Challenge the Chinese chess supercomputerBejing 20 November 2000 Britain's Brain Games Network has agreed with the China Chess Institute exclusive rights to co-host and broadcast the World Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) Championships for the next five years. The winner of the upcoming tournament will go to challenge the world's most advanced Chinese Chess supercomputer.
Under the agreement the world championships will be open to all players worldwide via the Brain Games Network website. This will create unprecedented opportunities for an estimates one billion enthusiasts to test their skills against the masters of the games.
The agreement establishes an annual World Xiangqi Challenge, in which 32 Xiangqi Grandmasters and masters will participate. The first tournament will start in February 2001 with play-offs open to everyone through the Brain Games Network website, and will culminate in July 2001 with the spectacular prospect of finals held in the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace or even on the Great Wall. "Xiangqi has been an integral part of Chinese culture for thousands of years," said Secretary-General of the China Xiangqi Association, Hu Haibo. "We are very excited that using today's technology,it will reach an even wider audience of intellectual games enthusiasts."
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