A Discovered Attack And Decoy Move In Chinese Chess (Elephant Chess Xiangqi)
2Let's use another type of chess to explore the concept of decoy and discovered attack, while also looking at big picture thinking when it comes to "forcing moves" and overloading. We'll study an endgame and see how we could prevent an imminent checkmate through some tactics. Hope you enjoyed this exploration and also learned a little about the nuances when it comes to chess vs xiangqi. The two games play so differently, in fact, I played worse in chess after playing xiangqi for a bit. However, I think as I get better in chess and xiangqi, eventually the skills will complement each other.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Explaining the relevant pieces on the board
0:07 Soldiers compared to chess pawns
0:25 Elephants compared to chess bishops
0:34 Cannons (distinct piece)
0:43 Horses compared to chess knights
1:00 Advisors (distinct piece)
1:06 How the general is different than chess king
1:13 Corner king is like a cornered palace general
1:39 Multiple concepts will come to light
2:06 Tactical analysis I learned from chess
2:54 Imminent checkmate threat
3:41 Forcing move thinking I learned from chess
4:07 Two checks examined
5:17 The decoy check move
6:13 What else is this move besides a decoy?
7:04 Why I'm still a beginner
7:28 Why I'm learning this
7:43 Fun question for viewers