Bronze by Gold

Although she had had to content herself with only the bronze medal, women’s world No. 1 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) looked not at all heartbroken over her “failure”. “I feel very happy to see two of my young teammates winning the gold medal in the Women’s and Men’s Individual Rapid Chess. It is a collective success story of the Chinese school of chess”, she said. She is also convinced, however, that China is not the centre of the world, at least in chess: “We cannot ignore many other Asian countries, such as Uzbekistan, India, and Kazakhstan. They are also extremely competitive”. Photo: 新华社 (Xīnhuá News Agency).