There is a simple way for recording XQ games or moves. Each move is basically made up of 4 components. The first component is basically an alphabet to present the chess piece moved. According to WXF (World Xiangqi Federation, the official site on Xiangqi), the notations for the various pieces are as follows :
Piece Notation Name Abbreviation
General King K
Advisor/queen Advisor A
Elephant/minister Elephant E
Horse/Knight Horse H
Car/Chariot/Rook chaRiot R
Cannon Cannon C
Soldier/Pawn Pawn P
The first component is basically an alphabet to present the chess piece moved.The second component is the file which the chess piece is located. The third component refers to the movement of the piece: forward is denoted by “+” , backwards is denoted by “-” and traversing the same horizontal column is denoted by “.”. There are some variations to the notations for traversing though. In most Chinese XQ manuals, it can be represented by “=” or nothing at all , just simply C25. Some coaches are more comfortable with “=” but all 3 notations are acceptable. The fourth or last component denotes the number of steps moved. A few terms are to be clarified again:
File --> the vertical line on which a piece is located. The files are numbered. For red, the files begin on the RIGHT and are numbered from 1-9 respectively. For black, the files also begin on the RIGHT but, on black's right hand side and are numbered from 1-9 respectively. Therefore, Red's 4th file is equivalent to Black's 6th file! Please remember that! Everything is relative.
Rank --> the horizontal line on which a piece is located.
Source : http://www.xqinenglish.com/intro_to_xq_notations.html
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