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Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation (help·info)) (born February 27, 1994, in Xinghua, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's...
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Chess: Chess: World Championship to Be Held in India
News Source: International Herald Tribune | 7 days agoThe World Chess Federation has decided that the World Championship match in November will be held in Chennai, India , the hometown of the titleholder, Viswanathan Anand , and that the prizes will total $2.55 million. Magnus Carlsen , the Norwegian -
Pawn turns into bishop
News Source: Indian Express | 4 months agoSince then 28 Indians have attained the title but Anand still remains the country's standard bearer. At the just-concluded Tata steel tournament, it was Anand that continued to hog the limelight with a performance that included a dizzying high and a -
China's Top 10 Sports News in 2012
News Source: China Peoples Daily | 5 months agoTop 10 cultural news of 2012 in China Chess world champion Hou Yifan claimed a historical victory over Hungarian Judit Polgar, the strongest female player of all time, on Jan 31, 2012 in their first over-the-board encounter in Gibraltar. The 17-year- -
RI beats ‘blundering' France
News Source: The Jakarta Post | 5 months agoThe tournament featured blitz, rapid and classical chess games, with each member of the four-person Indonesian team squaring off against each member of the four-person French team in separate matches. The victory was hailed as an outstanding -
Anand to ?play a lot? in 2013
News Source: The Hindu | 5 months agoWorld chess champion Viswanathan Anand wants to get over his run of rusty performances in tournaments by playing a lot of chess in the coming year. Speaking on the sidelines of the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year Awards function in the Capital on -
World Women's chess crown goes to Ukrainian
News Source: Russia Today | 6 months agoChess masters Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand will get an artistic surrounding for their duel as one of Moscow finest art museums, the Tretyakov Gallery was chosen to host their world championship mind clash...After draws in the first two blitz -
Indians look to exceed expectations
News Source: The Hindu | 9 months agoAugust 28, 2012 The Indian teams, without the services of Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy, will be looking to play above their seeding in the biennial Chess Olympiad that opens at the Wow Convention Centre, Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday. The -
Humpy joint first at Kazan Grand Prix chess
News Source: India Abroad | 11 months agoWomen Grand Prix [ Images ] Chess in Kazan, Russia [ Images ]. She was tied at 7.5 points with the higher rated Anna Muzychuk of Slovakia. The Grand Prix Chess 2011-12 is a series of six tournaments and the Kazan event was the fourth. World champion
