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The 18th World Xiangqi Championship hosted in Houston, is drawing to a close with an electrifying final that crowned new champions -- Meng Chen（孟辰）and Tang Sinan（唐思楠）of Team China. Demonstrating the global appeal of Xiangqi, which is often referred to as Chinese chess, the one-week prestigious event ended on Saturday night, marking the first time the tournament has been held on American soil. In the edge-of-the-seat Men's Final held on Friday,world Vietnamese star Lai Ly Huynh（赖理兄）clashed with Chinese Grandmaster Meng Chen in a game brimming with skillful plays and opportunities. Lai appeared poised to clinch his first World Championship title, dominating the early stages of the match. However, a pivotal error in the endgame led to a draw, pushing the match into a high-stakes sudden-death tie-breaker. Here, Meng's persistence and skill shone through. Despite the challenge of moving second, he managed a stunning comeback to defeat Lai. "P...

（象棋通讯）2023年世界象棋锦标赛，来自中国的特级大师孟辰勇夺男子世界冠军。 第18届世界象棋锦标赛十一月二十五日宣告落幕，孟辰夺得冠军，成为中国的第十位世界棋王。 2023年的世锦赛，中国队共获得男子个人、女子个人、女子团体、十六岁以下男子、十六岁以下女子，及十二岁以下男子组六项金牌。 孟辰二十四日在决赛中，与越南名将赖理兄再度相遇，首盘慢棋较量，孟辰后手而子少，局势不利，艰苦周旋，亦攻亦守，终成和局。 根据规定，加赛快棋，孟辰先手终于战胜赖理兄。 第18届世界象棋锦标赛首次在美国举行，对象棋在国际的进一步推广，有着重大意义。 美国象棋协会主席兼北美象棋协会主席郑勤霖担任本届世界象棋锦标赛组委会主席。 作为东道主的美国代表队，派出总代表郑勤霖，领队古奇天，教练沈浩，男棋手黎英豪、武冕、梅俊海、欧里瓦.特斯尔，女棋手龚勤，少年棋手胡佰恒、武家玮、王黄嘉欣、刘近山、戴子轩等盛大阵容，创美国队历届人数最多纪录。 据报道，决赛当日的全场焦点，是男子组争夺冠亚军的决战，由预赛第一的孟辰，对垒预赛第二的赖理兄。 双方预赛时曾交手，激战百多会合打成平手。甲组联赛有过一局，赖理兄执先取胜。此番移师新战场，冲击世界冠军宝座，意义非凡。 如孟辰胜，则成为首位未获全国冠军而先获世界冠军的棋手。如赖理兄赢，将是首个非中国籍的世界冠军。 赛前抽签，赖理兄抽得先手，执红先行。 决战进行的同时，其他各台第九轮也同步进行。新加坡队吴宗翰取得季军，中国台北队葛振衣第四，中国香港队黄学谦第五，马来西亚队黎德志第六，英国队田菏第七，新加坡队刘亿豪第八。 新加坡队取得男子团体冠军，越南队亚军，马来西亚队季军。 决赛赖理兄红棋摆出中炮阵，来势汹汹，孟辰应以起左马，布局双方中炮过河车对屏风马左马盘河横车。这个阵法，赖理兄多有习弈，红方布局占先，兑换一车后，红渡过七路兵，黑冲过7路卒。 两边进入中局对杀，互攻当中，黑方上士打车、下士又打车，依例需要变招，孟辰长考之后，非常勇猛，第五十二手强行挥马踩相，弃马进攻，势在必得。赖理兄素以攻杀闻名。此时黑不兑炮，而是弃子，红夺子之后，赖理兄十分凶悍，以攻对攻，凭借多子之势，眼看着化解对方攻势，逼迫黑棋简化，净多一大子形成胜利在望。 但残局阶段，赖理兄没有抓住，孟辰不再给赖理兄任何机会，黑横过河卒撞掉红边兵，放弃底象，棋...

