From: Wen-sen.Liu@newcastle.ac.uk (W.S. Liu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.korean
Subject: xiangqi via email
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:47:53 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU


       


Newcastle xiangqi email conventions/modified from the ASCII board designs of C.H.Yong



                  Xiangqi Fig 1.              
           
    9  r---m---x---s---w---s---x---m---r   black    
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    8   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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    7   ---p--- --- --- --- --- ---p--- 
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    6  z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z
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    5   ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ 
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    4   ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
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    3  Z--- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z      
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    2   ---P--- --- --- --- --- ---P---
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    1   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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    0  R---M---X---S---W---S---X---M---R   white

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King W
Assistant S
Elephant X
Chariot R
Horse M
Gunner P
Pawn Z


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           8ooooooooo
           7opooooopo
           6zozozozoz
           5ooooooooo
           4ooooooooo
           3ZoZoZoZoZ
           2oPoooooPo
           1ooooooooo
           0RMXSWSXWR


         Yong Notational format/matrix version  
    


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         Yong Abridged Notational format/matrix version
 
    

    9rmxswsmr/7bphp/6azczezgziz/3aZcZeZgZiZ/2bPhP/0aRbMcXdSeWfSgXhWiR

         Yong Notational format/line version Type 1

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         Yong Notational format/line version Type 2

      
                   Changgi  Fig 2.

    9  r---m---x---s--- ---s---x---m---r   black
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    8   --- --- --- ---w--- --- --- ---
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    7   ---p--- --- --- --- --- ---p--- 
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    6  z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z
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    5   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 
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    4   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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    3  Z--- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z      
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    2   ---P--- --- --- --- --- ---P---
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    1   --- --- --- ---W--- --- --- ---
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    0  R---M---X---S--- ---S---X---M---R  white

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Opening positions for Xiangqi from China Sports August,1992

Song Yitai

Part V Openings

                  Xiangqi  Diag. 390              
           
    9  r--- ---x---s---w---s---x--- ---r   black   
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    8   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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    7   ---p---m--- --- --- --- ---p---m
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    6  z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z
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    3  Z--- --- --- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z      
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    2   ---P---M--- --- --- --- ---P---M
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    0  R--- ---X---S---W---S---X--- ---R   white

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                   Xiangqi Diag. 393
              
           
    9  r--- ---x---s---w---s---x---r---    black    
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    8   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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    7   ---p---m--- --- ---p---m--- --- 
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    6  z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z
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    5   ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ 
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    3  Z--- --- --- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z      
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    2   ---P---M--- --- --- ---M---P---
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    0  R--- ---X---S---W---S---X---R---    white

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                  Xiangqi Diag. 397           
           
    9  r--- ---x---s---w---s---x---r---    black    
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    6  z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z--- ---z
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    5   ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ 
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    3  Z--- --- --- ---Z--- ---Z--- ---Z      
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    0  R--- ---X---S---W---S---X--- ---R   white

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