--- title: "How to Analyse Your Own Xiangqi Games · Xiangqi Master" description: "Replay the game, find where the position turned, form your own view of that moment, and only then check it against an engine." url: https://xiangqimaster.com/blog/how-do-i-analyse-my-own-games updated: 2026-09-22 source: Xiangqi Master (https://xiangqimaster.com) license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) --- # How do I analyse my own xiangqi games? These answers restate the rules implemented by our open-source engine, which follows the WXF laws and is regression-tested against the official 110-diagram repetition casebook. Where an answer refers to a specific position, that position lives on the linked reference page, where the build verifies it against the engine before publishing. > Direct answer > > Replay the game and find the move where the **position turned** — not the final blunder, the move before things became difficult. Form **your own view** of what should have happened there. **Only then** turn on an engine, and study the gap between your answer and its. ## Why the order is not optional An engine that gives you the answer before you have thought teaches nothing, because the learning is in the difference between your evaluation and the correct one. Without your evaluation there is no difference to examine, and you have replaced thinking with reading. ## What to look for Ask what you failed to look at. Almost always it is a piece you had stopped watching, or a threat you assumed was slow. Cannon lines and horse legs account for a disproportionate share — those are the two things worth checking mechanically. ## Related questions Should I analyse wins? Occasionally, especially uncomfortable ones. Losses carry more information per game. How many games should I analyse? Roughly one for every two or three played. ## Related xiangqi resources Analyse your games Take any position apart with engine support How to improve What to study, in what order Common mistakes The errors that decide most club games ## Try it on a real board Reading an answer is one thing; playing it is another. Free, instant, and nothing to install.