Lu Qin is currently considered to be one of the world's best players in Xiangqi

Xiangqi

Xiangqi is a two-player Chinese board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, shogi, Indian chess and janggi. The present-day form of Xiangqi originated in China and is therefore commonly called Chinese chess in English. Xiangqi is one of the most popular board games in China...

, or Chinese chess.

Lu was born in Huiyang, Guangdong Province, China

China

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, in 1962.http://www.stqiyuan.com/m_player_view.asp?id=0002 He is one of a handful of grandmasters from Guangdong Province, which is notable for being the home of many famed grandmasters of Xiangqi, including Yang Guanli, Cai Furu and Xu Yinchuan

Xu Yinchuan

Xu Yinchuan is currently considered to be one of the world's best players in Xiangqi, or Chinese chess.Xu was born in Huilai, Guangdong Province, China, in August 1975...

. Lu's major achievement in Xiangqi includes but is not limited to the following:

• champion in Chinese National Xiangqi Individual Championship in 1986, 1988, 1999, 2003 and 2004
• starter of the champion team of Guangdong in Chinese National Xiangqi League in 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006
• champion of Asian Xiangqi Individual Championship in 1985
• starter of the champion team of China of world Xiangqi Championship in 1990, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2005
• champion in the World Xiangqi Individual Championship in 1990, 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2005.