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Toronto holds first Undercover Xiangqi Open to celebrate the Lunar New Year

To celebrate the coming Lunar New Year – the Chinese Year of the Dragon – the First Toronto Undercover Xiangqi Open is set for January 21, 2012. Continue reading

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XiMing Zheng takes second place for Toronto in North American championships

Toronto could do no better than seventh in the team results of the Fourth North American XiangQi Championships, but four-time Toronto champion Zheng XiMing salvaged our pride by finishing second in the individual standings. Continue reading

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Xiangqi Puzzle Challenge July 2 at New Kennedy Square

Here’s another Xiangqi treat for Canada Day weekend. On Saturday July 2, New Kennedy Square will host a “Xiangqi Master and End Game Puzzles Challenge” from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. All are invited to solve puzzles, play against TXA … Continue reading

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The Indonesia Xiangqi Association’s announcement of the 2011 World Championships – in English

Here by request is an English translation of the Indonesia Xiangqi Association’s announcement that the 2011 World Championships will take place in Jakarta – which we previously provided in Chinese. The translation is courtesy of Elton Yuen. Beijing on October … Continue reading

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Kennedy Square Xiangqi Open underway as the new year approaches

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The first two rounds of our new year’s tournament took place on Saturday in a crowded store area in Markham’s New Kennedy Square Mall. Zhang ShanHang 张善行 and Victor Liu BoYang 刘博洋 share the lead, each with two points. Full … Continue reading

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Lin ShiXiong wins Toronto championship on second try

2010 Toronto Championship Final Matches

Lin ShiXiong 林世雄  is the 2010 Toronto championship, after beating Li DongHui 李东辉 in their two game match. After the first game was drawn, Lin won the second, handing Li his first loss of the tournament – Li had won the Swiss portion outright … Continue reading

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Li DongHui to play Lin ShiXiong for Toronto Championship

Li DongHui 李东辉 is the outright winner of the Swiss tournament portion of the Toronto Open Championship, and will play Lin ShiXiong 林世雄 in a match for the title on Saturday November 13. Continue reading

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Grandmaster’s son plays in 2010 Toronto Open

Xu LuHua

Here is a gallery of images from rounds one and two of the 2010 Toronto Open Championship at the Milliken Park Community Center in Toronto. Among the participants is Xu LuHua 徐露华, the son of the famous Chinese grandmaster, Xu TianHong, … Continue reading

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Lin ShiXiong and Li DongHui share lead after four rounds of 2010 Toronto Open

Lin ShiXiong and Li DongHui share joint first place with 3.5 points out of four in the 2010 Toronto Xiangqi Open, Toronto’s championship of Chinese chess. In Round Four of the initial Swiss tournament, Lin beat reigning Toronto champion Richard … Continue reading

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