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Reports, standings and the decisive games from the Chinese chess events that matter.
The World Xiangqi Championship explained: who runs it, how it is played, and every men's and women's champion from Singapore 1990 to Shanghai 2025.
The xiangqi match fixing scandal: how a 2023 recording led to lifetime bans for Wang Tianyi and Wang Yuefei, prison sentences and 49 disciplined players.
How online xiangqi tournaments work: Swiss, knockout and arena formats, time controls, pairings and tiebreaks, plus how XiangqiPlay runs its own events.
The under-2000 arena produced some of the most fearless Xiangqi of the year. Here are the breakout talents who turned heads — and the games that made them.
Rules, piece guides, board setup and the beginner mistakes worth skipping.
The Central Cannon, the Screen Horse and every major system, with the ideas behind the moves.
Middlegame plans, tactics and calculation: attacking the palace and defending it.
Book endings, fortresses, and the technique that converts a won game.
Two thousand years of the game, from its origins to the professional era.
The champions and characters of Chinese chess, past and present.
The game in parks, teahouses and daily life across China, Vietnam and the diaspora.
What's new on XiangqiPlay.
