BEIJING — A competitor in Chinese language chess says he has sued the nationwide affiliation in China for psychological misery after he was stripped of a title for ingesting alcohol and defecating within the bathtub of his lodge room at a current competitors.
Yan Chenglong does not deny what occurred however wrote in a civil criticism this week that he drank a reasonable quantity of beer to have a good time his win with different gamers and that some meals had induced abdomen issues and he could not make it to the bathroom in time.
The criticism got here one week after a social media submit by the Chinese language Xiangqi Affiliation that described the ingesting and defecation. It stated an investigation had discovered that Yan broken lodge property, violated public order and good habits, and had a damaging influence on the match.
Chinese language chess, known as xiangqi in Chinese language, is a conventional board recreation that continues to be common, significantly amongst older individuals. Neighborhood residents play in parks and alongside sidewalks, typically with small crowds gathered round to observe.
Yan’s criticism — which calls for that the affiliation apologize, restore his fame within the media and pay him 100,000 yuan ($14,000) in damages — was mailed to a court docket in central China’s Henan province on Monday, in response to a submit on Yan’s social media account.
The submit contains images of the six pages of the criticism and an envelope with an categorical mail sticker addressed to a court docket in central China’s Henan province.
Calls to the Chinese language Xiangqi Affiliation weren’t answered on Thursday and Friday.
The chess affiliation stated in its submit that it had additionally appeared into experiences that Yan had cheated in the course of the match however was unable to substantiate them.