The successor to Tang dynasty chess Because of the amazing similarities between Tang dynasty xiangxi and Western chess, many historians suggest that they come from a common source. It is inferred that Chinese chess may have evolved and spread across Asia to Europe in the footsteps of the Mongol armies of the Yuan dynasty.
由於唐代象戲與西洋棋形制上驚人的相似，不少史家主張二棋系出同門，並推測是經由蒙古人雄跨歐亞兩洲的鐵騎大軍傳播，變化而成。