The Chinese chess world was plunged into scandal on Tuesday after the fall of a champion from that nationality deprived of his title after being accused of engaging in outrageous behaviour.
Regard Yan Chenglong, 48 years old, who last week became the Chinese champion of Xiangqi, a chess game very popular in Asian countries.
That chess variant It is played with tokens marked with synonyms which are placed at the intersections of a grid table and not on squares like the more traditional version.
But Yan’s joy lasted only a few days The Chinese Xiangqi Federation (CXA) announced the withdrawal of its title on Monday sample of “inappropriate behavior” and “disturbance of public order”.
After his Dec. 17 victory, “Mr. Yan consumed alcohol in his hotel room with other people,” the CXA explained.
“Then the next day, defecated in the bathtub of his roomdamaging the property of the hotel”, the federation lashed out in a statement denouncing behavior “contrary to public order and morality”.
Yan was banned from competing for a year and all his trophies won this year will be confiscated, the CXA said.
Xiangqi tournaments in China typically hand out prizes of several million euros to winners. But the federation also had to comment on the fraud allegations it received from Yan.
According to messages published on social networks, the player I would have used smart anal beads get vibrations with game instructions transmitted from a computer.
“It is impossible at this time to confirm that Mr. Yan cheated with the ‘anal beads’,” said the CXA, which last week praised the “spectacular level of play” in the tournament won by Yan Chenglong, who in photographs taken that day, he looked proud with the winner’s trophy and certificate.
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