Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation ⓘ; born 27 February 1994) [1] [2] [3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University. She is the second highest rated female player of all time. [4]

侯逸凡，1994年2月27日出生于江苏省兴化市 [1] [77]。 中国女子国际象棋队 队员， 国际象棋 特级大师 [78]。 1999年开始学习国际象棋。 2003年进入 中国国际象棋队。 2008年获得“男子国际特级大师”称号，成为当时拥有该称号的最年轻女棋手 [78]。 2010年首次获得 世界女子国际象棋锦标赛 冠军，成为历史上最年轻的世界 棋后 [2]；之后在2011年、2013年和2016年又三次夺得女子 国际象棋世界冠军，成为国际象棋史上最年轻的四冠棋后 [79]。 2012年在第10届 直布罗陀国际象 …

Despite being in only her mid-20s, Hou Yifan is widely considered to be the second-strongest female chess player in history (behind Judit Polgar). Among her top accomplishments are the four Women’s World Chess Championships Hou won before declining to participate in the event.

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2025年2月23日 · Hou Yifan (born February 27, 1994, Xinghua, Jiangsu province, China) is a Chinese chess player who was the youngest person to win the women’s world championship, in 2010; she also won the event in 2011, 2013, and 2016.

2019年9月28日 · Hou Yifan, the youngest women’s world champion in history, tells David Cox about her journey to become one of the strongest female players of all time. Find out her thoughts on a "battle of the sexes" match against Magnus Carlsen, and why she’s determined to combine her ambition to crack the 2700 rating...

2021年7月26日 · Hou has been the highest-rated active female chess player for the past six years. Photograph by Amiko Li for The New Yorker. Even by the standards of chess prodigies, Hou Yifan stood out. It...

2017年9月7日 · 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.

Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time. Once a chess prodigy, she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster (at the age of 14 years, 6 months, 2 days) and the youngest ever to win the Women’s World Chess ...

Hou Yifan (born February 27, 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is a four-time Women's World Champion.