Changelog

History

1. 0.22.02026-10-27
   • FixedA repetition where one side, without checking, chased the same piece every move is now a loss for that side, as the rules say. It used to be a draw.
2. 0.21.02026-09-25
   • NewPieces can show pictures instead of Chinese characters — a crown, a horse, a cannon. Tap the piece button next to the board; the choice is remembered.
   • NewA solved puzzle that ends with Black unable to move, but not in check, now says so: in xiangqi that side loses too.
3. 0.20.02026-09-25
   • NewYou can add the site to your home screen. It opens like an app, without the browser bar.
   • NewGames against the computer, on one device, puzzles, lessons and training now work without a connection, once you have opened them here.
   • NewWithout a connection, a page that needs one — a game with a friend, for example — shows a short notice with links to what still works.
4. 0.19.02026-09-25
   • NewThere is a Train section: five basic endgames against the computer, from a chariot against a lone general to cannon and advisor. Win within the move limit.
   • NewEach drill has three tips and a hint. Repeating checks over and over loses, just as in a real game.
   • ChangedThe menu is now Play · Computer · Puzzles · Learn · Train. The rules are linked from the Learn page.
5. 0.18.02026-09-25
   • NewThere is a Learn section: twelve short lessons where you move the pieces yourself — each piece, then check and mate.
   • NewTwo lessons teach what chess does not have: the generals may not face each other, and a side with no legal move loses.
   • ChangedThe menu now has Learn in place of How to play. How to play and the rules are linked from the Learn page.
6. 0.17.02026-09-25
   • New3-minute puzzles: solve as many mates as you can in three minutes — eight mate-in-one, then mate in two, then three. Three misses end the run.
   • NewYour best 3-minute score is kept in this browser, and the result can be shared.
7. 0.16.02026-09-25
   • NewA game with a friend can be reviewed once it is over — the same review as against the computer. It is never offered while the game is still going.
   • NewOpening the link of a finished game later still lets you review it, for as long as the board is kept (a week).
8. 0.15.02026-09-25
   • NewThe My games page lists your last 30 finished games — against the computer, on one device and with friends. Tap one to open it in the analysis board.
   • NewGames are kept only in this browser. There is no account; clearing the list takes two taps.
9. 0.14.12026-09-25
   • Fixed“Clear the board” left the two generals facing each other, so a cleared board could not be loaded. They now start on different files.
10. 0.14.02026-09-25
    • NewYou can set up your own position on the analysis board: pick a piece, tap the points, choose who moves, and it opens in the board.
    • NewFrom any position on the analysis board you can play the computer. Take-backs and the review work from there too.
    • NewWhen Black moves first, the move list starts with “1. …” so the numbering stays right.
11. 0.13.02026-09-25
    • NewThere is an analysis board. Move for both sides, step back and try another line, and see the engine's evaluation and best move.
    • NewThe analysis board opens a pasted FEN or a list of moves, and the board lives in its address, so a link opens the same position.
    • NewA game review has a link that opens the whole game in the analysis board.
    • FixedThe puzzle hint was invisible: the marked piece was hidden under its own disc. It now glows around the edge.
    • FixedThe last move and the piece you picked up are now marked when a piece stands on the point, not only on empty points.
12. 0.12.02026-09-25
    • NewA finished game against the computer or on one device can be reviewed. Each side gets a count of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders.
    • NewTap a flagged move in the review to see the position before it, with the better move marked on the board.
13. 0.11.02026-09-25
    • NewYou can play the computer now, at six levels. Level 1 gives pieces away; level 6 looks several moves ahead.
    • NewAgainst the computer you can take moves back and ask for a hint. The game is still there if you close the page.
    • NewTwo people can play on one phone or computer, taking turns on the same board.
    • NewEach level keeps your wins and losses. Beat one and the result window offers the next.
    • FixedThe “Your move” line sat between the opponent’s strip and the board. It is back above both.
