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Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.
It also mentions wa shōgi, Tang shōgi (which is seven-person Chinese chess), kō shōgi, and taikyoku shōgi. The Sho Shōgi Zushiki (published 1694) covers the setup and moves of sho shōgi, standard shōgi, wa shōgi, chū shōgi, dai shōgi, tenjiku shōgi, dai dai shōgi, maka dai dai shōgi, and tai shōgi.
Game of the Three Friends (Chinese: 三友棋, Pinyin: Sān-yǒu-qí ; also called Sanyou Qi or Three Friends Chess) is a three-player variant of the game xiangqi ("Chinese chess"). It was invented by Zheng Jinde ( Chinese : 鄭晉德 , Zhèng Jìndé ) during the Qing dynasty (1661–1722 AD).
Zhang Pengxiang (simplified Chinese: 张鹏翔; traditional Chinese: 張鵬翔; pinyin: Zhāng Péngxiáng; born 29 June 1980 in Tianjin) [1] is a chess grandmaster of Chinese ethnicity, and the 2007 Asian Chess Champion. [2] In 2001, he became China's 12th Grandmaster. Zhang's peak rating was 2657 in April 2007 when he was ranked 47th in the ...
In September 2024, Wang and his Hangzhou Club teammate Wang Yuefei were caught in a match-fixing and bribery scandal, which had earned them around US$113,000. Both players were given a lifetime suspension by the Chinese Xiangqi Association and were stripped of their grandmaster titles. [2]
Zhai Mo (Chinese: 翟墨; pinyin: Zhái Mò; born March 27, 1996, in Hebei) [1] is a Chinese chess player. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2016. Zhai competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2017 and 2018. She won the Girls Under 12 event of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2008.
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He also made four appearances in total at the Men's Asian Team Chess Championship (1979–1981, 1991–1993) with an overall record of 17 games played (+10, =4, -3). In 1986 he was appointed to the post of Chief Trainer of the Chinese Institute of Chess and head coach of the Chinese national chess team. He was succeeded by Ye Jiangchuan in 2000.