Zheng Weitong
 Zheng in 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | March 26, 1994 Chengdu, China | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Xiangqi | |||||||||||||||||
Rank | Grandmaster (stripped) | |||||||||||||||||
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Highest world ranking | No. 2 (January 2015)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 2755 (January 2023, rating)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Zheng Weitong (Chinese: 郑惟桐; born March 26, 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.[2][3]
In 2015, Zheng won both the national championship and the World Xiangqi Championship.[4]
In 2020, he began studying business administration at Tsinghua University.[2]
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.[5]
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.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Player: Zheng WeiTong History Rating". 01xq.com.
- 1 2 "创纪录22连胜！90后郑惟桐直播教棋，象棋也要互联网思维". thepaper.cn (in Chinese). November 19, 2021.
- ↑ "最年轻的棋王郑惟桐狂杀谢靖". sports.eastday.com (in Chinese). October 9, 2017. Archived from the original on June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Binh, Xuan (January 12, 2025). "Chinese xiangqi grandmasters banned for life in match-fixing scandal". e.vnexpress.net.
- ↑ "200金！郑惟桐夺得杭州亚运会象棋男子个人金牌". hznews.hangzhou.com.cn (in Chinese). October 7, 2023.
- ↑ "中国象棋协会关于对赵鑫鑫等41名违规人员进行处罚的情况通报". news.cctv.com (in Chinese). January 12, 2025.