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 ...
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 ...
You’re at an immediate disadvantage in fast-moving “bullet” chess games, for example, because not only do you have to move you own pieces on the board, but your opponent’s. That extra ...