The Chinese Xiangqi Association () was founded in 1962 as a member of the All-China Sports Federation promoting

xiangqi Xiangqi (; ), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a Strategy game, 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, chess, Western ches ...

, or ''Chinese chess'', and is based in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. It is among the founding members of the Asian Xiangqi Federation, and since 1975 has been a member of the International Xiangqi Federation. In addition to organising and hosting xiangqi tournaments, it is responsible for publishing approximately 95% of xiangqi books and other publications on the subject in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

.Xiangqi and the 'Chinese Chess Pack' Part 3
by James O'Fee

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External links

Chinese Xiangqi Association
(official website)
World Xiangqi Federation
Members of the All-China Sports Federation Xiangqi Chess in China Sports organizations established in 1962 1962 establishments in China {{china-org-stub