With reigning Asian Games champion and several grandmasters banned for life, the latest crackdown on corruption in xiangqi, or Chinese chess, has exposed a serious integrity crisis tarnishing the ...

A total of 41 Xiangqi (Chinese chess) players were penalized, including grandmasters Zhao Xinxin, Wang Yang and Zheng Weitong. The three players were banned for life and stripped of their technical ...

Eighteen months after leaked recordings revealed widespread match-fixing in the board game xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, China has imposed lifetime bans on three grandmasters. Announced last ...

A total of 41 individuals, including prominent players of the board game Xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, have been penalized for their involvement in cheating scandals, announced the sport's ...

A massive cheating scandal has emerged in China as the Chinese Xiangqi Association (CXA) penalised 41 players, including lifetime bans on three players. The players who have received life-time ...

In a bold statement, Andrei Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, has accused Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren of deliberately losing the decisive match in the 2024 World Chess Cha ...

THE HAGUE, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India claimed victory in the 87th edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands on Sunday, after beating his ...

18-year-old Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Chinese defending champion Ding ... A dream come true for the teenager who's now the 18th world chess champion. "Every chess players wants ...