Fangqi
Men in an Ürümqi neighborhood playing Xinjiang Fāngqí (新疆方棋) | |
| Genres | Board game Abstract strategy game |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 |
| Setup time | < 1 minute |
| Playing time | < 1 hour |
| Chance | None |
| Age range | Any |
| Skills | Strategy, tactics |
| Synonyms | Square game / Game of squares Playing squares Square chess Xia fang |
Fangqi (Chinese: 方棋; pinyin: fāngqí) is a strategy board game played traditionally throughout Northern China as a training game for weiqi (Go). Fangqi is also known as diūfāng (Chinese: 丢方) and xiàfāng (Chinese: 下方). Muslim people of Chinese origin (Dungans), brought the game with them to Central Asian countries such as Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.