- Louisa Thomas, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) and the Wait for Chess’s First Woman World Champion, The New Yorker, July 26, 2021 (Published in the print edition of the August 2, 2021 issue with the headline “Queenside”)
“I’m sure that my future life will have a connection with chess, maybe a deep connection”, she said. “This connection is there all the time”. She has been working with a group of psychologists and statisticians on a paper exploring why there are so few women in chess at all levels. The insights she contributes are gleaned from her own career. Whether or not there is an “innate difference” between men and women, she said, what interests her is the way “society shapes you”. [Read more]. |
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) has been the highest-rated active female chess player for the past six years. Photo © 李文嘉（Amiko Lǐ）for The New Yorker. |
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