Valentine’s Day Approximately

In her post-match interview to Grandmasters Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk and Irina Borisivna Krush, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) humbly commented on her almost unbelievable comeback after six straight losses in the 5/1 segment: “To be honest, I really had no idea what was going on in the match because I had a very poor start. I missed a couple of very good positions, so I thought: it’s not a match. It’s Valentina’s day. I tried to fight back in the segment of 3+1 while I just decided to play something random, and somehow it worked... I felt like I was very lucky to win a match that way. It shouldn’t be like this”, she said. Screenshot from the live stream.