Chess in China

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Chapters: Chess in Hong Kong, China at the Chess Olympiads, Chinese chess players, Feng-hsiung Hsu, Hou Yifan, China national chess team results, Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, Zhang Pengxiang, Ni Hua, Wang Hao, Pearl Spring chess tournament, Xie Jun, Li Chao, Zhao Zong-Yuan, Ding Liren, Chinese Chess Association, Yu Yangyi, Liang Chong, Shen Yang, Wang Puchen, Asian Chess Championship, Ye Jiangchuan, Xu Yuanyuan, Zhu Chen, Zhou Weiqi, Ruan Lufei, Ye Rongguang, Liu Wenzhe, Zhang Zhong, China Chess League, Chen Zude, Wu Wenjin, Zhao Xue, Xu Yuhua, Wang Zili, Liang Jinrong, Hong Kong Chess Federation, Liu Shilan, Zhou Jianchao, Li Ruofan, Chinese Chess Championship, Peng Xiaomin, David H. Li, Huang Qian, Ju Wenjun, Lin Weiguo, Wang Lei, Rudolph Sze, Yu Shaoteng, Wang Pin, Ignatius Leong, Zhao Jun, Wen Yang, Qi Jingxuan, Wang Rui, Peng Zhaoqin, Chen De, Li Zunian, Li Wenliang, Gong Qianyun, Wu Mingqian, Tan Zhongyi, Xu Jun, Zhang Jilin, Tian Tian, Wu Shaobin, Qin Kanying, Gu Xiaobing, Lin Ta, Tong Yuanming, Zhang Weida, Yin Hao, Zhao Lan, Yang Kaiqi, Li Shilong, An Yangfeng, Yang Xian, 2nd Women World Team Chess Championship, Tan Chengxuan, Ning Chunhong, Li Shongjian, Xiu Deshun, Gao Rui, Chang Tung Lo, Zhang Xiaowen. Excerpt: The People's Republic of China (PRC) first competed at the Chess Olympiads in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The women's team began competing in 1980. "Men's" teams in the Olympiads can include female players. Both teams have competed ever since, with the next being the 38th Chess Olympiad in November 2008 (Dresden, Germany). By alphabetical order. By alphabetical order. Hou Yifan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán ·)) (born February 27, 1994, in Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China) is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever, and the youngest ever female player to qualify for the title of Grandmaster. At the age of 12, she became the youngest ever player to participate at the FIDE Women's World Championship (Yekaterinburg 2006) and at the Chess Olympiad (Torino 2006). In June 2007, she became China's youngest ever National Women's Champion. She achieved the titles of Woman FIDE Master in January 2004, Woman Grandmaster in January 2007, International Master in September 2008, for reaching the final of the Women's World Championship. In 2010, she became the youngest World Chess Champion in history (men's or women's) by winning the Women's World Championship in Hatay, Turkey at the age of 16. In the most recent (May 2011) FIDE rating list, she is ranked as the No.1 girl player in the world, the No. 3 female player, the No. 14 junior player, and the No. 3 player of either sex born in 1994 or later. She is only the third female chess player to achieve a FIDE rating of more than 2600. In January 2011, Hou Yifan was recognized as the best Sportsperson of the Year in China involved in a sport that is not included in the Olympic category. Hou started playing chess regularly at the age of 6, but was already fascinated with the game when she was 3 years old. "I took up chess because I was fascinated by the pieces - I just liked it. In the future, I want to be a professional chess player or maybe study to be a doctor", she said