蝴蝶效应 (Butterfly effect)

And, thus, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion and Rhodes Scholar 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) poured out her supernatural blessing over the 10th anniversary ceremony of the 海南 (Hǎinán) 儋州 (Dānzhōu) Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament. Other lesser goddesses too took part in the commencement ceremony — current European Women’s Individual Chess Champion Alina Anatolyevna Kashlinskaya, Woman Grandmaster Jovana Vojinović-Rapport, former Olympic gold medalist in diving 许艳梅 (Xǔ Yànméi), and so on — but, in the end, only one shined brighter than Caïssa, and perhaps was the Goddess herself. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the only woman to have played four of the ten super-tournaments “for men only” — since the first one in 2010 — fled from Oxford, where she’s studying for a Master of Public Policy (MPP), just to bring her good wishes to all participants. But an unexpected surprise was waiting for her on stage. She was awarded a most special prize — though almost the only one for women only: namely, the “Most Charming Female Player Award”. Quite a paradox, but one that has conquered the world. Photos: 樊璐璐 (Fán Lùlù).