Hou Yifan beats Judit Polgar in an historic encounter

They had never met before, over the chessboard. In round seven of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festiva the strongest female player of all time, Hungarian GM Judit Polgar, 35, rated 2710, had black against the current Women's World Champion Hou Yifan of China, 17 years old and rated 2605. In a tense struggle the younger lady prevailed. <a href="[Post:view_link]">Commentary by GM Alejandro Ramirez.</a>

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