(Xiangqi News) The 18th World Xiangqi Championship 2023 will be held from November 20th to 25th at the Royal Sonesta Grand Hotel in Houston, USA, with a total prize fund of 400,000 yuan.
There will be four main events, including Men's Individual, Women's Individual, Men's Team, and Women's Team.
Leading players Wang Tianyi, Meng Chen, Liu Huan and Shen Sifan are selected for tbe Chinese Team.
In the previous World Xiangqi Championship held in Malaysia last year, Wang Tianyi and Zuo Wenjing won the Men's and Women's Individual respectively. Vietnam won the Men's Team championship, won also three more junior laurels, thus secured a total of four gold medals, and was victorious in the rapid chess tournament too.
The 2023 tournament is scheduled with the first five days being the World Championships for adults and juniors, and the last day being for the Open Xiangqi.
At present, the selection of personnel in various countries and regions around the world is in full swing.
The Xiangqi teams worldwide no doubt attached great importance to this World Championship. It is well known the Chinese team as early as March this year held a series of selection contests.
In the super battles that many chess fans were eagerly watching, in the Women's group, 11 rounds of play, Liu Huan won the contest with a one-point advantage, achieving a personal breakthrough. Shen Sifan was the runner-up.
As for Men's group, there was a fierce battle between Grandmaster Wang Tianyi and Grandmaster Meng Chen, when Wang Tianyi sacrificed a Knight to launch a great attack, his moves were sharp, the whole process was accurate, it was simply a masterpiece to watch.
That's it for the time being, the Xiangqi team of 20 players, led by Wang Tianyi and Meng Chen, will be rushing in due course to the 2023's 18th World Xiangqi Championships in Houston, USA.
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According to good source, the Xiangqi Association of UK will be sending Mr. Tian He (田 荷）to participate in the Houston, USA's World Championship November 2023.
He studies in University, is a leading player of the game and a Xiangqi Champion.
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Result of Mind Sports Olympiad's Xiangqi tournament, London held Sunday 20th August 2023 :
Gold medal to Carman Tang (Hong Kong)
Silver medal to Tam Wai Pong (Hong Kong)
Broze medal to Tung Yat Cheung (Hong Kong)
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