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XIANGQI KNIGHT

Free online Xiangqi — play vs AI, friends & 259 puzzles

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Play Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) free online: real-time duels with players worldwide, a smart AI, and 259 endgame puzzles. No download — works on phone & computer. Full English & Chinese UI · install as an app (PWA) · works offline

PH · launched Sep 22, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 0 views

Niche: online board and casual games · 180 launches, 17 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • Content generation
  • B2C
  • AI feature
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • Board Games
  • Strategy Games
  • Games

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Could you build this?

Yes A Xiangqi PWA can be assembled using open-source board libraries, an existing engine compiled to WebAssembly (like Pikafish or Eleeye), and WebSockets/Supabase for multiplayer.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 375 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #96 of 376 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 326 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Chess Rapid · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Chessroom · ph · 2026-10-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.58
  • Chess Master Ultimate · ph · 2026-11-01 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Offline Mini Games · ph · 2026-09-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • Oversky Chess · ph · 2026-10-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • Playnook Games · ph · 2026-09-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • chessbox · ph · 2026-09-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • Chess Now AI · ph · 2026-09-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48

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