GM\Hou Yifan has deservedly won the Women's World Chess Championship in Hatay, Turkey, making her the youngest women's world champion in history. Her compatriot Ruan Lufei was her opponent in the finals, where the score was tied 2-2. Hou won the title by beating Ruan 3-1 during the rapid playoffs.
Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation (help·info)) (born February 27, 1994, in Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China is a Chinese chess prodigy . In 2008, she became the youngest ever female in history (at the age of 14 years 6 months) to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.In June 2007, she became China's youngest ever National Women's Champion, and in September 2008 she became the youngest ever finalist for the Women's World Championship title.At the age of 12, she became and still holds the record for being the youngest ever player to participate at the FIDE Women's World Championship (Yekaterinburg 2006), and at the Chess Olympiad (Torino 2006).She achieved the titles of Woman FIDE Master in January 2004, Woman Grandmaster in January 2007, International Master in September 2008, for reaching the final of the Women's World Championship......
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yifan) Source of the photo : http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/photo-gallery/category/35-final-tiebreaks?lang=en
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