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Great players of all time: What Hou Yifan is your opinion?

Hou Yifan is crowned 2010 World Champion: http://chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=9106

"Hou Yifan China's young player of 16 years, is the new Women's World Champion and the youngest of all time "('Chessbase')

Hou Yifan beat

Ruan Lufei to the final of the 2010 World Championship

The closing of the Women's World Championship: http://chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=9116

The president of the FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with Yifan You

"By clinching the world title at 16 years old, the new World Chess Champion, Hou Yifan has even surpassed that feat Maia Chiburdanidze, which was crowned champion at 17. Hou, after Xie Jun (1991-1996 and 1999-2001), Zhu Chen (2001-2003) and Xu Yuhua (2006-2008) is the fourth champion the world comes from China. The China women's national team won Olympic gold chess between 1998 and 2004 on four occasions. Of the eight participants in Antakya, three reached the semifinals. There is no denying that there is some dominance of Chinese chess. Its achievements are being the more extraordinary, given that chess has no tradition in the Middle Kingdom. Chess is a sport that hardly has been practiced in China. " ('Chessbase')

• The China Hou Yifan, the latest prodigy chess
• http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/gen/20101228/54094466726/noticia/la-china-hou-yifan- el-ultimo-wonder-of-ajedrez.html
• Hou Yifan, the Grand Master earlier:
• http://www.lavanguardia.es/deportes/otros/20101231/54097016917/hou-yifan-la-gran-maestro-mas-precoz.html
• Yifan in the New York Times:
• http://chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=9159 Reviews
• victory and Hou Yifan interview :
• http://chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=9171

Hou Yifan Biography: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yifan

"Like almost all his countrymen, Hou Yifan is a very aggressive style" . "He plays with the simplicity of genius" (MF Leontxo Garcia, 'El País')

bright 6 games commented by Hou Yifan Leontxo Garcia:

• Terrible China's 13 years. Hou Yifan vs. Perez Candelario 2007: http://www.elpais.com/static/misc/ajedrez/29marzo.htm
• China Amazing 13. Hou Yifan vs . Short 2008: http://www.elpais.com/misc/ajedrez/15ene08.htm
• Hou Yifan wins at 14. Hou Yifan vs . Yildiz 2008: http://www.elpais.com/misc/ajedrez/23mar08.htm
• Hou shines bright at 15. Hou Yifan vs . Koneru 2009: http://www.elpais.com/misc/ajedrez/15abril09.htm
• tough quinceañera. Naiditsch vs . Hou Yifan 2009: http://www.elpais.com/misc/ajedrez/26noviembre09.htm
• Hou, champion at age 16. Hou Yifan vs . Koneru 16.12.2010: http://www.elpais.com/misc/ajedrez/27diciembre10.htm

Other items recommended:

• vs Van der Wiel. Hou Yifan 2007:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1444609
• vs Smeets. Hou Yifan 2008:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1482263
• vs Hou Yifan. Laznicka 2008:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1485610
• Like Yifan vs. Vallejo Pons 2009:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1532029

Like Yifan vs. Vallejo Pons, 2009. Posición trass 25.Tge1!

• Like Yifan vs. Sasikiran 2009:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1531119
• Fierro Baquero vs. Like Yifan 2009:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1538654
• vs Hou Yifan. Beliavsky 2009:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1554917
• vs Hou Yifan. Koneru 2010:
• http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1602635

more notable items: http://www.chessgames.com/player/yifan_hou. html