Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess grandmaster and four time Women's World Chess Champion, holding the title in 2010 to 2012, 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to 2017. She became a grandmaster in 2008 at fourteen years and six months old, the youngest woman ever to do so, and won her first Women's World Championship in 2010 at age sixteen, making her the youngest women's world champion in history. She reached a peak rating of 2686 in 2015, the second highest of any female player ever, and has been ranked the world's top woman player since September 2015.
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Career HighlightFour-time Women's World Chess Champion; youngest female player ever to qualify for the grandmaster title, at 14 years, 6 months, 16 days, and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship, at age 16. 1 Classification
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Why did Hou Yifan stop playing in the Women's World Chess Championship?
She left the championship cycle after her 2016 win because of objections to its changing format.
After winning the 2016 title match, Hou Yifan dropped out of the Women's World Championship cycle a couple of months later. Chess.com reports that she cited objections to the format, mainly the back-and-forth between knockout tournaments and matches.
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Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University.
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Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University.
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is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University.
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A chess prodigy, she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster (at the age of 14 years, 6 months, 2 days) and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship (at age 16).
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Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University.
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A chess prodigy, she was the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of grandmaster (at the age of 14 years, 6 months, 2 days) and the youngest ever to win the Women's World Chess Championship (at age 16).
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