Chess 960 - Xiangqi is Better
Submitted by on Fri, 07/10/2009 at 7:50am.
I was quite excited by Chess 960. I even entered a tournament. But I don't like it much. Somehow it lacks something that centuries old games like real chess have. I'm not very good at it so this might sound like sour grapes.
If you want to play a different game play Xiangqi. You can easily find the rules on the internet and play online at clubxiangqi.com. If there's a Chinese community near where you live you should be able to find people to play. It's not better than chess - it's just very different whilst being based on similar principles.