Janggi (Korean chess)
The Korean form of chess is very similar to Chinese chess, but has its distinctive rules and characteristics. Following are some sites about this game:
http://history.chess.free.fr/changgi.htm
http://ancientchess.com/page/play-janggi.htm
The last mentioned site is maintained by Peter Banaschak, a German scholar who has written a book about chess in East Asia (so far not translated, I believe). The site is mostly in German, but there are parts in English. There is interesting information about Chinese as well as Korean chess here.
Somewhere on Korean Yahoo there is a server for playing janggi, but you have to know Korean to navigate it.
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- Acedrex
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- 10.10.08 / 4pm
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