Hong Kong's Phung Gia Tuan won the men's individual title at the 2026 Asian Xiangqi Championship in the Philippines, defeating China's Vuong Vu Bac in the final's blitz tiebreak, VnExpress reported. The players drew the slower games before the contest was settled under a five-minute time control with a three-second increment. The result ended a run of five successive Chinese champions. The previous champion representing another team was Vietnam's Nguyen Hoang Lam, who won the title in Macau in 2011.