Old chess, new forms It's still unknown what impact a chess-playing computer will have on the game. But in mainland China, with its 1.2 billion people, chess is now on the television screen, in the new form of speed chess, in which players must complete 40 moves within forty minutes.
象棋電腦會為象棋帶來什麼衝擊仍是未知，但有十二億人口的大陸將象棋搬上電視螢光幕，已出現新型態的現代快棋賽，限制棋手在四十分鐘內必須走出四十步棋。