The Chess Master

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The Chess Master
cover of the 2005 English-Chinese bilingual edition
Author	Ah Cheng
Original title	棋王 Qíwáng
Translator	W.J.F. Jenner (2005)
Country	China
Language	Chinese
Publication date	1984

The Chess Master (Chinese: 棋王; pinyin: Qíwáng; lit. 'Chess King'), is a 1984 novella by Chinese writer Ah Cheng.^[a] It features characters who are part of the Down to the Countryside Movement, which occurred after the Cultural Revolution. Written from the point of view of an unnamed narrator, it describes the titular character, Wang Yisheng, and what drives him to play xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess.

In 1988, it was adapted into a film called Chess King.
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