Hou Yifan is a Chinese female grandmaster. She become youngest women’s world champion. Currently she ranked 1st in women chess players and rated 2659. Hou Yifan’s peak rating is 2686 (March 2015).

Rating Stats

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Hou Yifan’s Chess Games

Hou Yifan played against many strong players in the world, like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri and many more. We will watch her games with top players in the world.

Hou Yifan vs Carlsen

Hou Yifan played few games against Carlsen. She lost all games to a monster! (No Doubt), she was able to draw 1 game which is presented here.

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2838"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.04.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rc6 17. a5 Nd7 18. b3 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Qe3 g6 22. g3 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Rd5 Rcc6 25. Nd2 Nb7 26. Nc4 Rb5 27. Qa7 Qc7 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Nxd6 Nxd6 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxd6 Rxc2 32. Rd5 Re2 33. Rxe5 b4 34. Rb5 Rxe4 35. Kg2 Rd4 36. Kf1 Re4 37. Kg2 Rd4 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hou Yifan vs Caruana [Blitz Game]

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"] [Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"] [Date "2017.04.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.04.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. d4 Nf5 9. Nf3 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Nce7 12. Qc2 c6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Nf1 f6 15. h3 Rf7 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Re2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Rae1 g5 21. Ng3 Nxg3 22. Bxg3 a5 23. Qd2 a4 24. b4 axb3 25. axb3 Ng6 26. h4 gxh4 27. Nxh4 Nxh4 28. Bxh4 Qf8 29. Qf4 Bd6 30. Qd4 Rd8 31. Re3 Bc8 32. b4 Kg7 33. Bb5 Bc7 34. Re8 Qd6 35. Bg3 Qb6 36. Qd3 Bd7 37. Bxd7 Rdxd7 38. Qf5 Bxg3 39. Qg4+ Kh6 40. Qh3+ 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hou, Yifan vs Kramnik

[Event "Medias Kings m rapid 10th"] [Site "Medias"] [Date "2016.11.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2016.11.28"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 c5 8. Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ba6 10. c3 Nbc6 11. Be2 Na5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nd6 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Rd3 h6 18. Kh1 Nc6 19. a3 Rc7 20. h3 Rfc8 21. Qf2 cxd4 22. cxd4 Na5 23. f5 Rc2 24. Qg3 exf5 25. Nh4 Rc1 26. Rdf3 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Nxf5 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rc7 30. Kh2 Nb3 31. Rf3 Nd2 32. Rd3 Rc2 33. b4 Nc4 34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nxd5 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Ne3 b5 38. Kg3 Nb1 39. Nc2 Ke7 40. Kg4 Ke6 41. Kxg5 Kd5 42. h4 Nc3 43. h5 Ne2 44. Ne3+ Kxd4 45. Nf5+ Kxe5 46. Nxg7 f6+ 47. Kg6 Nf4+ 48. Kf7 Kd5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hou, Yifan vs Nakamura, Hikaru

She played many games against nakamura but she was unable to win any game against him, she drew few games one of them is mentioned here.

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"] [Site "Hoogeveen"] [Date "2012.10.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2623"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2012.10.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 15. c3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd7 19. Rc2 Kh7 20. Nd2 g6 21. Qa7 Rb8 22. Nc4 f5 23. Qb6 Rfc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Nb6 Bc6 26. f3 Bg5 27. Nc4 b5 28. Bxc6 bxc4 29. Bd5 cxb3 30. axb3 Rb6 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ra1 Rc5 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Ra4 Bd8 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rxc2 38. Kxc2 Bb6 39. Kb3 Kf6 40. Kc4 Ke7 41. h3 Kd7 42. Bf7 fxe4 43. fxe4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Ra3 Rf8 46. Ra6 Kc7 47. Ra2 g5 48. Rc2 Rf2 49. Rxf2 Bxf2 50. g4 Be1 51. Be6 d5+ 52. exd5 e4 53. Kd4 Bxb4 54. Kxe4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Ba5 56. Kg6 Bd8 57. Kxh6 Ke5 58. Kg6 Be7 59. Kf7 Bb4 60. Ke8 Kd6 61. Bg8 Bd2 62. Kf8 Ba5 63. Kg7 Ke5 64. Kg6 Bd8 65. Kg7 Be7 66. Kf7 Bb4 67. Kg6 Be7 68. Be6 Bd8 69. Kf7 Kd6 70. Ke8 Ba5 71. Kf7 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

Hou, Yifan vs Polgar, Judit

It will be a tough match when two world champions face each other. Have a look at this game below.

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"] [Site "Caleta"] [Date "2012.01.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2012.01.24"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GGB"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Ke7 13. Rhd1 Nf4 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. R6d2 g5 16. Na4 d5 17. g3 Ng6 18. Re1 Kf6 19. Bh5 Rb4 20. Nc3 d4 21. e5+ Nxe5 22. Ne4+ Ke7 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. f4 Rb5 27. Rde2 Kf6 28. Bf3 c5 29. a4 Rb4 30. Rxc5 Rxa4 31. b3 Rb4 32. Be4 Bg4 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Ree5 Be6 36. Kd2 Rbb6 37. Ra5 Rbc6 38. Ra4 Rb6 39. Re4 Bf5 40. Rexd4 Re6 41. Bc4 Rec6 42. Ra5 Bc8 43. Bd3 Be6 44. Rd8 Bc8 45. Rad5 Be6 46. Rh5 Kg7 47. f5 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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