When you accomplish something big, like winning a major tournament, how do you celebrate? Maybe you jump around in excitement, salty rivulets streaming down your face in a rush of emotions. Maybe you ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Chinese chess community is abuzz after a newly crowned tournament ...

Chinese chess was engulfed in turmoil earlier this week when a national champion was stripped of his title following unsavory allegations involving cheating in the sport. Xiangqi is the official title ...

Chess grandmaster (GM) Baadur Jobava has been temporarily banned from Chess.com's prize events after going on a racist rant upon losing to a Chinese GM during the Airthings Masters qualifier. On Feb.

Chinese social media Weibo is suffused in accusations ‘Xiangqi King’ Yan Chenglong cheated with vibrating anal beads, then defecated in a bathtub. Reading time 2 minutes Just when I thought I was out, ...

BEIJING (AP) — A competitor in Chinese chess says he has sued the national association in China for mental distress after he was stripped of a title for drinking alcohol and defecating in the bathtub ...

A competitor in Chinese chess says he has sued the national association in China for mental distress after he was stripped of a title for drinking alcohol and defecating in the bathtub of his hotel ...

A Chinese chess champion who was accused of using anal beads equipped with wireless transmitters to cheat has been stripped of his title over another allegation of misbehavior: defecating in a hotel ...

There's playing dirty, and then there's celebrating dirty, and allegations of both have gotten the newly crowned king of Chinese chess unceremoniously dethroned. As AFP reports, Yan Chenglong on Dec.

A Chinese-chess champion lost his crown after being accused of showing "extremely bad character" by pooping in a hotel bathtub as he celebrated his title. Yan Chenglong, 48, won the national ...