GM Lu Qin defeats by GM Hu RongHua; 2014 The 3rd BiGuiYuan Cup

Xiangqi book: Xiangqi Grandmaster and his Elephant Openings - FREE edition for download

XIANGQI Grandmaster Hu RongHua and his Elephant Openings

Authored by Ping Loong Wong

6" x 9" (15.24 x 22.86 cm) 
Black & White on White paper
128 pages

ISBN-13: 978-1542936880 

ISBN-10: 1542936888 

One of the most effective way to learn Xiangqi’s opening is to study Grandmaster games. This will help to build your Xiangqi opening repertoire. 
Xiangqi openings are studied in great depth by Grandmasters. A new Xiangqi variation, previously unexplored variations are often discovered and played by Grandmasters. 
 
You have to do some home work. You will need to get a bunch of the games played by a very strong Xiangqi player who is an an expert in certain variation and analyze them move by move. 
 
For example, if you want to study Xiangqi’s Elephant Opening, then get the games played by Grandmaster Hu RongHua who was the biggest expert there. After you have analyzed few hundreds of the games played by an expert you learn the basic ideas and also get the feel of the opening. It is an entertaining and very efficient way to master any opening. 
 
However, it is always not an easy task for a non-Chinese speaking players to get the Xiangqi Games notations played by Grandmaster. There are very limited Xiangqi resources in English language. 
 
This book “XIANGQI Grandmaster Hu RongHua and his Elephant Openings” has documented more than 200 games played as Red by GM Hu by using Elephant Opening. The games are collected from internet, whereas the author has translated them into English notations. These are the games were played by GM Hu in the main tournament within year 1960 to year 2013!. By studying the games, we could understand the development of Elephant Opening and its main variations. 
 
Study Grandmaster Xiangqi Moves to get better at Xiangqi 

You see what move the Grandmaster made, and move on to the next move 

Study Grandmaster Games and start memorizing their moves. 

You can be a better Xiangqi player!

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4-games friendly match within GM Hu RongHua and GM Yang GuanLin in 1960. First time they meet!

GM Hu RongHua vs GM Yang GuanLin: First time they meet in 1960

4-games friendly match within GM Hu RongHua and GM Yang GuanLin in 1960

GM Yang GuanLin and GM Hu RongHua, both are the legendary figure in Xiangqi's history.
Below friendly matches were played in their first meeting in year 1960. During that time, GM Yang already obtained 3 times China National Xiangqi Champion for year 1956, 1957 and 1959, whereas GM Hu was a 14 years young boy.

Game #1

GM Yang GuanLin Loses to GM Hu RongHua

1966 GM Hu RongHua wins GM Yang GuanLin

GM Hu RongHua wins GM Yang GuanLin

1966 China National Xiangqi Tournament

Elephant Opening vs Crossed Palace Cannon

22nd April 1966

Xiangqi Opening: GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Opening #5

Xiangqi Opening: 

GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Opening #5

Game #9 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Wang JiaLiang 王嘉良 @ 13-Nov-1965 

1965 China National Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs Left Central Cannon

Game #10 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Zang RuYi 臧如意 @ 18-Nov-1965 

1965 China National Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs Right Crossed-Palace Cannon

Xiangqi Opening: GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Opening #4

Xiangqi Opening: 

GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Opening #4

Game #7 Game #7 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Dai RongGuang 戴荣光 @ 25-Aug-1965 

Other Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs 3rd Pawn Advancement

Game #8 Game #8 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Chen YongFa 陈永发 @ 30-Sep-1965 

Xianqgi Friendly Match 

Elephant Opening vs Right Central Cannon

Xiangqi Opening: GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Openings #3

Xiangqi Opening: 

GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Openings #3

Game #5 Game #5 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Yan GuanLin 杨官璘 @ 30-Dec-1964 

1964 China National Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs 3rd Pawn Advancement

Game #6 Game #6 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Dai RongGuang 戴荣光 @ 10-Apr-1965 

Other Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs Others

Palcorner Cannon Opening played by Xiangqi Grand Master #7

Palcorner Cannon Opening played by Xiangqi Grand Master #7

Palcorner Cannon Opening

Palcorner Cannon Opening transformed to Sandwiched Horses Defense vs Opposite Direction Cannon" played by Xiangqi Grand Master #7

Click here for all Palcorner Cannon Opening articles.

Game #19 ZhuYongJi loses to GM Jiang Chuan @ 25th Oct 2012

Game #20 Huang Hai Lin loses to GM Wan ChunLin @ 23 March 2012

Game #21 GM Hu RongHua draws to Li XueSong @ 17th Nov 2011

Xiangqi Openings: GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Openings #2

Xiangqi Openings: 

GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Openings #2

Game #3 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Chen BoXiang 陈伯祥 @ 29-Dec-1963 

Other Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs 3rd Pawn Advancement

Game #4 Game #4 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  draws Ma Kuan 马宽 @ 18-May-1964 

1964 China National Xiangqi Tournament 

Opposite Direction Elephant Opening

Xiangqi Opening: GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Openings #1

Xiangqi Opening: 

GM Hu RongHua's Elephant Openings #1

Game #1 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Cai FuRu 蔡福如 @ 25-Dec-1960

Other Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs Right Central Cannon

Game #2 Hu RongHua 胡荣华  wins  Zhang YuanQi 张元启 @ 12-Nov-1962 

Other Xiangqi Tournament 

Elephant Opening vs Right Central Cannon

GM Hu Rong Hua wins GM Yang GuanLin @ 1960 China National Xiangqi Tournament, a famous match in Xiangqi History

GM Hu RongHua wins GM Yang GuanLin @ 1960 China National Xiangqi Tournament.

One of the famous  match in Xiangqi History.

In year 1960, GM Hu RongHua was 15 years old, and his first time to participate in China National Xiangqi Tournament. This is also the first time for GM Hung played with GM Yang GuanLin in China National Xiangqi Tournament. During that time, GM Yang was already 3-times China national champion, he was known as number 1 Xiangqi player.

In this game, GM Hung sacrificed his horse during opening to gain advantages was a surprise to all. GM Yang also shown his strength in midgame and endgame to minimize the impact during opening.

By wining this game, GM Hu was gained his first title of China National Champion; and started his journey to continuously winning another 9 times, total 10 times China National Champion. 

This is where the legend of GM Hu started!

Let enjoy the match!

GM Yang GuanLin Loses to GM Hu RongHua

GM Yang GuanLin Loses to GM Hu RongHua
1982 WuYang Cup China Xiangqi Championship Invitation

GM Hu RongHua wins GM Yang GuanLin

GM Hu RongHua wins GM Yang GuanLin

1981 WuYang Cup, China Xiangqi Championship Invitation

GM Zheng Weitong wins GM Hu Ronghua

GM Zheng Weitong wins GM Hu Ronghua

2014 3rd Biguiyuan Xiangqi Championship Invitation Tournament

Round 6
2014-12-04

Annotated by:

Wong Ping Loong @ http://xiangqielephantgame.blogspot.my

四川 郑惟桐 胜 上海 胡荣华

四川 郑惟桐 胜 上海 胡荣华

2014年第03届碧桂园杯全国象棋冠军邀请赛

第06轮
2014-12-04

简评:黄金龙

Wong Ping Loong @ http://xiangqielephantgame.blogspot.my