As many good chess players in Singapore, if you have 棋 as your 一生, you will have a lot of unhappiness as we do not have the living environment for professional chess players.
It is better for you to treat 棋 as 人生, 人生 as 棋, then you will live more happier, right ?
I push for xiangqi activities, if the end results not up to my expectations, I just accept them and move on, or the worst, move away.