardgame, chess

Description: The Chess of China by Dennis Leventhal is a compact handbook for playing the ancient board game of Chinese chess. Chinese chess pieces are typically wooden disks similar to checkers pieces but are marked with Chinese symbols denoting the status of the pieces as in Western chess. The peieces do not move from square to square but rather from intersection to intersection as in the Chinese board game Go.Six chapters cover the history of the game, the units: the general, the guard, the militia, the cavalry, the chariot, the field artillery, and the infantry. Other chapters cover the battlefield, the moves, the action, and the philosophy. There are also 7 Appendices containing short stories from ancient China relating to the game. Hardcover with black and gold dust jacket. 7.5" X 5.25". 165 pages.First edition. copyright 1978.Primary language is English with some Chinese characters with definitions. Black and white diagrams of chessboard and pieces.