Saturday, January 3, 2026

The Squared Circle

As a child prodigy, a dominant World champion and a university professor, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) has lived many lives — and she is just 31. Still the top-ranked woman, she intends to study neuroscience to understand the connection between the brain and chess patterns. She continues to awe the sport’s fans from time to time, like she did at the Global Chess League recently. She opens up in this conversation about her unique relationship with the game. [Read more].

“Chess for me represents not just the results. For instance, there is the beauty and philosophy of chess. That I find is more attractive than winning a game”, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) said. Photo: The Hindu.

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