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What is this game?
Xiangqi, a.k.a. Chinese Chess.
Are there many differences with western chess?
From what I see, the pieces move the same way, but the kid uses the pawns to eat pieces in front of them instead of diagonally. Is it the kid not knowing the rules, or does Xiangqi have different rules from the chess I know?
BTW, the kid knows the game very well. He kicked the adult's ass. Almost casually. (There were only two short points where he paused to think when playing.)