World women's No.1 Hou Yifan made her presence felt when it mattered the most for Fabiano Caruana-led Alpine SG Pipers in the Global Chess League on Sunday. With the Pipers playing consecutive matches ...

Hou Yifan excelled in both Alpine SG Pipers wins to take the team to the second spot while Triveni Continental Kings sealed the final spot in the Global Chess League on Saturday. Defending champions ...

Hou Yifan defeats reigning world champion Maria Muzychuk from Ukraine, earning 1 point to surpass the winning margin of 5.5 points and end the 10-game match before the schedule in Ukraine's western ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday extended his congratulations to Indian chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh on her remarkable victory over World No.1 Hou Yifan in the second leg of the Blitz ...

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The Indian chess world witnessed a monumental feat when 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh scripted history after defeating World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the Blitz semifinals of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team ...

WASHINGTON -- If there's a human face on Rising China, it belongs not to some Politburo chief, not to an Internet tycoon, but to a quiet, mild-mannered teenage girl named Hou Yifan. Hou (whose name is ...

Hou Yifan, 16, the 13th and youngest world champion in the history of the women's chess, is interviewed at the airport, Beijing, Dec 27. Hou beat teammate Ruan Lufei at the just-concluded women's ...

Three-time women's world champion Hou Yifan won both her games with black pieces to help SG Pipers register two victories on the penultimate day of the league stage and jump to second spot on Match ...