A Room with a View

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) taking pictures with her young admirers immediately after the end of her lecture at the Mechanics’ Institute Library & Chess Room – the oldest continuously running chess club in the United States – in San Francisco, California in the evening of May 22, 2018. Photo © Elliott Winslow. Eyewitness account and more pictures at: http://www.chessdryad.com/photos/sanfran/yifan/index.htm.

One Hour and the Next

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s guest appearance at the Mechanics’ Institute Library & Chess Room in San Francisco, California, United States on May 22, 2018. The caption of the pictures above – which are the corollary of the previous one – is by renejr11: “Honoured to have met the current #1 ranked woman chess player in the world, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). She’s a [4]x Women’s World Champion. She won her first Championship in 2010 at age 16. I loved being in a room filled with chess enthusiasts, at the oldest running chess club in the United States, to hear her speak for a hour. (I lost my autographed flyer on my way to the station but at least I took a picture of it 😅)”. Photos and video by renejr11.

And so save the date! On Sunday, June 10, 2018, 15,30–17,30 four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will give a twenty-board simultaneous exhibition at King’s Land Chess in San Ramon, California, United States. Admittance to young players only. Seats are limited. Registration via e-mail to kingslandchess@hotmail.com or through 微信 (WeChat) at “kikichess”.

How to Wear White Denim

Footage of four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s twenty-board simultaneous exhibition at BayAreaChess in San Jose, California, United States in the evening of Friday, May 25, 2018. Video by BayAreaChess.

学术计时法 (Academic quarter)

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) lecturing on her life and career at the Mechanics’ Institute Library & Chess Room – the oldest continuously running chess club in the United States – in San Francisco, California in the evening of May 22, 2018. Photo: Tejas Dharamsi (@DharamsiTejas).

One Hour

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s guest appearance at the Mechanics’ Institute Library & Chess Room in San Francisco, California, United States on May 22, 2018. The caption of the picture above is by renejr11: “Honoured to have met the current #1 ranked woman chess player in the world, 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán). She’s a [4]x Women’s World Champion. She won her first Championship in 2010 at age 16. I loved being in a room filled with chess enthusiasts, at the oldest running chess club in the United States, to hear her speak for a hour. (I lost my autographed flyer on my way to the station but at least I took a picture of it 😅)”. Photo: renejr11.

Leafing through a magazine in an idle moment

Save the date! Tomorrow Friday, May 25, 2018 at 19,00, four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will give a twenty-board chess simultaneous exhibition at BayAreaChess in San Jose, California, United States. For further details and registration, visit https://www.bayareachess.com/specialevents.

侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) with the leader of the PSPV-PSOE (Socialist Party of the Valencian Country) Maite Girau Meliá in Valencia, Spain on August 3, 2016. Photo: Tania López Blesa/València Extra.