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| Born | March 1994 (age 30) Chengdu, China | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Xiangqi | |||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Grandmaster (stripped) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | No. 2 (January 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 2755 (January 2023, rating) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zheng Weitong (Chinese: 郑惟桐; born March 1994) is a Chinese former xiangqi grandmaster.
Career
In 2014, Zheng won the National Individual Championship and earned the Grandmaster title, becoming the first champion born in the 1990s.
In 2015, Zheng won both the national championship and the World Xiangqi Championship.
In 2020, he began studying business administration at Tsinghua University.
In October 2023, he won the men's individual gold medal in xiangqi in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, becoming the 200th Chinese gold medalist in that event. He also helped the mixed team win the gold medal.
In January 2025, Zheng, alongside 40 other xiangqi players (including grandmasters Zhao Xinxin and Wang Yang), were penalized for match-fixing and bribery. Zheng was given a lifetime suspension and was stripped of his grandmaster title. At the time of the suspension, Zheng was the No. 2 ranked xiangqi player in the world.
References
- ^ "Player:Zheng WeiTong History Rating".
- ^ "创纪录22连胜！90后郑惟桐直播教棋，象棋也要互联网思维". November 19, 2021.
- "最年轻的棋王郑惟桐狂杀谢靖". October 9, 2017.
- Binh, Xuan (January 12, 2025). "Chinese xiangqi grandmasters banned for life in match-fixing scandal".
- "200金！郑惟桐夺得杭州亚运会象棋男子个人金牌". October 7, 2023.
- "Investigations into Chinese chess 'Recording Gate' scandal revealed, 3 grandmasters banned for life". January 12, 2025.