Dressing for Dinner in the Naked City

Chinese Chess Association (CCA)’s Secretary-General 叶江川 (Yè Jiāngchuān) and 上海 (Shànghǎi)’s 伊芙心悦 (Eve NY) Fashion Company Limited’s CEO Mrs. 沈宏 (Chén Hóng) signed an endorsement deal at the Sports management center of Chinese Sports General Administration in 北京 (Běijīng), March 10, 2017. It is the historical day when Chinese women’s chess team became brand ambassadors for 上海 (Shànghǎi)’s 伊芙心悦 (Eve NY) Fashion Company Limited.

Grandmaster and Challenger in next year’s Women’s World Chess Championship match 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) wearing an elegant raincoat. Photo: cca.imsa.cn.

The Queens’s Gambit

16th Women’s World Chess Champion 谭中怡 (Tán Zhōngyí). On the International Women’s Day, she was awarded the 重庆 (Chóngqìng) “March 8” Red-Banner Pacesetters title. Photo: cca.imsa.cn.

Grandmaster and Challenger in next year’s Women’s World Chess Championship match 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn). Photo: cca.imsa.cn.

International Master and Woman Grandmaster 郭琦 (Guō Qí). Photo: cca.imsa.cn.

Grandmaster 赵雪 (Zhào Xuě). Photo: cca.imsa.cn.

Fashioning a Queendom

北京 (Běijīng), March 10, 2017. Chinese Chess Association (CCA)’s Secretary-General 叶江川 (Yè Jiāngchuān) and 上海 (Shànghǎi)’s 伊芙心悦 (Eve NY) Fashion Company Limited’s CEO Mrs. 沈宏 (Chén Hóng) signing at the Sports management center of Chinese Sports General Administration the endorsement deal which will give Chinese women’s chess team the role of brand ambassadors. All photos: cca.imsa.cn.

Quem recitas meus est, o Fidentine, libellus: sed male cum recitas, incipit esse tuus. The book that you recite from, Fidentinus, is my own. But when you read it badly, it belongs to you alone. I versi che tu reciti, o Fidentino, son miei; ma siccome li reciti male, ecco diventano tuoi. Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, XXXVIII English translation by Susan McLean Italian translation by Holden Caulfield