The World
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 ...
Championship is organised by the
World Xiangqi Federation
The World Xiangqi Federation is the association of the national Xiangqi federations around the world, and has been a member of the International Mind Sports Association since 2015.
on April 6, 1993 on the occasion of the 3rd World Xiangqi Cham ...
(WXF) and is held every two years since 1991. The inaugural edition took place in 1990 in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
.
List of winners
See also
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List of world championships in mind sports
This article gives a list of world championships in mind sports which usually represent the most prestigious competition for a specific board game, card game or mind sport. World championships can only be held for most games or mind sports with ...
*
World Mind Games
References
*Jean-Louis Cazaux
"The Xiangqi Champions" European Xiangqi Federation.
External links
World Xiangqi Federation
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 ...
Recurring sporting events established in 1990
Xiangqi competitions
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