Chinese chess, known as Xiang Qi in China, made its Asian Games debut this year in Guangzhou attracting an array of avid fans and competitors.
This year the Asian Games only featured women's and men's individual events as Xiangqi masters contested for gold medals in Round 7 on November 19. After the round 6, a journalist from Southcn interviewed Hu Ronghua, the coach of Chinese Xiangqi team.
"Hong Kong, China and Chinese Taipei are very competitive and Singapore progress a lot," said Hu who also rated the performance of the participants. "China has a great probability to win the gold medals in the women's and men's individual events."
Hu hopes this is not the last time Chinese Chess is represented in the Asian Games. "It is still has the probability to strive for competition in the next Asian Games," Hu said. "Asian Countries including China and Vietnam takes tens of years to learn Chess, and after 30 years we can contend with chess masters from western countries," Hu said. "Xiangqi also has a growth progress in western countries," he added.
