ChineseChessUSA

Last month at the 11th World Xiangqi Championship, Mou HaiQin (John Mou) from USA-East won the third place prize (after tiebreak between himself, Nguyen ThanhBao, and Zhao GuoRong) and pocketed a suitcase full of RMB with a score of 7 points out of 9.

Here is a video of his 8th round game against ultimate tournament winner, Zhao XinXin. The players agreed to a draw a few moves later.

John is a top player and a great guy with a fun sense of humor. Congratulations, John!

Here’s another short clip from round 5. China’s Zhao XinXin defeats Vietnam’s Nguyen ThanhBao in 28 short moves. The video shows Black’s 17th move. This was Nguyen’s only defeat in this tournament and he bounced back with a win over Taiwan’s Wu GuiLin and a draw with Zhao GuoRong in the last two rounds to take 2nd place on tiebreaks.