Is there a standard way to notate a win by resignation or a timeout, the way chess uses 1-0 and 0-1?
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
Usually in plain words at the end of the score, rather than a dedicated symbol. A xiangqi game record commonly ends with a short statement such as "Red wins by resignation" or "Black loses on time," appended after the final move, rather than a compact code the way chess uses 1-0 or 0-1. Some digital formats do use their own short result codes internally, but there is no single symbol every publication agrees on.
Why xiangqi hasn't standardised a short code the way chess has
Chess's compact result codes grew out of centuries of print publishing where saving space genuinely mattered. Xiangqi's written tradition leaned more heavily on prose commentary throughout, so a plain-language result line fits that broader style, and no single abbreviation ever became universal enough to displace it.
What digital game files actually store
Software that records games internally, rather than for print, generally does store a specific result field, win, loss, draw, and by what means, even when the human-readable notation shown to a player is still just a sentence. The underlying data is precise; it is the display convention that stays informal.
Related questions
Does a checkmate get written differently from a resignation?
Yes, a checkmate is normally shown by the final move itself plus a mate marker, while a resignation has no corresponding move to mark, only the closing statement.
Is there an agreed way to note a draw's exact cause?
Not a single universal one, though many game records do briefly state whether it was by agreement, repetition, or the move-count rule.
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