First post :-)

Whee I've decided to make this a place for my Chinese Chess rants and talking about the weirdest moves you've ever seen. Not for those who want to win competitions, and not for the sane (will make your head explode from the randomness). (Georgia font)

Yay, to start off I shall put forth a notation for displaying boards.

K- King (帅 or 将)
A- Advisor (士)
M- Minister (相 or 象)
N- Knight (马)
R- Rook (车)
C- Cannon (炮)
P- Pawn (兵 or 卒)

A 123456789
B 123456789
C 123456789
D 123456789
E 123456789

F 123456789
G 123456789
H 123456789
I 123456789
J 123456789
(Courier font ftw!)

Red will always be on the bottom side. And the starting board shall be represented as thus:

<123456789>

A RNMAKAMNR
B #########
C #C#####C#
D P#P#P#P#P
E #########

F #########
G P#P#P#P#P
H #C#####C#
I #########
J RNMAKAMNR

<987654321>

And moves will be represented as thus:
P5+1 (Pawn on 5th file (of playing side) advances (+) by 1 square)
P5f+1 (The front pawn of file 5 advances by 1 square)
Move the third pawn counting from the front of the forth file to the fifth file. (whatever it really means, for when I get fedup with notation)
P5m6 (Pawn moves (m) from file 5 to file 6)
So now for the slightly trickier pieces like N, A and M.

N5-4 (Knight on 5th file retreats (-) to 4th file)

N5-4xN(see above, but this kills an opposing knight)

Ok. Now for a random puzzle.

###K#####
##P#P####
#########
#########
######M##

#########
#########
#####P###
####P#P##
###P#K#P#

Solution: P3m4 (Checkmate)

Got it? Good :)