World Championship of Chinese Chess, Round 5
I just defeated Li Quy Cuong, a Chinese player from Finland. I am playing in the World Championship of Chinese Chess or Xiangqi in Munich Germany. It is rare for any of the non-Chinese players to defeat a Chinese player in these events so I am happy with
this result.
The game lasted 100 moves!!! In Chinese chess it is not uncommon for a game of Chinese chess to last one hundred moves or even two hundred moves although most games are over within 30 moves.
My opponent said that he had studied my games and had prepared a line to play against me. This is another first. I have never had an opponent study my past games and prepare to play me in Chinese chess although this commonly happens in International
chess.
Unfortunately because the game I won took 100 moves I have not yet been able to retype it and post it here.
In this event, the winner of each game is required to post the moves to the database. This is another cost-saving measure introduced in this event. The players in these events have been used to being accommodated in the ultimate luxury in these events,
including five-star hotel rooms. Thus we were surprised at the third class accommodations.
There is also no wall chart so we do not know the results of the other games or who is winning the tournament except for a bare pairing sheet.
First prize for non-Chinese is 3000 Euros. This is an improvement over previous years.
The games will eventually be available by a Google search of XQ Studio and ccbridge. The pairings and individual results are available starting from
http://dpxq.com/hldcg/round_3001_1.html http://dpxq.com/hldcg/round_3001_2.html
There you can see that my Chinese name is
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Sloan Sam
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The complete database of players of Chinese chess is at http://www.01xq.com/xqplayer/xqplist.asp?q=000085 Chinese Chess Players database
My own individual games are at http://www.01xq.com/xqplayer/xqplayer.asp?pid=5461 Games by Sam Sloan
You can see that one game is
SiLong 0-2 LaiLiXiong 2015 14th World XiangQi Championship Men's Division However, SiLong is actually me. It is a translation back into English of the Chinese translation of my name Sloan
Sam Sloan

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