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Hou Yifan

1994 - Today

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Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, three-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University. She is the second-highest rated female player of all time. 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, 16 days) and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship (at age 16). At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the Women's World Championship (Yekaterinburg 2006) and the Chess Olympiad (Torino 2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2024). Hou Yifan is the 298th most popular chess player (down from 290th in 2024), the 1,167th most popular biography from China (up from 1,186th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Hou Yifan ranks 298 out of 461. Before her are Yoshiharu Habu, Eduardas Rozentalis, Ju Wenjun, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ivan Cheparinov, and Alireza Firouzja. After her are Sergei Movsesian, Gabriel Sargissian, Vidit Gujrathi, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Ilya Smirin, and Karen Asrian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Hou Yifan ranks 212. Before her are Gong Myung, Brice Samba, Shroud, Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Takuya Hashiguchi, and Shota Saito. After her are Kaan Ayhan, Vidit Gujrathi, Junior Malanda, Rani Khedira, Lucas Pouille, and Albert Rusnák.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hou Yifan ranks 1,167 out of 1,610. Before her are Simu Liu (1989), Wang Wenbin (null), Eric Yuan (1970), Lynn Hung (1980), Wang Hong (1965), and Shen Xue (1978). After her are Chen Yueling (1968), Yang Yang (1976), Elizabeth Williams (null), Zhuang Xiaoyan (1969), Sun Fuming (1974), and Chen Longcan (1965).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In China

Among chess players born in China, Hou Yifan ranks 6. Before her are Xie Jun (1970), Zhu Chen (1976), Ding Liren (1992), Xu Yuhua (1976), and Ju Wenjun (1991). After her are Ye Jiangchuan (1960), Wang Yue (1987), Qin Kanying (1974), Peng Zhaoqin (1968), Tan Zhongyi (1991), and Zhang Zhong (1978).

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