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There's no doubt: Hou Yifan is China's top female chess player. But for her, that's old news. She wants to be one of the best among men. It's just a matter of what she's willing to give up to ...
World chess champion Hou Yifan of China holds the trophy at an award presentation ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 17, 2016.
Hou Yifan, a 16-year-old chess player from China, became the youngest world chess champion on Friday, toppling a record held since 1978. Ms. Hou defeated another Chinese player, Ruan Lufei, in the ...
Divya Deshmukh, the world junior number one, delivered a stunning performance by defeating world number one Hou Yifan of China at the World Blitz Team Chess Championship in London.
GIBRALTAR - Angered by continually having to play against other women, chess grandmaster Hou Yifan dramatically threw a game after just five moves at a tournament on Thursday (Feb 2). Read more at ...
Taking to X he wrote, "Congratulations to Divya Deshmukh on defeating the World No. 1, Hou Yifan in the 2nd leg of Blitz semifinal at the World Team Blitz Championships, London.
There's no doubt: Hou Yifan is China's top female chess player. But for her, that's old news. She wants to be one of the best among men. It's just a matter of what she's willing to give up to ...