Two Premieres at Hamburg
TWO PREMIERES AT HAMBURG: THE FIRST YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF XIANGQI AND THE FIRST OUTDOOR SET OF XIANGQI IN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN By Dr. René Gralla, Hamburg (Germany) There has taken place a historic event of Chinese Chess at Hamburg, Germany - because for the first time in the 2200 years of the history of Chinese Chess, there has been battled out a Youth World Championship of Xiangqi, and that very " ' Caissa Cup ' 1st World Youth Xiangqi Championship " has been battled out on August 17th and August 18th, 2016 , at Hamburg, Germany. The event has been realized after the German journalist and Xiangqi-enthusiast Dr. René Gralla had presented a corresponding proposal to Mr. Xue Zhong, Deputy General Secretary of the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF), some years ago. And now that vision has become true: Mr. Xue Zhong - who actually lives in Muni...