About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Feng-hsiung Hsu, Hou Yifan, Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhang Pengxiang, Ni Hua, Wang Hao, Xie Jun, Li Chao, Zhao Zong-Yuan, Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Liang Chong, Shen Yang, Wang Puchen, Ye Jiangchuan, Xu Yuanyuan, Zhu Chen, Zhou Weiqi, Ruan Lufei, Ye Rongguang, Liu Wenzhe, Zhang Zhong, Chen Zude, Wu Wenjin, Zhao Xue, Xu Yuhua, Wang Zili, Liang Jinrong, Liu Shilan, Zhou Jianchao, Li Ruofan, Peng Xiaomin, David H. Li, Huang Qian, Ju Wenjun, Lin Weiguo, Wang Lei, Rudolph Sze, Yu Shaoteng, Wang Pin, Ignatius Leong, Zhao Jun, Wen Yang, Qi Jingxuan, Wang Rui, Peng Zhaoqin, Chen De, Li Zunian, Li Wenliang, Gong Qianyun, Wu Mingqian, Tan Zhongyi, Xu Jun, Zhang Jilin, Tian Tian, Wu Shaobin, Qin Kanying, Gu Xiaobing, Lin Ta, Tong Yuanming, Zhang Weida, Yin Hao, Zhao Lan, Yang Kaiqi, Li Shilong, An Yangfeng, Yang Xian, Tan Chengxuan, Ning Chunhong, Li Shongjian, Xiu Deshun, Gao Rui, Chang Tung Lo, Zhang Xiaowen. Excerpt: Hou Yifan (Chinese: pinyin: Hou Yifan .)) (born February 27, 1994, in Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest ever female player to qualify for the title of Grandmaster. At the age of 12, she became the youngest ever player to participate at the FIDE Women's World Championship (Yekaterinburg 2006) and at the Chess Olympiad (Torino 2006). In June 2007, she became China's youngest ever National Women's Champion. She achieved the titles of Woman FIDE Master in January 2004, Woman Grandmaster in January 2007, and International Master in September 2008 by reaching the final of the Women's World Championship. In 2010, she became the youngest World Chess Champion in history (men's or women's) by winning the Women's World Championship in Hatay, Turkey at the age of 16. In the most recent (Jul...