Every Sunday from 15:00 onwards we play Chess in Shanghai at Oscar's
Bar - since 2009.
Playing chess in Beijing. Don't know
if there is still chess in Beijing - sorry.
chess venue. Zi Shi Yuan Restaurant tel.84002215, located on No. 139
Drum Tower East Str. (Gulou Dong Dajie) or contact Illian at playerbacc@yahoo.com
Me playing the Bulgarian Emil - the best player in Beijing.
Some say the best in China at John Bull.
Chad playing Emil.
Stephen, Emil, Chad, Randolf, Mark & Stephane at the Hidden Tree,
old and gone San Li Tun South street.
We really are a friendly chessclub
stephane at Souk
Souk
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by Dennis Breuker
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I learned to play chess as a
kid. My level was pretty high until I grew fonder of girls and drugs
at age 12. I kind of picked up chess again in my late twenties, but
never was able to rise from the level of mediocrity – or come
close to my earlier level. It’s my personal aim to play gambits
(give a pawn away in order to develop quicker) in every opening to
avoid boring games. Since 1994 I’m also into playing Chinese
chess. The game has different pieces and rules, but the goal is the
same – checkmate the other king. Although in Chinese chess it’s
called a general, whilst it’s actually an emperor. This happened
to be like this during one of China’s many dynasties in which
Chinese chess was forbidden, coz the emperor said there is only one
emperor and that’s me! Everybody who plays chess is a rebel and
should accordingly be decapitated – hence the renaming in general
by his successor and the present day big population of China. More
recently I’m trying to learn Go or WeiQi. This game has the easiest
rules but the hardest strategies and techniques. It’s played
on the crossings of a 19 by 19 board using only black and white stones
not to be mistaken with candies. Somebody brought over Japanese chess
one night which was very intresting either, don't know all the rules
though.
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