Lü Qin (; born 10 August 1962) is one of the world's best players in

Xiangqi ''Xiangqi'' (; ), also called Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. ''Xiangqi'' is in the same family of games as '' shogi'', '' janggi'', Western chess, '' c ...

(Chinese chess). Lü Qin's major achievements in Xiangqi include the following: * Winner of Chinese National Xiangqi Individual Championship in 1986, 1988, 1999, 2003 and 2004. * Starter in the championship winning team of Guangdong in the Chinese National Xiangqi League in 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006. * Winner of Asian Xiangqi Individual Championship in 1985. * Starter in the championship winning team of China in the

World Xiangqi Championship The World Xiangqi Championship is organised by the World Xiangqi Federation (WXF) and is held every two years since 1991. The inaugural edition took place in 1990 in Singapore. List of winners See also * List of world championships in mind spo ...

in 1990, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2005. * Winner of the World Xiangqi Individual Championship in 1990, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2005.

Personal life

Lü Qin was born in

Huiyang Huiyang District ( postal: Waiyeung; is a district of Huizhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It was renamed in 2003 amid the restructuring of districts and counties in Huizhou. Formerly named Huiyang city (county level), its si ...

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

, China, in 1962.Lü Qin's profile and biography
. ''stqiyuan.com''. Lü belongs to the Hoklo dialect group. Lu is married to Xu Miaoling, another Xiangqi player on the Guangdong team.

References

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