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Leading Chinese Xiangqi broadcaster offers free online classes for children

Xiangqi master Chen Dong

The Chinese version of this post can be found at www.meipian.cn. Xiangqi Master and online broadcaster Chen Dong of Inner Mongolia, together with the Toronto and Markham Xiangqi Associations, will be offering a free online program to introduce Xiangqi to … Continue reading

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A look back at the Elite Cup – an honour for Markham and a win for Canada

The Canadian Xiangqi Federation website has a page with the games of the Elite Cup in viewable form. In October of 2018, the Toronto Xiangqi Association hosted an international team tournament in Markham. This alone was one of the greatest … Continue reading

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Markham Xiangqi Association kicks off with celebration; China’s star players bring the fireworks

Official opening of the Markham Xiangqi Association

The Greater Toronto Area has just got its fourth Xiangqi club. The three that already existed are the Toronto Xiangqi Association, the Scarborough Seniors Chess Club, and a group that is associated with the Vietnamese Association Toronto (a Vietnamese team … Continue reading

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Toronto wins North American team championship; Zheng XiMing and Mark Wang finish second and third

Three times! Peter and Elton hoist the trophies. Mark is on the left, XiMing on the right

Zheng XiMing 郑熙明 and Mark Wang WeiQiang 王伟强, who have seven Toronto championships between them, teamed up to win the team championship at the Sixth North American Cup held in New Jersey on the weekend of American thanksgiving. The event … Continue reading

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Whitby/Owen Sound wins Inter-City Xiangqi Team Championship

throughout the GTA plus Montreal joined the tournament

The Greater Toronto Area’s first ever regional team tournament was a thriller: five teams were in close contention, and the advantage changed with every round, at times, with every game. When the dust had cleared, three teams had seven out … Continue reading

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Inter-City Xiangqi Team Championship: Teams and Results

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On October 11 and 12 2014, twelve teams took part in the Greater Toronto Area’s first ever regional team tournament. Here is the final order of finish with match points (two points for a win, one point for a tie) … Continue reading

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