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Rated games at every time control.
Bullet, blitz, and rapid each keep their own rating now, instead of rated meaning 3+2 only. Correspondence stays casual on purpose. See the leaderboard
An opening explorer for xiangqi.
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. Open the board
Secret in the Tangerine, both game volumes.
Both volumes are playable move by move in English: 33 games with every printed variation. Open volume one
Rated xiangqi is live.
Choose Rated in the lobby. Your rating starts at 1500 and appears after it settles. See the leaderboard
Classical xiangqi, from the original woodblocks.
Read the earliest printings move by move, with every corrected misprint marked on the board. Browse the studies
Correspondence play has launched.
Post or accept a days-per-move seek, or send a friend a challenge link and play at your own pace. Find a game
An analysis board for every game.
Set up any position, import moves, run a local evaluation, or grade a finished game with server analysis. Open the board
Studies have launched.
Build shareable analysis boards: draw on the board, comment, branch variations, organize chapters, and publish interactive gamebook lessons. Browse studies
Mistboard TV is live.
Watch live games on the new Watch page, with a channel for every game and an Engines channel for bot-versus-bot matches. Watch now
Learn xiangqi from scratch.
A free interactive course: 20 stages and 111 hands-on levels take you from how each piece moves to the named checkmate patterns. Start the course
Xiangqi puzzles have launched.
Tactics mined from real games, with puzzle ratings, hints, and a daily puzzle on the homepage. Solve puzzles
Xiangqi has launched.
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. Study the rules
Forum and global chat have launched.
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. Join the forum