Monday, December 08, 2014

Weiqi & Xiangqi Tournaments in Dublin February 2015

We thank Mr.Rory Wales, President of the Irish Go Association for informing us they are holding their annual Go tournament in Dublin on the 6th-8th of February 2015.

The Confucius Institute for Ireland, sponsoring the prestigious event, wishes to include a Chinese Chess Tournament at the same time as well, scheduled for 3 games on Saturday, and 2 games on Sunday.

For those who are interested, here is a link for more information about the event:  


Also in Chinese here:


The Tournament Organiser very much hope you can come along to it, and tell others who might be interested too!

Saturday, September 27, 2014

“少林杯” 全英象棋锦标赛10月举行



   2014年“少 林 杯”全英中国象棋锦标赛规程
   Shaolin Cup UK Xiangqi Championship 2014

   主办/Organizers: 英国象棋协会 (UK Chinese Chess Association)

   协办/Supported:英国少林寺 (Shaolin Temple UK)

   宗旨:增进棋艺爱好者友谊,丰富社区康乐活动, 以棋会友,共同进步
   Aim:  Develop friendship among all, promote cultural activities

   日期:2014年10月25日(星期六)上午11时到下午6时
   Date: Saturday 25th October 2014 from 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

   地点/Venue:英国少林寺 (Shaolin Temple UK), 207A Junction Road,
               London N19 5QA

   交通/Transport: 地铁站-Underground: Tufnell Park (Northern Line)

   奖励/Prizes: £150, £80, £60, £40 plus junior prizes £30, £20

   棋例/Rules: 亚洲棋例,5轮瑞士制。Asian rules, 5-round Swiss system

   报名/Entry: £10, 截止日期10月23日(Closing date 23rd October 2014)
           
   (注:棋手服从主办方规例和决定,以友好态度,善待大众,争取好成绩,比赛旁观不 
   语,不无故早退。Note: players to respect decisions of the Organizers,
   be friendly to everyone,complete all scheduled games)

Monday, September 15, 2014

The 6th Hanxin Cup to be in Hamburg this November



(棋讯) 第六届韩信杯国际大师邀请赛将于今年11月7日到11日在德国汉堡举行。



(Thanks to our Xiangqi friend from Germany sending following interesting article)




THIS YEAR's HAN XIN CUP WILL BE AN AWAY GAME FAR AWAY IN THE WEST

by Dr Rene Gralla


Germany is on its way to become the 2nd stronghold of XiangQi in Europe, just behind (ed.note: even overtaking) the United Kingdom. That fact has been highlighted by the premiere of an international tournament for teams of XiangQi that has been hosted by Berlin: the "1st World Open" took place from August 29th until August 31, 2014, and even Mr. Timothy Fok, the President of the World XiangQi Federation, flew in to the German capital in order to underline the significance of that historic event.

And now there will be one more premiere of a great event of XiangQi in Germany: This year's "6th Han Xin Cup International Masters Invitational Tournament" will not be battled out in China, but at Hamburg (!), Germany (!!), from November 7th until November 11th, 2014, in the Chinese teahouse Yu Garden thus being a kind of away game, from the Chinese point of view.





The German fans of XiangQi are thrilled by the up-coming Han Xin Cup in the big port city of Hamburg, and these days everybody is diligently studying the teachings of the great masters in order to get prepared for the open tournament that will be the accompanying event of the 6th Han Xin Cup at the beginning of November 2014.
One of those teachings that should be memorized is the timeless warning that one has to beware of the treacherous advisors - sometimes there is a palace intrigue, and the ruler of the palace is doomed because of his evil staff. 
The commander-in-chief of Red Army, Mr. Martin Berger from Leonberg near Stuttgart (Germany), sadly disregards that warning, thus giving the leader of the beleaguered Black Army, Mr. Rene Gralla from Hamburg (Germany), the chance to save the game that was fought out during the first round of the tournament "The Horse Of Hansa 2013" on August 17th, 2013, at Hamburg's scenic Yu Garden.


