A Beginners Guide to Xiangqi Chinese Elephant Chess

Let me put this as bluntly as I can: this book is a fraud and a rip-off and an act of plagiarism down to details of language, punctuation and phraseology. If you want to learn Xiangqi/Chinese Chess avoid it. Amazon should think twice about carrying it.We've all heard about Chinese violations of intellectual copyright. I don't know if Tyler Rea is Chinese but he's part of that trend. He's trying to cash in on increased Western interest in Chinese chess without knowing anything about the game.The source he's stealing from is xqinenglish.com, a site Jim Png, a Malaysian now living in Taiwan, has been building up for years, as a labor of love for the game he has played since he was a kid.I came to Chinese chess after returning to what Westerners call chess, officially known as international chess. I play both variants of this ancient game of skill. I don't know which I prefer.I was very pleased to find Jim's website. He and I have played both kinds of chess. He always won at Xiangqi; I normally did at international chess.That's off the point. The point is that Jim is a genuine and truly dedicated teacher of Xiangqi to English-speaking westerners. Tyler Rea is a travesty.

A helpful guide and great illustrations!

A BRILLIANT BOOK ON XIANGQI CHINESE CHESS FOR THEBEGINNER I AM VERY PLEASED WITH ITPAUL BAKER WINSFORD UK

Awful. Horrible. I completely agree with the Amazon's user H. Blume. This is his comment:August 7, 2014Let me put this as bluntly as I can: this book is a fraud and a rip-off and an act of plagiarism down to details of language, punctuation and phraseology. If you want to learn Xiangqi/Chinese Chess avoid it. Amazon should think twice about carrying it.We've all heard about Chinese violations of intellectual copyright. I don't know if Tyler Rea is Chinese but he's part of that trend. He's trying to cash in on increased Western interest in Chinese chess without knowing anything about the game.The source he's stealing from is xqinenglish.com, a site Jim Png, a Malaysian now living in Taiwan, has been building up for years, as a labor of love for the game he has played since he was a kid.I came to Chinese chess after returning to what Westerners call chess, officially known as international chess. I play both variants of this ancient game of skill. I don't know which I prefer.I was very pleased to find Jim's website. He and I have played both kinds of chess. He always won at Xiangqi; I normally did at international chess.That's off the point. The point is that Jim is a genuine and truly dedicated teacher of Xiangqi to English-speaking westerners. Tyler Rea is a travesty.

I find this one an excellent book on the basics.

You quickly run into errors with this book: not just spelling mistakes but invalid board setups, a wrongly claimed checkmate situation -- the list goes on. Suitable for amusement of advanced players only.

As described and delivered in a timely fashion.