After the Ceremony

17th Women’s World Chess Champion 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) and Mrs. 单霞丽 (Dān Xiálì), President of 上海 (Shànghǎi) Chess Academy, enjoying the after coronation ceremony, which consecrated for the first time in Chinese chess history a Queen from 上海 (Shànghǎi). They have, however, only a semester to succeed in keeping the crown in safety until the world is free of FIDE “knockouters”. How will they manage where all earlier Queens have failed? Photo collage: 杨翼 (Yáng Yì).