GM Hou Yifan
People's Republic of ChinaHou Yifan is a Chinese Grandmaster and four-time Women's World Chess Champion who shattered age records by becoming the youngest female to earn the GM title and the youngest to win the Women's World Championship. She is the second-highest-rated female player in history, and her opening arsenal includes the Catalan, Caro-Kann, and Nimzo-Indian. Now a professor at Peking University, she continues to inspire a new generation of players.
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