14. 0.10.02026-09-19
    • NewEvery piece now has its own section on the rules page, with a board showing where it can go. Those points are worked out by the same code that referees a game here.
    • Changed“How to play” now teaches the game itself — the board, the pieces, the first few moves. What this site does and does not do moved to the About page.
    • NewThe rules page names what we do not judge: perpetual chase, and whether the pieces left can still force a win.
    • NewThe rules page shows where the 2018 World Xiangqi Rules contradict themselves on repetition, and says we count threefold.
15. 0.9.02026-09-19
    • NewLinks now show a picture when you paste them into a chat: the board after the opening cannon move, with the site name.
    • NewAn invite link opens a card of its own — it says which side is still free, then sends the person straight to the board.
    • ChangedThe invite link you copy is now the /s/ address. That is the one messengers can unfold into a card.
16. 0.8.02026-09-19
    • NewThe board makes a sound now: a knock when a piece lands, a heavier one when it takes, a note on check and at the end, and a warning under ten seconds. There is a button to turn it off.
    • NewPieces slide to where they are going instead of jumping, and a captured piece fades where it stood.
    • ChangedIf you have turned on “reduce motion” in your system, pieces jump as before. Sound still plays — sound is not motion.
17. 0.7.12026-09-19
    • FixedOn a small phone the Resign and Draw buttons were pushed off the bottom of the screen once moves started piling up. The board now shrinks to keep them in view.
    • FixedResign asks once more before it goes through. One stray tap no longer ends the game.
    • FixedOpening /g with no board code left you staring at “Connecting…” forever. It now says there is no board here and points you home.
    • ChangedOn a wide screen the moves and buttons sit beside the board instead of under it.
18. 0.7.02026-09-19
    • NewThe moves are written out under the board in WXF notation, so you can read back what was played.
    • ChangedTraverse is written “.” (C2.5), not “=”. That is what the notation spec says, even though “=” is what you often see elsewhere.
19. 0.6.02026-09-19
    • NewYou can drag a piece to where you want it. Tapping the piece and then the point still works.
20. 0.5.02026-09-19
    • NewWhen a game ends, a panel now says who won and why, and offers a rematch. Both players have to press it, and then you both land on the new board.
    • FixedA draw offer now shows up on the other player's board. Until today you could offer one and nothing happened on their screen.
21. 0.4.02026-09-19
    • NewYou can put a clock on the board: 3, 5 or 10 minutes a side. Pick it before you open the board; with no clock chosen there is none, as before.
    • ChangedThe clock starts on Red's first move, not when the other player joins — otherwise you could lose a 3-minute game while sending the link.
22. 0.3.02026-09-19
    • NewThe board now has a strip above and below it: whose turn it is, and the pieces each side has captured.
    • ChangedThe strips do not show a points lead. Piece values in xiangqi change with the position and the rule book has no table, so a number here would be made up.
23. 0.2.12026-09-19
    • NewYou can now see whether the other player is still connected. If they drop, the board says so and counts how long they have been gone.
    • NewIf your own connection drops, the board says that instead — it no longer looks like the other player left.
24. 0.2.02026-09-18
    • NewEndgame puzzles: red to move and mate in one, two or three. Each set is a separate list, and the first move is always the only one that works.
    • NewA puzzle for each day, and a link that opens the same puzzle for whoever you send it to.
    • NewClassic problems from 古譜 collections, with the name each one has carried.
    • ChangedSets are grouped by how many moves the mate takes, not by difficulty. There are no solve records here to measure difficulty with.
    • ChangedAny move that still forces the mate in the moves you have left counts as correct, not just one prescribed move.
25. 0.1.02026-09-18
    • NewYou can open a board and play a friend by sending them the link. Nobody signs up.
    • NewThe server checks every move, so a modified browser cannot play an illegal one.
    • Rule changeJudgements follow the 2018 World Xiangqi Rules: a side with no legal move loses, and repeating a check three times loses.
    • ChangedThe board carries 楚河 漢界 and the small markers at the soldier and cannon points, as the rule book draws it.