What is chess knowledge?

Five catties and three horses means that the black side advances from the "horse" in the fifth line on the right to the third line.

The notation of China chess generally consists of four words:

The word 1 is the name of the chess piece. Such as "horse" or "car"

The second word is the number of the vertical line where the chess piece is located.

The third word indicates the moving direction of the chess piece: use "flat" to indicate horizontal walking, "forward" or "upward" to indicate forward walking, and "backward" or "downward" to indicate backward walking.

The fourth word is the number of squares for cars, guns, etc. , or the number of horses, elephants, etc. Reach the vertical line obliquely.

For example:

"Two guns are leveled and five guns are leveled" refers to the translation of the red gun from vertical line two to vertical line five.

"Horse 8 into 7" means that the dark horse advances from vertical line 8 to vertical line 7.

"Car 2 retreats 3" means that the black car retreats 3 squares along the vertical line 2.

When two or more chess pieces with the same name are located on the same vertical line, they need to be distinguished by "front" or "back". For example, "the front horse retreats to six" (indicating that the red horse in front retreats to a straight line six) and "the rear gun is four" (indicating that the black gun in the back moves to a straight line four).

Extended data:

China chess originated in China. Dr Joseph Needham, a famous British scholar, clearly pointed out in China's History of Science and Culture that chess is also the creation of China people.

Needham made a detailed analysis of the relationship between China's ancient game Liubo and astronomy, imagery and mathematics. He said: "Only in China, the prevalence of Yin-Yang theory promoted the embryonic form of chess, invented astronomical divination, and then developed into a game with military significance."

Chess is also widely spread abroad, especially overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Many overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao regard chess as a bridge and link between overseas Chinese and the motherland, and regard chess activities as the inheritance and development of their own national culture by the descendants of the Chinese people.

In recent decades, with the continuous development of trade and cultural exchanges, chess has also developed many fans in Britain, the United States, France, Canada, Germany and other countries. Chess is spreading from its birthplace to every corner of the world through Asia.