Liu Chuang (snooker player) Liu Chuang (snooker player) Liu Chuang (Chinese: 刘闯, pinyin: Liú Chuǎng, born 6 June 1990) is a Chinese former professional snooker player. Liu grew up in Liaoning province in northeast China. Near his parents' house there was a snooker table and when he was 10 he played on it and liked it a lot. His father noticed his potential, and supported him as did the person who owned that table, who became his first coach. When he was 13, Liu travelled thousands of miles to play in southern China, where there were more professionals. There he improved and began to
Russian pyramid Russian pyramid Russian pyramid, also known as Russian billiard (, , ) or simply billiards in Russia and Ukraine, is a pocket billiards game, played on a table similar to a snooker table with narrow pockets. It is popular across Eastern Europe as well as countries of the former Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc. A variant with colored balls modeled on those of pool is known as Russian pool. Another variant, , is popular in Finland. In Western countries, the game is known as pyramid billiards. Russian pyramid is considered to be one of the most difficult billiards games. There are several