[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment An old Korean chess book[Subject Thread] [Add Response] Yu Ren Dong wrote on Sat, Mar 2, 2013 03:01 PM UTC:http://culturedic.daum.net/dictionary_content.asp?dirView=no&Dictionary_Id=10008774&query=%BB%F3%C8%F1%B5%B5%B9%FD An old Korean chess book called 象戱圖法(ìƒí¬ë„법), said that one kind of chess called small shogi(소장기=å°å°‡æ£‹) have Crossbow(ë…¸=弩), General(장=å°‡), Advisor(사=士), Chariot(ì°¨=車), Horses(마=馬), Cannon(í¬=ç ²), and Soldier(ë³´=æ¥), 졸=å’). It mentioned no Elephant. Li Qingzhao (1084–c. 1151) said there were two Chinese Chess variant:大象戲 and å°è±¡æˆ² (大å°è±¡æˆ²ï¼Œå¼ˆæ£‹ï¼Œåˆåƒ…å¯å®¹äºŒäºº). But no one understand them. I think this chess variant mentioned on 象戱圖法 may be å°è±¡æˆ² in Chinese Chess history.