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
# Year Location Men Women Non-Chinese
1 1990 Singapore Lü Qin Teo Sim Hua Winston Williams
2 1991 Kunming Zhao Guorong Hu Ming Winston Williams
3 1993 Beijing Xu Tianhong Hu Ming Mai Thanh Minh
4 1995 Singapore Lü Qin Huang Yuying Vo Van Hoang Tung
5 1997 Hong Kong Lü Qin Lin Ye Mai Thanh Minh
Non-Chinese/Non-Vietnamese
6 1999 Shanghai Xu Yinchuan Jin Haiying Shoshi Kazuharu
7 2001 Macau Lü Qin Wang Linna Gao Yiping Kon Island
8 2003 Hong Kong Xu Yinchuan Guo Liping Shoshi Kazuharu
9 2005 Paris Lü Qin Guo Liping Kon Island
10 2007 Macau Xu Yinchuan Wu Xia Shoshi Kazuharu
11 2009 Xintai Zhao Xinxin You Yingqin Iwan Setiawan
12 2011 Jakarta Jiang Chuan Tang Dan Kon Island
13 2013 Huizhou Wang Tianyi Tang Dan Krishna Sankirtan[1]
14 2015[2] Munich Zheng Weitong Wang Linna Shoshi Kazuharu
15 2017 Manila Wang Tianyi Tang Dan Joep Nabuurs
16 2019 Canada
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References
  1. Geremy, Xavier (2013-11-04). "Le championnat du monde : Huizhou 2013". Xiang Qi France (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. Result of The 14th World Xiangqi Championship (PDF). World Xiangqi Federation. 2015-08-28.

See also


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