2007

• Qitian Dasheng defended its title at the 12th ICGA and CCMC
• Xiangqi Xuanfeng’s strength continued to improve, winning at CCMC
• Multi-threaded parallel search began to be applied in engines

2008

• Intella (Yitian Xiangqi) won gold at the 13th ICGA in Beijing
• ICGA held its tournament in mainland China for the first time
• Xiangqi engine strength began to surpass some human Grandmasters

2009

• TMSK (Tianma Xingkong) won gold at the 14th ICGA
• Xiangqi Mingshou won CCMC for the first time
• Jiajia Xiangqi was first released
• Xiangqi engine strength comprehensively reached Grandmaster level

2010

• Shiga (Xiangqi Shijia) won gold at the 15th ICGA
• Xiangqi Xuanfeng (Tornado) won at CCMC
• Cloud computing and cloud book concepts began to be discussed in the Xiangqi engine community
• Mobile Xiangqi engines began to appear (iOS/Android)

Volume XIII: Xiangqi Yearbook: 2011-2022 Key Events

2011

• The Xiangqi Association promulgated the revised “Chinese Xiangqi Competition Rules” (2011 edition)
• Xiangqi Mingshou won CCMC again
• Engine parallel search scalability further improved

2012

• Xiangqi Mingshou continued to win CCMC, establishing its dominance
• The Xiangqi Cloud Book (chessdb.cn) began construction and data accumulation