Hou Yifan

Hou Yifan (February 27, 1994 -), a native of Xinghua City, Jiangsu Province, China, is a chess grandmaster. She has won the Women's World Chess Championship three times. She is the youngest female player to win a grandmaster and the youngest women's world champion in history. As of February 2025, she ranks first in the World Chess Federation's women's world rankings, 72 points ahead of second-placed Ju Wenjun. In July 2020, he was appointed as a full professor at the School of Physical Education of Shenzhen University, making him the youngest professor in the history of Shenzhen University.