https://mistboard.com/feed Releases, articles, and status updates from Mistboard. en https://mistboard.com/broadcast/xiangqi/2026-league-qualifier mistboard:2026-08-30:sixty-one-games-from-the-division-a-qualifier Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update China's top xiangqi league runs its qualifier in Hangzhou every August, and this year's three rounds are now here to replay in English, with the club names and the players romanized. Ten clubs, four boards a match, and an engine a click away on any position. The league itself starts in September. https://mistboard.com/blog/xiangqi-world-championship mistboard:2026-08-30:the-xiangqi-world-championship-and-why-it-is-not-the-senior- Sun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT article Nineteen editions since 1990, eleven winners, and a title that stayed in China until last September. Every champion, an annotated game for ten of them, and the reason the Chinese national championship is the harder one to win. https://mistboard.com/blog/xiangqi-champions mistboard:2026-08-29:who-is-the-greatest-xiangqi-player Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT article Nine hundred years of Chinese chess, and a championship only sixty-nine years old. Hu Ronghua, the men who came before the title existed, and the decade that was struck from the record. https://mistboard.com/import mistboard:2026-08-28:paste-a-game-get-a-board Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Import takes a xiangqi game in whatever notation you happen to have: PGN, coordinates, WXF, or Chinese move text. It works out which one you pasted by replaying it, then hands you a browsable board with engine analysis. Nothing is published, and the game travels in the link. https://mistboard.com/games mistboard:2026-08-28:brilliant-moves-are-marked-now Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update Xiangqi review adds !! and ! beside the mistake glyphs it already showed. A move earns !! when you give material up and the engine agrees it does not come back. Blunders were never the only thing worth seeing in your own game. https://mistboard.com/videos mistboard:2026-08-28:a-bigger-video-library-and-one-that-reads-chinese Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update The library is up to 61 hand-picked videos, ordered best first instead of by the date they were added, and it now opens in Chinese at its own address. Every entry has been checked against YouTube, so nothing on the shelf is a dead link. https://mistboard.com/editor/xiangqi mistboard:2026-08-27:set-up-any-position-then-share-it Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release A board editor for eight variants: place pieces by hand, set the side to move, and hand the position straight to the analysis board. The analysis board also takes a FEN directly, and every position you build has its own link. https://mistboard.com/games mistboard:2026-08-27:a-head-to-head-record-on-every-finished-game Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release The review page gains a Crosstable with your record against that opponent in that variant, engines included, and Share and export hands you the game as PGN or JSON. https://mistboard.com/blog/titled-players mistboard:2026-08-27:chess-titles-count-for-verification-now Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update GM, IM, FM and the rest join the xiangqi titles. A verified title puts a badge beside your name wherever people are listed, and opens a coaching page students can find. Verification takes about two minutes. https://mistboard.com/account/settings/display mistboard:2026-08-27:board-coordinates-on-every-board-that-has-them Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update One switch in Display settings reaches the xiangqi family, the chess boards, jungle, and shogi. Xiangqi counts its files from each player’s own right, so the labels follow your move-notation setting and change sides when you flip the board. https://mistboard.com/forum mistboard:2026-08-27:follow-a-forum-thread-without-refreshing-it Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update Watch a topic and the bell counts its unread replies. Quoting someone now tells them, and every source the bell reports has its own switch. https://mistboard.com/study mistboard:2026-08-26:studies-read-and-write-pgn Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Import a PGN to build a study, export one chapter or all of them, and add a finished game to a study from its link. The opening explorer sits beside the board while you work. https://mistboard.com/blog/riverbank-cannon mistboard:2026-08-23:the-riverbank-cannon-problem Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT article Red’s opening cannon reaches the riverbank first, one move from firing down any of five files, and in fog you never see it coming. Whether that breaks the game came down to one elephant move, one poisoned defense, and a coin flip we priced with the engine. https://mistboard.com/puzzles mistboard:2026-08-23:puzzles-are-rated-by-how-hard-they-play Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update A puzzle’s rating used to come from how many moves the mate took, which says little about how hard it is to find. It now comes from the position itself, so what you are served sits closer to your rating. https://mistboard.com/account mistboard:2026-08-23:pick-a-flair-for-your-name Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update Choose a small icon that shows beside your handle across the site, from the variant markers and xiangqi characters the boards already use. The bell also reports new followers and incoming challenges now. https://mistboard.com/ mistboard:2026-08-22:both-house-bots-play-stronger Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update Misty runs version 1.6 in fog chess, which closes a queen hang it used to walk into. Pikafish now searches jieqi to full depth; it had been stopping early, which made it easier to beat than it should have been. https://mistboard.com/puzzles mistboard:2026-08-22:four-times-as-many-xiangqi-puzzles Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update The standard xiangqi set goes from 394 puzzles to 1,605, every one mined from a finished game and checked by the engine before it ships. https://mistboard.com/analysis mistboard:2026-08-22:move-badges-and-best-lines-on-every-reviewable-variant Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release The move-judgment badge now sits on the board for all six variants with analysis, not xiangqi alone, and a blunder names the move that refutes it. Jieqi reveal plies get the ranked candidates the engine scored instead of a line, since nothing past a flip is knowable. https://mistboard.com/blog/skill-vs-luck mistboard:2026-08-22:separating-skill-from-luck-in-flip-games Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT article Half the moves in banqi, jieqi, and flip jungle are dice rolls, so a chess-style review blames you for variance. Game review splits every flip into the decision you made and the tile you got, and the article runs that over 52 human-versus-engine games. https://mistboard.com/patron