FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship will be held from December 26 (early December 27 in India) to December 31 (early ...

Youngest Women’s World Chess Champion: Hou Yifan won the Women’s World Chess Championship in 2010 at the age of 16 years, becoming the youngest female world champion.

He was taught to play at the age of 5 and became grandmaster by the age of 13 Hou Yifan, born in 1994, became youngest ever female grand master at the age of 14. Source: English Chess Federation ...

In the women's section, Chinese players occupy the top four places in the classical rankings, with former World Champion Hou Yifan occupying the top spot with a 2633 ELO rating followed by Ju Wenjun ...

Former World champion Hou Yifan tops the list with a 2633 ELO rating followed by Ju Wenjun (2561) at second, Tan Zhongyi (2561) at third and Lei Tingjie (2552) at fourth. Divya Deshmukh with a ...