HOU YIFAN
June 2016
Accusations of off-board skulduggery can be a powerful tool of psychological warfare
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April 2015
The psychology of bad losers at a great open tournament
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March 2015
The planet's pre-emininent open chess tournament
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March 2012
In a sport over-populated with men, 17-year-old Chinese wunderkind Hou Yifan's sheer focus establishes her as a contender to be reckoned with
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