Hou Yifan's astonishing result at Tradewise Gibraltar last week marks a highly significant break-through for women's chess. China's 17-year-old beat four elite grandmasters, outplayed the great ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded India’s chess sensation Divya Deshmukh for her first-ever victory over World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the second leg of the blitz semifinal at the World Team ...
FIVE MINUTES BEFORE the eighth round of the World Chess Grand Prix in Geneva, the room was silent. The competitors had taken their seats, 18 of the world's best chess players facing off across nine ...
If chess is ritualised psychological domination, China's Hou Yifan has Humpy Koneru in her pocket. Hou, the world women's champion at the age of 17, has just retained her title by defeating her Indian ...
Hou Yifan from China won the Women’s World Chess Championship for the second time in the last three years. The Chinese prodigy has arguably been the best women player in the history of the game and is ...
The 19-year-old Chinese GM Hou Yifan regained the Women’s World Chess Championship title from Anna Ushenina, 29, of Ukraine in possibly the most one-sided match in the history of the competition at ...
There was a changing of the guard at the top of the world rankings a few years ago, led by Magnus Carlsen, the current No. 1. But Judit Polgar’s spot at the top of the women’s list has been secure.
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