Are you ready to hear some weird news? But really weird, those that you can’t believe and yet have no other option but to be overwhelmingly real. Let’s go to China, more specifically to the province of Haiqan, where an incredible Xiangqi competition took place on December 17th, a kind of Chinese chess in which the winner pocketed 12,757 euros (100,000 yuan). So far, everything is normal. But trust me: you won’t expect the rest.
Wow, that’s terrible
Xianqi is 2500 years old and its rules are clearly inspired by chess, although they have a different complexity. Certainly, it didn’t deserve a winner like Yan Chenglong, 48 years old, who defeated his rivals, pocketed the money, went out to drink and celebrate… And, upon returning to the hotel, he decided to defecate in the bathtub.
The hotel managers saw it and alerted the authorities, although in itself it was not something that could disqualify a player. Disgusting? Yes. Illegal? Not so much. But things get complicated because inside their, ahem, “gift”, the hotel says they found a remote-controlled anal massage device. And if you follow chess news, this is not news to you.
According to several people who watched the championship, Chenglong twisted rhythmically while playing the game. Why? Apparently, to send data about the game to a computer that returned the solutions in the form of anal vibrations. Of course, for many reasons, he has denied the accusations, giving a weighty reason to relieve himself in the bathtub instead of the toilet, like everyone else: he didn’t make it on time. Euh.
The Chinese Xianqi Association has stated that there is no way to know for sure if he used anal massagers to cheat, but his actions “damaged the hotel property, violated public order and good morals, had a negative impact on the competition and the Xiangqi event, and was characteristic of a bad person.” He had to return the champion belt, part of his winnings, and accept being disqualified from any championship for the next year. Next time he will think twice before moving that particular piece.
