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FACTS ABOUT CHINESE CHESS

Some Strongest Chess Players Around The World

MEN

Xu YinChuan 2569 (Finally overtakes Lv for the top spot)
Lv Qin 2564 (Again the 5-Ram Champion)
Hu RongHua 2514 (Who's better all-time: Hu or Yang?)
Zhao GuoRong 2512 (Three-time Chinese Ntnl Champ--1990, 1992 & 1995)
Liu DaHua 2466 (Blindfold champ; Won CNC in 1980 & 1981)
Li LaiQun 2466 (Businessman stays the same)
Xu TianHong 2465 (Won Third World Cup)
Tao HanMing 2455 (Still rising)
Bu FengBo 2443 (Remains in top 10)
Zhang Qiang 2430 (Beijing star rises to top 10)

INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS

The following players are International Grandmasters (Title bestowed by AXF):

Hu RongHua
Lv Qin
Xu YinChuan
Zhao GuoRong
Liu DaHua
Li LaiQun
Xu TianHong
Tao HanMing
Lin JianZhi (Taiwan)
Wu GuiLin (Taiwan)
Ma ZhongWei (Taiwan)
Chiu YuKuen (Hong Kong)
Ifan Minarta (Indonesia)
Mai Thanh Minh (Vietnam)

CHINESE GRANDMASTERS (Title bestowed by CXA)

Li YiTing (retired)
Wang JiaLiang (mostly retired)
Yang GuanLin (mostly retired)

INTERNATIONAL MASTERS

The following players are International Masters (incomplete):

Chen Tin Men (Macau)
Lee Kheng Soi (Singapore)
Hui Chi Kwong (East Malaysia)
Miao YongPeng (China)
Wong Yung Fai (East Malaysia)

WOMEN

 

Hu Ming 2323  (Hebei star maintains huge rating lead)
Shan XiaLi  2265 (Longtime Shanghai star)
Wang LinNuo 2262 (Huge leap into 3rd)
Chen ShuLan 2242 (Hubei star)
Huang Wei 2230 (Jiangsu star)
Gao Hua   2229 (Strong player from Anhui)
Liu BiJun 2229 (Guangdong/Australia star)
Zhang GuoFeng 2215  (Half of Jiangsu's dynamic duo)
Guo LiPing 2207 (Heilongjiang star)
OuYang QiLin 2205 (Shanghai star)
         
         

The following players are International Grandmasters:

CHINA

Gao Hua
Hu Ming
Huang Wei
Xie SiMing (retired)

SINGAPORE

Teo SimHua

VIETNAM

Le Thi Huong

 

OTHER COUNTRIES

ASIA

Australia

Yan, Andrew
Lu, George
Liu BiJun (female star from China)

Brunei

Chin Kok Liang
Bong Choon Mee
Chieng Hie Kwong

Hong Kong

Chiu YuKuen
Lai Robin
Yung TakKeung

Indonesia

Ifan ChungMing [Minarta]
Yang Xiang Xi
Li Pi Jiang
Wu XiuPing (female star)

Japan

Hattori Tsugumitsu
Kano Kunihiro
Shoshi Kazuharu
Kumagai Yasuhiro
Shintani Shinichi
Shibazaki Junko (1995 Japan Ladies Champion)

[Shen Hao is apparently no longer in Japan.]

Malaysia, East

Kho Kei Kuan
Chieng Kuok Wu
Chieng Ming Chuo (female star)

Malaysia, West

Li JiaQing
Chen JieYu

Singapore

Lee KhengSoi
Teo SimHua (female star)
Koh Sin
Chow Bon Tong
Yang LongZhu (1995 Singapore Ladies Champion)

Taiwan

Ma Zhong Wei
Wu GuiLin
Liang JinYi
Liu HongXiu (1995 Taiwan Ladies Champion)

Thailand

Ma WuLian
Luo ZhuoYing
Xie Gai Zhou
Zheng Yong Ching

Vietnam

Mai Thanh Minh
Truong A Minh
Le Thi Huong (1995 Vietnam Ladies Champion)
Vo Van Hoang Tung

EUROPE

England

Guo ShuLong
Wang ShunQi
Lai C.K.
Liu S.H.
Leung K.W.

Finland

Roto, Matias
Nguyen The Nhan

France

Dang Thanh Trung
Woo Wei Cheung

Germany

Siewert, Hajo
Naegler, Michael
Schaefer, Norbert
Lam Keang Chhay
Huebner, Robert (GM of chess)
Kha Huynh Van
Scholz, Stefan
Huang ShueKong
Pu MingGang

Italy

He ZhiMin
Lin Ye
Yu JianGuo
Hu YongXi
Hu YongSheng

Netherlands

Cheung Wing On
Ng Wing Sang
Hsu Akei

Norway

Xu JueMin

Canada

Huang YuYing
Lee, John
Li ChiHeng
Ji ZhongQi
Wong, Steve
Fung, Stephen
Yuen, Elton
Sung, Peter

USA

Lee, Michael (Also known as Li BiChi) (SF Bay Area)
Yan DotSun (also known as Zhen DaXin) (San Francisco)
Chen TanHua (New York)
Gao WeiXuan (New York) (1995 ICCS Champion)
Tom, Bang (New York)
Tom, Jing (New York)
Mou Hai Qin (New York)
Yang, Frank (Los Angeles)
So BingCham (Los Angeles)

(Source: http://www.chessvariants.com/chinfaq.html)