The Xiangqi Champions

Les champions du Xiangqi

Xiangqi is the most played game in the world. Unsurprisingly, the Chinese are the best players in the world. Other Asian countries, like Vietnam, are progressing very fast. The best player of China (and of the world) is given the name of "Wang Qi" or "King of Chess".

Except when indicated, the champions are from Chinese origin. We follow here the Chinese habit of placing the family name first.

For a westerner not able to read Chinese, it is very difficult to find information about the competitions of Xiangqi. Would you notice an error or have a data missing here, you will be very kind to mail me. (Thanks to Bill Brydon at MSO from whom I get a lot of informations summarized here). Thanks also to the Deutscher Xiangqi Bund where I get most information today!

World Xiangqi Championships
Hall of Fame

World Xiangqi Championships

	Men	Women	Non-Chinese
I 1990 - Singapore	1) Lu Qin (China)	1) Teo Sim Hua (Singapore)	Winston Williams (UK)
II 1991 - Kunming, China	1) Zhao Guorong (China)	1) Hu Ming (China)	Winston Williams (UK)
III 1993 - Beijing, China	1) Xu Tianhong (China)	1) Hu Ming (China)	1) Mai Thanh Minh (Vietnam)
IV 1995 - Singapore	1) Lu Qin (China) 3) Tao Hanming (China)	1) Huang Yuying (Canada)	1) Vo Van Hoang Tung (Vietnam)
V 1997 - Hong Kong	1) Lu Qin (China) 2)Xu Yinchuan (China) 3)Wu Kui Lin (Taiwan)	1) Lin Ye (Italy) 2) Gao Yiping (China) 3) Guo Shulong (England)	1) Mai Thanh Minh (Vietnam) 2) Dang Tranh Trung (France). 3) Nguyen Huu.Phuc (Canada).
VI 1999 - Shanghai, China	1) Xu Yinchuan (China) 2) Yan Wenqing (China) 3) Wu Kui Lin (Taiwan)	1) Jin Haiying (China) 2) Li Sheng (France) 3) Chieng Ming Chuo (East Malaysia)	1) Shoshi Kazuharu (Japan) 2) Anuar Bin Haji Bakri (West Malaysia) 3) Claus Tempelmann (Germany)
VII 2001 - Macau, China 7-14 Dec 2001	1) Lu Qin (China) 2) Hu Ronghua (China) 3) Wu Kui Lin (Taiwan)	1) Wang Linna (China) & Gao Yiping (Taiwan) 3) Huang Zi Jun (Australia)
VIII 2003 - Hong Kong, China 6-10 Dec 2003	1) Xu Yinchuan (China) 2) Yu Youhua (China) 3) Wu Kui Lin (Taiwan)	1) Guo Liping (China) 2) Gao Yiping (Taiwan) 3) Liu Bijun (Australia)	1) Shoshi Kazuharu (Japan) 2) Kon Island ( Hong Kong) 3) Simon Henke (Germany)
IX 2005 - Paris, France August 2005	1) Lu Qin (China) 2) Lei Qam Fun (Macau) 3) Nguyen Van Quan (Vietnam)	1) Guo Liping (China) 2) Gao Yiping (Taiwan) 3) Huang Yuying (Canada)	1) Kon Island ( Hong Kong) 2) Michael Nägler ( Germany) 3) Alain Dekker (UK)
X 2007 - Macau, China October 2007	1) Xu Yinchuan (China) 2) Hong Zhi (China) 3) Nguyen Thanh Bao (Vietnam)	1) Wu Xia (China) 2) Ngo Lan Huong (Vietnam) 3) Gao Yiping (Taiwan)
XI 2009 - Xintai City, China September 2009	1) Zhao Xinxin(China) 2) Nguyen Thanh Bao (Vietnam) 3) John Mou (USA East)	1) You Yingqin(China) 2) Ngo Lan Huong (Vietnam) 3) Gao Yiping (Taiwan)	1) Iwan Setiawan (Indonesia) 2) Kon Island (Hong Kong) 3) Sour Samphy (Cambodia)
XII 2011 - Jakarta, Indonesia November 2011	1) Jiang Chuan (China) 2) Xu Yin Chuan (China) 3) Nguyen Thanh Bao (Vietnam)	1) Tang Dan (China) 2) Nguyen Hoang Yen (Vietnam) 3) Jia Hen (USA)
XIII 2013 - Guangdong, China November 2013	1) Wang Tian Yi (China) 2) Sun Yong Zheng (China) 3) Cao Yan Lei (Macao)	1) Tang Dan (China) 2) Nguyen Hoang Yen (Vietnam) 3) Jia Hen (USA)

World Mind Masters

2005	Gold Medal : Xu Yinchuan Silver Medal : Huang Shiqing Bronze Medals : Miao Liming , Li Hongjia
2006	Gold Medal : Wang Yang Silver Medal : Hong Zhi Bronze Medals : Xu Yinchuan ,Lv Qin
2007	Gold Medal : Wang Bin Silver Medal : Jiang Chuan Bronze Medals : Zhao Xinxin, Jin Bo
2008	Gold Medal : Jianhua Yuan Silver Medal : Bo Wang Bronze Medals : Dongyi Li, Qing Zhang
2009
2010

World Xiangqi Open

	Men	Women
2014 Berlin, August 2014	1) Wang Yang (China) 2) Zhao Xin Xin (China) 3) Lai Ly Huynh (Vietnam)	1) Wang Lina (China) 2) Tang Dan (China) 3) Wu Kexin (Zhejiang I)

Brain Games Network, who organized the Kasparov-Kramnik Chess World Championship in October 2000, held a Xiangqi World Championship in June 2001. Two were "qualified":
Xu Yinchuan (China) and Tao Hanming (China).

Brain Games 2003:
1) Wang Bin
2) Tao Hanming
3) Lü Qin , Hu Ronghua

Mindsport Olympiad (London, 2006):
1) Chunlong Huang (England)
2) Fa Zuo Chen
3) Chi Kong Lai (England)

Mindsport Festival (Oulu, 2007):
1) Zhou Jiehan
2) Shan Jingdong
3) Riskula Tero (Finland)

Hall of Fame :

Hu Ronghua : Born in 1945 in Shangai. Won the 1960 National Open Championship at 15 year old. Held this title 13 times with 10 consecutive between 1960 / 79.	Liu Dahua : Born in 1950 in Wu Han. With 19 players at the same time, he holds the record of blind game.
Zhao Guorong : Born in 1961 in Ha Er Bin, World Champion in 1991.	Lu Qin : 4 times World Champion
Xu Yinchuan : 3 times World Champion	Zhao Xinxin: World Champion in 2009
Jiang Chuan: World Champion in 2011
Hu Ming : China's greatest female player ever. She won six national championships with five in a row.	Huang Yuying : Cantonese, she moves to Canada after 1993. As Canadian she becames world champion in 1995.
Lin Ye : She moved to the West and became Italian. She offered to this country the 1997 world championship.	Jin Haiying : World champion in 1999.
Wang Linna: World Champion in 2001	Guo Liping: 2 times World Champion (2003, 2005)
Wu Xia: World Champion in 2007	You Yingqin: World Champion in 2009
Tang Dan: World Champion in 2011

29/11/2014