mistboard:2026-08-13:what-patron-support-will-cost Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update The Support page lists the monthly amounts, what they include (a profile badge, no gameplay advantage), and the billing and refund terms in full. Checkout is not open yet. https://mistboard.com/games mistboard:2026-08-13:a-games-database-for-xiangqi Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Search finished games from three sources in one place: the historical corpus, the tournament boards we broadcast, and games played here. https://mistboard.com/rules/xiangqi mistboard:2026-08-13:perpetual-check-now-loses-in-standard-xiangqi Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Repeating a check forever used to draw. The checker has to vary or lose the game, which is how the published rulesets score it and how the course has always taught it. https://mistboard.com/ mistboard:2026-08-08:mistboard-works-on-a-phone Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Every page was swept at phone width: a full-size live board, lobby rows that still name the variant, and real touch targets on the controls you tap. https://mistboard.com/study mistboard:2026-08-08:every-composition-has-its-own-page Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT update Each endgame composition in the library is a page you can link to, and sharing one previews its own diagram rather than the site card. https://mistboard.com/rules/xiangqi mistboard:2026-08-03:mistboard-reads-in-chinese Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Playing, watching, the forum, and the xiangqi rules pages are all available in Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Switch languages in the settings menu. https://mistboard.com/leaderboard mistboard:2026-07-28:rated-games-at-every-time-control Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Bullet, blitz, and rapid each keep their own rating now, instead of rated meaning 3+2 only. Correspondence stays casual on purpose. https://mistboard.com/analysis mistboard:2026-07-23:an-opening-explorer-for-xiangqi Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Open any position on the analysis board and see what has been played from it, with example games to study and the corpus it came from named on the panel. https://mistboard.com/study/Dfi3NpRE mistboard:2026-07-23:secret-in-the-tangerine-both-game-volumes Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT article Both volumes are playable move by move in English: 33 games with every printed variation. https://mistboard.com/leaderboard mistboard:2026-07-22:rated-xiangqi-is-live Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Choose Rated in the lobby. Your rating starts at 1500 and appears after it settles. https://mistboard.com/study mistboard:2026-07-21:classical-xiangqi-from-the-original-woodblocks Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT article Read the earliest printings move by move, with every corrected misprint marked on the board. https://mistboard.com/ mistboard:2026-07-17:correspondence-play-has-launched Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Post or accept a days-per-move seek, or send a friend a challenge link and play at your own pace. https://mistboard.com/analysis mistboard:2026-07-17:an-analysis-board-for-every-game Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Set up any position, import moves, run a local evaluation, or grade a finished game with server analysis. https://mistboard.com/study mistboard:2026-07-11:studies-have-launched Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Build shareable analysis boards: draw on the board, comment, branch variations, organize chapters, and publish interactive gamebook lessons. https://mistboard.com/watch mistboard:2026-07-11:mistboard-tv-is-live Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Watch live games on the new Watch page, with a channel for every game and an Engines channel for bot-versus-bot matches. https://mistboard.com/learn mistboard:2026-07-10:learn-xiangqi-from-scratch Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release A free interactive course: 20 stages and 111 hands-on levels take you from how each piece moves to the named checkmate patterns. https://mistboard.com/puzzles mistboard:2026-07-10:xiangqi-puzzles-have-launched Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Tactics mined from real games, with puzzle ratings, hints, and a daily puzzle on the homepage. https://mistboard.com/rules/xiangqi mistboard:2026-07-04:xiangqi-has-launched Sat, 04 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Standard Chinese chess on the full 9 by 10 board is now first-class on Mistboard: play the Pikafish engine at three strengths, or challenge a friend. https://mistboard.com/forum mistboard:2026-07-03:forum-and-global-chat-have-launched Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release The forum is open for game analysis, engine talk, and site feedback, with the homepage global chat available for quick table-talk during live sessions. https://mistboard.com/rules/fortress-xiangqi mistboard:2026-07-01:fortress-has-launched Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Xiangqi with a pocket: every piece moves as in Chinese chess, plus crazyhouse-style drops and the new Treasure. Play the bot or challenge a friend. https://mistboard.com/rules/jungle mistboard:2026-06-30:jungle-chess-has-launched Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Rank-based animal chess on a 7 by 9 board with rivers, dens, and traps is live. Challenge a friend or take on the Misty Jungle engine. https://mistboard.com/rules/jungle-flip mistboard:2026-06-30:flip-jungle-has-launched Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Every animal starts face-down on a 4 by 4 board and flips as you play. Challenge a friend or the engine. https://mistboard.com/rules/fog-xiangqi mistboard:2026-06-18:fog-xiangqi-is-open-for-alpha-play Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Fog of War on the full 9 by 10 xiangqi board: each side sees only the points its pieces reach. Challenge a friend to a match. https://mistboard.com/rules/banqi mistboard:2026-06-17:banqi-is-open-for-alpha-play Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Banqi on an 8 by 4 board: all 32 pieces start face-down and flip as you play. Challenge a friend to a match. https://mistboard.com/rules/jieqi mistboard:2026-06-15:jieqi-is-open-for-alpha-play Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Hidden-identity xiangqi: every non-general piece starts face-down and reveals as it moves. Take on PikaJieQi, our jieqi engine. https://mistboard.com/?play=computer mistboard:2026-06-03:misty-1-0-has-launched Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Our Fog of War dark chess engine is now live to play. https://mistboard.com/rules/fog-chess mistboard:2026-05-09:fog-chess-is-open-for-alpha-play Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT release Fog of War chess is live on Mistboard, with private vision, no check warnings, and king capture wins. https://mistboard.com/contact mistboard:2026-05-09:mistboard-is-in-alpha Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT status Casual dark chess is open. Rated beta is coming.