Dear Prudence

13th Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) held a conversation and Q&A with the journalist Dominic Lawson about her plan to combine her chess career with her studies in international relations, the current state of the competitive chess scene, and whether the gender split in chess is a necessary one. The talk was hosted by Sir David Tang and recorded at China Exchange in Chinatown, London, United Kingdom on October 26, 2015.