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Home » Chess Players » Chess Woman Grandmasters (WGM) » Hou Yifan – Chinese Grandmaster and 4-Time Women’s World Champion

Hou Yifan – Chinese Grandmaster and 4-Time Women’s World Champion

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Hou Yifan Chess Player Profile

Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Introducing the Chess profile of one of the best Chinese Chess players in history and four-time Women’s World Chess Champion, Hou Yifan. Additionally, Yifan is one of the best Female Chess players of all time. In fact, she’s the second highest rated female player of all time with current FIDE ratings over 2600 in all time controls.  For more information on FIDE and ratings, see the step-by-step guide on how to get a FIDE rating.

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Full name: Hou Yifan
Title: Grandmaster (2008)
Born: 27th February 1994
Place of birth: Xinghua, China

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