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February 27, 1994, Xinghua, Jiangsu province, China (age 30)

Hou Yifan (born February 27, 1994, Xinghua, Jiangsu province, China) is a Chinese chess player who was the youngest person to win the women’s world championship, in 2010; she also won the event in 2011, 2013, and 2016. Hou began playing chess when she was six years old. She began studying chess under Tong Yuanming, an International Master and a member of China’s national chess team. She became the youngest member of that team in 2003 and won her first international tournament in the girl’s under-10 division at the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) World Youth Chess Championship, held at ...(100 of 285 words)

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