Re: [chessx-developer] Database for Chinese Chess?

[M W. <ml...@sw...>]

Anyway, why not do such a project simply for the benefit of the 
Xiangqi community, and make yourself a place in 1400 years of Xiangqi 
history? It's not that chess and Xiangqi are enemies. They have a 
common ancestor. Still in the 15th century the bishop and the queen 
moved as the corresponding Xiangqi pieces move today. Read this 
ChessBase article about Xiangqi:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2455

Mats

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michał Rudolf" <mr...@kd...>
To: <che...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [chessx-developer] Database for Chinese Chess?


> Dnia 2010-12-09, czw o godzinie 07:42 +0100, M Winther pisze:
>> There is a plethora of databases for chess, but not a single one 
>> for
>> Xiangqi, Chinese Chess. I can understand that chess aficionados 
>> don't
>> like to promote a competing game, but it's kind of absurd how much
>> energy of developers goes into chess whereas very little is devoted 
>> to
>> Xiangqi. After all, Xiangqi is the world's most popular game, and
>> opening knowledge is even more important in that game. For 
>> instance,
>> how difficult would it be to adapt ChessX to Xiangqi? Xiangqi has 
>> 90
>> squares instead of 64, and the pieces move differently, except the
>> rook. Otherwise the same principles apply.
>>
>> How come commercial developers like Chess Assistant don't take the
>> chance to earn some money on Xiangqi? At least, there are many
>> professional players who would benefit greatly from a good 
>> software.
>> Today, they content themselves with playing through master games.
> My guess is that the reasons are quite simple:
> * for Open Source: most authors come from the West where Chinese 
> Chess
> are hardly known and certainly not popular.
> * for commercial companies: I think they do not hope for many legal
> copies sold in the countries where Chinese Chess are most popular.
>
> How difficult it will be to adapt ChessX to Chinese chess? I have no
> idea, but I am afraid that most of the code is not so usable for 
> that
> purpose. Generic game header database will be of some help, but it 
> is
> yet to come.
> -- 
> Michał Rudolf
>
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