[Event "The Horse Of Hansa 2014"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Red "Berger, Martin"]
[Black "Gralla, Rene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO/OPENING "Central Cannon versus Screen Horse"] [RedElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"]

 1. C2=5
    H8+7
 2. H2+3
    H2+3
 3. R1=2
    R9=8
 4. P7+1
    P7+1
 5. H8+9
    A4+5
 6. C8=6
    R1=2
 7. R9=8
    C2+2
 8. R2+4
    E3+5
 9. P9+1
    H7+8
10. R2=4
    C8=7
11. R4=2
    C7=8
12. R2=4
    P7+1
13. R4=3
    C8=7
14. R3=2
    C2=7
15. R8+9
    H3-2
16. H3-1
    H2+3
17. C5=2
    FC7+5
18. H1-3
    C7+7
19. A4+5
    C7=8
20. C2+3
    C8-5
21. C5=2
    C8=3
22. E7+5
    R8+5
23. P7+1
    P3+1
24. C2=4
    H3+4
25. H9+8
    R8=2
26. resigns 0-1

------------
Annotations:

*with regard to Black move 12. ... P7+1 ?!? : that is a speculative sacrifice of that Black pawn with the idea to exert some pressure on Black line 7 (Red line 3) by the help of Black's doubled cannons ...

*with regard to Black move 14 ... C2=7 : here they are, those two doubled Black cannons!

*with regard to Black move 16. ... H2+3?? : Black has no time for that - Black overlooks the menace of the horrible pin 17.C5=2 ! ... , and that is a quite shameful goof ...

*with regard to Red move 17. C5=2 ! ... : that pin seems to be fatal, Black horse on Black line 8 (Red line 2) seems to be doomed!

*with regard to Black move 17. ... FC7+5 : a rather meager compensation for the eventual loss of Black Horse on Black line 8 (Red line 2), that "win" of the right-wing Red elephant ...

*with regard to Red move 19. A4+5?? ... : that is the decisive mistake though that move looks quite natural ... but now the treacherous (or stupid, maybe) Red advisors form that deadly wall that nearly kills Red General since it enables Black to save the game by a great tactical blow just two moves later ...

*with regard to Black move 19. ... C7=8 ! : that rather suspicious looking move keeps the material balance!

*with regard to Red move 21. C5=2 ?!? ... : now Red seems to assume that the pin will force Black to resign but ...

*with regard to Black move 21. ... C8=3 !! : that move exploits the position of the treacherous Red advisors who surround their boss so that he nearly gets killed ...

*with regard to Red move 22. E7+5 ... : Red can not play 22. R2+5 ?? ... nor 22. C2+7 ?? ... because of Black's follow-up 22. ... C3+5 and checkmate in both cases.

*with regard to Black move 23. ... P3+1 : Black thinks that - after he has won Red Chariot - it is more important to kill the Red Over-the-river-pawn rather greedily grabbing Red cannon ...

*with regard to Red move 25. H9+8 ??? ... : a goof in an already hopeless situation




Tuesday, April 08, 2014

European Cup Championship coming to Manchester




(棋讯)欧洲杯象棋锦标赛今年7月21-22日将在曼城举行,地点为曼城金煌大酒楼。欢迎棋艺爱好者报名参加,提高棋艺,增进友谊。以下英文介绍:






The UK Chinese Chess Association and Manchester Xiangqi Association under the auspices of the European Xiangqi Federation, will host the 21st Xiangqi Europe Cup Individual & the 20th Team Championship in Manchester, U.K. on 21-22 July 2014.

Tournament venue:
Glamorous Chinese Restaurant Manchester
1st and 2nd Floor Wing Yip Business Centre
Oldham Road, Ancoats, Manchester M4 5HU, England

Regulation and Timing: 7 rounds Swiss System, Asian Xiangqi Rules, 55 minutes + 5 seconds increment per party per game.

Tournament Schedule:
Monday: 10.00 – 10.45h  Sign-in                                                       Tuesday:
10.45 - 11.00h  Openings/rules explanation/pairing
11.00 - 13.10h  1. Round                                                              09.00 - 11.10h  5. Round
13.10 - 13.40Lunch break                                                         11.20 - 13.306. Round
13.40 - 15.50h  2. Round                                                              13.30 - 14.00Lunch break
16.00 - 18.103. Round                                                              14.00 - 16.10h  7. Round
18.20 - 20.304. Round                                                          16.20 - 16.50h  Closing & awarding
20.30 - open end: Get-together dinner

Prize Fund:
Individual : £500, £350, £250, £150, £100
Team : £500, £350, £250 (the sum of 2 best players’ score will be ranked as team result)
Best NCNV players : £200, £150, £100
Best woman players : £100, £50
Best youth player (U21): £100

Entrance fee:
Each player will be charged £20 for covering partial organizational cost, students and pupil 50% discount.

