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Shinsaku Uesugi (上杉 晋作, Uesugi Shinsaku, born April 17, 1991 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese chess player who holds the title of FIDE master. [1] He won the 40th Japanese Chess Championship in May 2007 and became the youngest ever national champion (16 years, 18 days old).
Cambodian chess players (1 P) ... Japanese chess players (11 P) Jordanian chess players (3 P) K. ... Vietnamese chess players (24 P) Y.
Khmer Krom or Southern Khmer is spoken by the indigenous Khmer population of the Mekong Delta, formerly controlled by the Khmer Empire but part of Vietnam since 1698. Khmers are persecuted by the Vietnamese government for using their native language and, since the 1950s, have been forced to take Vietnamese names. [ 22 ]
Only two are presently considered to be the national languages of sovereign states: Vietnamese in Vietnam, and Khmer in Cambodia. The Mon language is a recognized indigenous language in Myanmar and Thailand, while the Wa language is a "recognized national language" in the de facto autonomous Wa State within Myanmar.
In July 2015, Trần moved to Japan to work for an engineering company, and he also joined a chess club in the country. [1] [3] In September 2016, Trần began representing Japan at the 42nd Chess Olympiad. In 2020, he was the team captain. [1] Trần has been the Japanese national champion in 2016, 2018, and 2020.
Paul Truong (born June 2, 1965) is an American and Cambodian chess player, trainer, and organizer. He was born Trương Hoài Nhân in Saigon, South Vietnam. [2] Truong holds the USCF title of National Master [3] and the FIDE title of FIDE Master. He is married to former Women's World Chess Champion Susan Polgár. [4]
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Shogi (将棋, shōgi, English: / ˈ ʃ oʊ ɡ i /, [1] Japanese:), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess , chaturanga , xiangqi , Indian chess , and janggi .