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The world is huge, right? Its not just a chessboard and pieces: Hou Yifan

As a child prodigy, a dominant World champion and a university professor, Hou has lived many lives and she is just 31. Still the top-ranked woman, she intends to study neuroscience to understand the connection between the brain and chess patterns. She opens up in this conversation about her unique relationship with the game

2 Jan 2026 11:21 pm