The Guardian-Chinese chess champion stripped of title after defecating in hotel bathtub
December 26, 2023 2 min 386 words
这则报道令人震惊，中国象棋冠军延承龙庆祝太过激烈，竟在酒后庆功时在酒店浴缸里排便，导致被取消头衔和没收奖金。这不仅违反了公共秩序和道德规范，也给象棋赛事声誉造成负面影响。更离奇的是，有传言称他可能在比赛中使用了带有无线发射器的肛门珠串进行作弊。虽然象棋协会表示目前难以证实此传言，但延被剥夺冠军头衔，禁赛一年。这一丑闻引发了关于棋坛道德和职业操守的讨论，象棋界亟需加强管理和监管，确保比赛的公平和专业性。
The world of Chinese chess is in uproar over rumours of cheating and a bad behaviour scandal that saw the national champion stripped of his title on Monday after a victory celebration ended with him defecating in a hotel bathtub.
Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, has been hugely popular for hundreds of years across Asia – and 48-year-old Yan Chenglong beat dozens of contenders last week to win the title of “Xiangqi King” at a national tournament hosted by the Chinese Xiangqi Association.
But his joy was short-lived, with the CXA on Monday announcing that Yan would have his title revoked and prize money confiscated after had been caught “disrupting public order” and displaying “extremely bad character”.
The association was also forced to address rumours circulating online that Yan had cheated during the competition by using anal beads equipped with wireless transmitters to send and receive signals.
Yan allegedly clenched and unclenched rhythmically to communicate information about the chess board via code to a computer, which then sent back instructions on what moves to make in the form of vibrations, according to reports circulating on the Chinese social site Weibo.
“Based on our understanding of the situation, it is currently impossible to prove that Yan engaged in cheating via ‘anal beads’ as speculated on social media,” the CXA said.
But he was still stripped of his title and banned from playing for a year after his celebrations went wayward.
“Yan consumed alcohol with others in his room on the night of the 17th, and then he defecated in the bathtub of the room he was staying in on the 18th, in an act that damaged hotel property, violated public order and good morals, had a negative impact on the competition and the event of Xiangqi, and was of extremely bad character,” the association said.
The association did not disclose the amount of prize money Yan was forfeiting, but Xiangqi tournaments often promise winners tens of thousands of yuan (thousands of dollars).
The CXA had published a social media post last week congratulating Yan and other players for their “spectacularly heated high-level gameplay”.
The post included a photo of Yan on stage, flanked by two runners-up, proudly holding up his prize certificate.