Candies and Sweets

San Francisco, United States: Guests attend a preview event for Candytopia, an interactive sweets-filled wonderland. Photo: Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Even a superstar, LiLou the pig, joined the 48th Annual SF LGBT Pride Parade – one of the largest in the country – in San Francisco, United States on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Photos: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images.

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.

The Secret History of Wonder Woman

Four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), who currently resides in the Silicon Valley to get an internship, although engaged in study, is yet still willing to vindicate her right not to be cancelled from the list of royal members of Gens una sunt. And so save the dates: On Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 19,30 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will give a 30 minute lecture followed by a Q&A at the Mechanics’ Institute Library & Chess Room in San Francisco, California, United States. For further details, visit https://www.milibrary.org. On Friday, May 25, 2018 at 19,00 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will give a twenty-board chess simultaneous exhibition at BayAreaChess in San Jose, California, United States.

Two Women’s World Chess Champions, Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár (seated left) and 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (seated right), dining together right after the conclusion of the 13th Susan Polgár Foundation Nationwide Open for Girls and Boys, held in Livermore, California, United States from 5-6 May 2018. Photo: Susan Polgár (@SusanPolgar).

JUMP

Fort Point National Historic Site, San Francisco, United States. JUMP. Photo: Life on Instagram/@dianewithonen.