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Chinese chess is a two-player board game sprang from military strategies in the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods. The early-stage Chinese chess consisted of three components:chess pieces，dice and board. There’s no dice in modem Chinese chess. And tiie game is dififerrait from its ancient counteipart in tenns of pieces and board.The board is 9 lines wide by 10 lines long, with a total of 90 crossing points.The grids formed are square. The pieces are placed and moved on the crossing points. The two players conduct a representational military battle on the board by deploying horses and chariots and organizing troops based on tbeir understanding of the layout of die game and the playing rules. Currently, Chinese chess has been introduced to the whole worid, giving a boost to the effort to carry on and develop traditional Chinese culture.

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