In article gers.com,
james writes

For computer,

Grand master (chess), street-corner player (chinese chess, Shogi),

I'd be surprised (and very interested!) if that were the case for
Chinese chess, at least when the best programs are run with the same
processing power at which chess programs play at GM level.

I'm a lot weaker at Chinese chess than I am at chess (I've spent much
less time at it), but it seems to me to be a less complicated game than
chess. It's also more 'tactical' - pawns capture as they move and
therefore can't block each other, and the game is much more open.

beginner (Go).

Chinese Chess is on 9 by 10 board

True but apart from pawns, only 4 out of each player's 9 pieces can
cross the river. Of the other 5, 2 can reach only 7 squares, and 3 are
restricted to a 3x3 area, in which 2 of them can reach only 5 squares.

Neil

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Neil Fernandez