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This was Hou Yifan's first major team tournament and she was the youngest participant there, at eleven years of age. [41] She played as second reserve and finished with 0/3. [ 42 ] The Chinese women's team drew one match and lost all of their others (+0 =1 −7), finishing last. [ 43 ]
Judit Polgár's record as the youngest female grandmaster lasted a little over a decade until it was broken by Koneru Humpy in 2002 at the age of 15 years and 1 month. Hou Yifan then became the youngest female grandmaster in 2008 at 14 years and 6 months. [28] Hou also reached the top 100 in 2014, peaking at No. 55 a year later. [34]
Chinese progress has been underpinned by large government support and testing competition in numerous tough events. As of May 2023, eight of the world's top hundred players are from China, as is the world's highest rated woman player, Hou Yifan. [2] The former World chess champion Ding Liren and Women's World chess champion Ju Wenjun is also ...
Hou Yifan: 2686 2015-03 1994 Youngest female grandmaster (since 2008), female world no. 1 (since 2015), highest-ranked Chinese female player (since 2008) 3 India: Koneru Humpy: 2623 2009-07 1987 Highest-ranked Indian female player (since 2001), formerly youngest female grandmaster (2002–2008) 4 Russia: Aleksandra Goryachkina: 2611 2021-08 1998
Since Hou Yifan won the Grand Prix, her challenger was the runner-up, Koneru Humpy. [2] In 2011 Hou Yifan successfully defended her women's world champion title in the Women's World Chess Championship 2011 in Tirana, Albania against Koneru Humpy. Hou won three games and drew five in the ten-game match, winning the title with two games to spare.
Hou Yifan: 2633 2 Ju Wenjun: 2563 3 Tan Zhongyi: 2551 4 Lei Tingjie ... Juniors are considered to be male players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the ...
The title was won by Hou Yifan from China who beat her compatriot Ruan Lufei in the final by 5–3, at 16 years of age making her the youngest Women's World Chess Champion in history. [ 1 ] Participants
Ju started learning to play chess at the age of seven. [4] In December 2004, Ju Wenjun placed third in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut. [5] This result qualified her to play in her first Women's World Chess Championship in 2006. She competed in this event also in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017.