Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion...

six different champions, including three four-time champions Xie Jun, Hou Yifan, and the reigning champion Ju Wenjun. The championship has not always...

played between Mariya Muzychuk, the defending champion, and the challenger Hou Yifan to determine the FIDE Women's World Champion. The scheduled 10-game match...

of China (2005-2008) Hou Yao, pioneering film director, screenwriter, and theorist Hou Yaowen, actor Hou Yifan, chess player Hou You-yi, Deputy Mayor...

accessed 21 September 2014 ChessBase News: Hou Yifan, Short win Gibraltar, Short wins play=off ChessBase News: Hou Yifan beats Judit Polgar in an historic encounter...

previous record by three months (this record was subsequently broken by Hou Yifan in 2008). In October 2007, Humpy became the second female player, after...

title is no longer indicative of the upper echelon of chess overall, Hou Yifan has been the only player since 2000 to join Judit Polgár and Maia Chiburdanidze...

and challenger Hou Yifan, the previous champion and winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012. After seven of ten games Hou Yifan won the match 5...

players are from China, as is the world's highest rated woman player, Hou Yifan. The current World chess champion Ding Liren and Women's World chess champion...

fourth woman to reach a rating of 2600 after Judit Polgár, Koneru, and Hou Yifan. Following the tournament, she reached a career-best ranking of No. 197...