Banqi · 半棋

Chinese Dark Chess · play online or share a screen

Play with a friend online

Click Start, copy the link the next page shows you, and send it to your friend. They click it, and you play. You can come back to the game any time — even days later.

Mode:

Play on this device

No internet, no sign-in. Two players take turns on the same screen.

Play vs AI

Challenge a computer opponent. Pick your difficulty — the hardest mode uses full lookahead search.

Difficulty:

Advanced: pure peer-to-peer (no account, no rating)

Pieces & rules

Pieces (rank high → low)

Rank	Red	Black	Name	×
7	帥	將	General	1
6	仕	士	Advisor	2
5	相	象	Elephant	2
4	俥	車	Chariot	2
3	傌	馬	Horse	2
2	炮	砲	Cannon	2
1	兵	卒	Soldier	5

How to play

On your turn, click a face-down piece to flip it, OR move one of your own face-up pieces.
Each piece captures any adjacent enemy of equal or lower rank.
Soldier can capture General (1 beats 7). General cannot capture Soldier.
Cannon jumps along a row or column over exactly one piece to capture anything, ignoring rank.
The first flipper plays the revealed color. You lose if you have no legal move.