Registration:
Contact persons: the organizer Mr. Wong Kin Wing, E-mail: ssjy08@gmail.com, Cell: 0044-7545388986
or Mr. C. Lai, E-mail: laiqi2@gmail.com
The final participants list will be forwarded by the organizer no later than June 20, 2014 to EXF Qualification Committee Mr. Pu Fangyao for the verification of the players, Email: pufangyao@msn.com

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

贺新年曲棋文化谱新篇特辑




贺新年曲棋文化谱新篇特辑


一、贺年电邮(短信息)特辑发布的嘉宾名单暨公开信

(排名不分先后)

世界象棋联合会副主席阮国衡、陈承恩、郑勤霖、苏秉湛先生

德国象棋协会主席耐格勒博士

柬埔赛棋联合总会会长冯利发先生

新加坡象棋总会第一副会长林关浩先生

加拿大多伦多象棋总会副会长宋德柔先生

加拿大加西象棋总会会长何成坚先生、棋友柯勇前先生

美国纽约北美象棋协会总教练牟海勤象棋国际大师

澳大利亚棋友会执行会长鲁锺能先生

英国象棋总会领队黎池刚先生

马来西亚象棋总会副会长刘兴添先生

台湾象棋协会吴贵临象棋国际特级大师、高懿萍女子特级大师

香港象棋总会会长陈仲谋、副理事长李镜华、象棋特级大师赵汝

香港南区象棋协会会长关浩沛先生

澳门象棋总会副理事长陈步鹏、象棋特级国际大师李锦欢先生

中国象棋协会副主席、广州棋院院长容坚行先生

全国男子象棋冠军赵鑫鑫、柳大华、徐天红、于幼华特级大师

全国女子象棋冠军金海英、伍霞、尤颖钦、党国蕾特级大师

新闻界:《羊城晚报》记者葛万里 《广东电视台》郑松生科

《棋艺》主编张志强 《上海出版社》编辑杨柏伟

《南方日报》记者施绍宗 《武汉晚报》记者钱刚

《澳门乐报》刘国光 《珠江商报》记者冷卫兵

《珠江商报》记者杜达雄 《中国象棋大师网》崔惠兵

《广东象棋网》小猴子(徐美赋)

象棋大师言穆江、葛维蒲、陈富杰、黄仕清、邓颂宏先生

全国著名棋著收藏家郑平平先生、王晔先生

以上各友及世界各地和全国各地与孔广锡先

生保持有电邮联系(或短信息联系)的各界棋

友、曲友、校友、战友、工友和亲友:


您们好!

现将本“贺新年曲棋文化谱新篇特辑”发给您

们,希望各位喜欢,并提出宝贵意见。如条件允

许请在各友的象棋网站或有影响力的棋刊棋报发

布。如属打扰,敬请原谅。

此致

敬礼!

 孔广锡

2014年1月1日



二、贺年语

1、恭祝各友: 万马奔春,着着领先。

 铁马金戈,一马当先。

策马奔腾,驰骋天下。

龙腾马跃,东方神骏。

千军万马,龙马精神。

马年大吉,马到功成。

(注:今年马年,试用马字的组合句致贺,欢迎雅正。)


2、“一支好曲可令万众欢腾,一着神奇妙棋

可令万众景仰,宏图再创出新天!”祝各友

新年愉快,身体健康,万事胜意,家庭幸

(注:引语摘自上涌曲艺社自创新编粤曲《盛势曲棋谱新篇》的曲词)

 顺德上涌象棋队顾问

 顺德东方棋院名誉院长

 顺德棋类协会监事长

 顺德上涌曲艺社名誉社长

顺德爱国拥军促进会象棋队常务副理事长

孔广锡恭贺

2014年1月1日

(待续)