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Four days ago, Jilin's player Wang Kuo（王廓）, like many other players who came to the Men's Individual Championship Tournament, hoped to play well and get at least a Xiangqi Master's title thus fulfilling their long-cherished wishes. And four days later, on January 15, Wang Kuo defeated Grandmaster Zhao Xinxin（赵鑫鑫）in the play-offs, and beyond all expectation, stood on the podium to receive the 21st Individual Championship title and the coveted Xiangqi King trophy. Wang Kuo the new Champion The situation was best described as "unprecedented". Years ago, Tao Hanming（陶汉明）had won the Championship as an amateur player, and now Wang Kuo doing the same, both of them are from around the mysterious area of Changbai Mountain（长白山）. Born in Changchun（长春）in 1990's, he was winning competitions in his age group as a child, he was taught by master player Liang Wenbin（梁文斌）early on. After graduating from Shanghai University of Finance and Economic...

by Huang Shaolong (formerly Professor of Nankai University) Huang Shaolong on the ideal of Xiangqi I often went to the Lingnan Cultural Relics Museum（岭南文物宫）to watch Xiangqi exhibitions, the large board of demonstration was two-sided, one for Xiangqi and the other for Chess. The audience sometimes attended from one side and then moved to the other side, in this way both games were equally promoted, and that was how I got interested in Chess. In Chess the moves of Rook and Knight are quite similar to Xiangqi, and there are also many similarities in the principles of strategy and tactics, so it is easy to learn and be proficient. At that time, I have read in the newspapers that Xie Xiaxun（谢侠逊）was also good at Chess and he vigorously advocated it. He once defeated the British champion in a multinational invitational tournament held in Guangzhou and won the championship, causing a great sensation. I was very encouraged by this and wanted to find out about the game for ...

by Huang Shaolong (formerly Professor of Nankai University) After living at my uncle's house for more than half a year, at 12 years old I went to Hong Kong from Guangzhou with my parents to continue my schooling. In terms of Xiangqi, leaving my uncle's guidance and coming to the new unknown city, where will my chess destiny go? It seems that one can only rely on oneself to strive in the vast ocean of the game of chess. In the 50's of the 20th century, Hong Kong had a more vibrant style of Xiangqi life, with activities set up in playgrounds, teahouses, and even the radio stations, and many newspapers also publishing chess columns. At that time, the Xiangqi masters were mainly Li Zhihai（李志海）, Su Tianxiong（苏天雄）, Li Zijian（黎子健）and Liang Qingquan（梁慶全）. Li Zhihai is originally from Xinhui County, Guangdong Province, a graduate of the first vocational school in Guangdong Province（广东省第一职业学校）, he had excellent intelligence, oft...

Zheng Yanlong（郑彦隆）won the Hong Kong Xiangqi Individual First Division Championship! On 26 March 2023, the Hong Kong Open Xiangqi Individual Championship, hosted by the Hong Kong Xiangqi Federation and funded by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, came to a successful conclusion. The competition was resumed in March after a three-year gap due to the pandemic. Games were conducted for four week-ends interval, arranged into four divisions: A, B, C and Women, with a total of 137 participants. After the month-long tournament, which was intense and bitterly fought, the newcomer Zheng Yanlong defeated veteran champion Huang Xueqian（黄学谦）and became Hong Kong's Champion for the first time. The division A tournament used the "8+1" format, which was an eight-round Swiss affair, the top two players going into qualifying final for 1st and 2nd places. Zheng Yanlong playing Red, made the first move, opening with the "Angel's Guidance...

共藏多少意，不语两心知---浅谈自己对象棋的认识 How many meanings are hidden together, and they know each other without saying anything. by Wind Snow of No Turning Back 1. What is Xiangqi? Xiangqi is a kind of self-cultivation entertainment, it is also a tool to enhance friendships, improve oneself, and communicate with one another. It is a platform to communicate one's thoughts by moving the chess pieces. 2. Before the practice of Xiangqi, practice the moral first Moral character first, be a person of character. In the same way, the more people with evil thoughts, the more will be the harm. 3. Treat the people you play with humanly I used to like to put others in dead-end for fun, and even treat the other party like an enemy, fortunately, I once read an article that corrected my mistake --- in fact, the person who plays chess with you is your friend, you play chess together to improve, what a good fate. With this attitude change, I have gradually learned to respect others and ...

Liu Yici and the "Angel's Guidance" Opening Liu Yici（刘忆慈）was a renowned Xiangqi player, people first knew him in "Xiyutai"（喜雨台）of Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province. In the mid-fifties, he participated in the National Xiangqi Championships, won twice third place and once fifth place. He played the "Angel's Guidance“（仙人指路）Opening, with rich characteristics and new innovation, and he was known as "Immortal Liu". Until his death in 1982, he was a celebrity in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin and all over the country for more than 40 years. Liu Yici was 1.75 meters tall, big ears, well built, was kind and helpful towards people. Born in Hangzhou in 1916, he loved Xiangqi since childhood. In 1928 his parents sent him to Xu Chunquan's（徐春泉）oil paper umbrella shop as an apprentice. Xu Chunquan was already a famous chess master in Hangzhou, nicknamed the "leopard", one of the "five tigers and ...