Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.northeye.org!gcd.org!news.unit0.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newshub.sdsu.edu!nntpserver.com!zeus.nntpserver.com!10.1.1.41.MISMATCH!pfilter-v0.1!not-for-mail From: "Anonymous" Newsgroups: japan.games.mahjong Subject: Some questions about Xiang Qi (Chinese chess) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:50:08 -0400 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 Lines: 58 Message-ID: <46f1a9a2$0$30920$88260bb3@free.teranews.com> NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Sep 2007 22:58:42 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@teranews.com Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.games.mahjong:128 (I posted a similar note in rec.games.chinese-chess but received no response.) To Whom It May Concern: I have only recently discovered Xiang Qi. I would like to learn as much about it as I can, but I am handicapped by the lack of printed matter in English. Also, I there seem to be not nearly as many Xiang Qi web sites as there are Western chess web sites, so the Internet has not yielded much fruit. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong places? And I noticed that rec.games.chinese-chess is the only usenet group dedicated to Xiang Qi, and it does not appear to be very active. Are there others that I can be directed to? In addition, there doesn't seem to be in the United States (from where I am writing) a Xiang Qi counterpart to the U.S. Chess Federation, so there seems to be no "clearinghouse" or central location from which one can request information. Some questions: 1) As far as I can tell, the Xiang Qi Review is defunct, as is its publisher, the Chinese Chess Institute. Is this information correct? If so, where can I get back issues of the Review? If the information is incorrect, can someone please direct me to the Review and Institute's present location? Is David Woo, the editor, still alive? How may he be contacted? 2) Can anyone provide me with a list of texts regarding Xiang Qi that are available in English? 3) Can anyone provide me with addresses of any Xiang Qi clubs around the world? 4) Where should I go to learn of the history and culture of the game? I imagine that there must be in Xiang Qi's history colorful characters, famous games/tournaments, renowned strategic successes and failures, etc., as there are in Western chess. 5) What are the best computer programs for Xiang Qi? 6) What are the best web sites (in English) for Xiang Qi? 7) Is Daniel H. Li, author of The Genealogy of Chess still alive? How may he be contacted. Thanks very much for your time and attention! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com