Opening credits

Once the curtain was down, three-time Women’s World Chess Champion 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) solemnly thanked her fellow city Grandmaster 倪华 (Ní Huá) for all his backstage help: “Finally, I want to thank one person in particular: my coach 倪华 (Ní Huá). He devoted lots of time before the Women’s World Chess Championship match to preparing me both theoretically and physically. Without him I could not have succeeded in defending my title. One thing touched me most: his grandma died just after we moved to Vladivostok, but he didn’t tell me anything about it until the end of the match”. Photo: NetEase Sports.