ʻO Hou Yifan kahi mea hoʻokani pila Kina i hana i kona inoa ma ka honua chess. Ua hānau ʻia ma Pepeluali 27, 1994 ma Xinghua, Kina, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Hou e pāʻani i ka chess i ka makahiki ʻeono a ua piʻi koke ʻo ia i nā kūlana e lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea pāʻani chess wahine maikaʻi loa ma ka honua.
Poʻokela Chess Wahine Pākē
Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻoihana chess a Hou i ka makahiki 2000, i ka wā i lanakila ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻokûkû Chess Wahine Kina ma 2003 a 2004. . Ua lanakila hou ʻo ia i ka inoa ma 2010 a me 2011, a laila ma 2013 a me 2016.
Ua loaʻa iā ia nā hoʻomaikaʻi a me nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma ka moʻolelo hoihoi a Hou. I ka makahiki 2010, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ka mea pāʻani wahine kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua e ka World Chess Federation (FIDE). Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani wahine kiʻekiʻe ma ka honua e ka Women’s Chess Association (WCA) a me ka International Chess Federation (ICF).
Hou Yifan vs. Alexander Grischuk
ʻO kekahi o nā pāʻani kaulana loa a Hou, ʻo ia kāna hoʻokūkū kūʻē i ka haku nui Lūkini Alexander Grischuk i ka FIDE Grand Prix 2016 ma Tbilisi, Georgia. Ma kēia pāʻani, ua hana ʻo Hou i kahi neʻe wiwo ʻole i hopu ai iā Grischuk mai ke kiaʻi a alakaʻi i kona lanakila. ʻAʻole kaulana kēia pāʻani no ka pāʻani hoʻohiwahiwa a Hou, akā no ke ʻano o kona hoʻokele ʻana i kona hoa paio, e hōʻike ana i kona hiki ke hoʻolālā a me ke akamai.
Hou Yifan versus GM Veselin Topalov
ʻO kekahi o nā pāʻani kaulana loa a Hou, ʻo ia kāna pāʻani me GM Veselin Topalov i ka hoʻokūkū moho 2016 ma Moscow. Ma kēia pāʻani, ua pāʻani ʻo Hou i kahi pāʻani ikaika a hoʻopaʻapaʻa, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kona ʻike i ke ʻano pāʻani o Topalov i mea e pono ai a lanakila i ka pāʻani.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo a me ke akamai o Hou ma ka papa chess i loaʻa iā ia nā hoʻohanohano a me ka mahalo. Ma 2010, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo “Best Female Chess Player in the World” e ka World Chess Federation (FIDE). Ma 2011, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo “Best Female Chess Player of the Year” e ka Women’s Chess Association (WCA).
ʻOiai ʻo ia ʻōpio, ua hana mua ʻo Hou i kahi hopena koʻikoʻi i ka honua o ka chess. ʻO kona akamai a me kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka pāʻani ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pāʻani chess wahine kiʻekiʻe o ka honua, a ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻoulu ʻana a me ka hoʻohauʻoli ʻana i kāna mau hana kupanaha ma ka papa chess.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Hou Yifan kekahi o nā mea pāʻani chess wahine maikaʻi loa o nā manawa a pau, ʻo kāna mau hoʻokō a me kāna mau moʻolelo e ʻōlelo no lākou iho. ʻO ia ka mea pāʻani wahine ʻōpio loa i lanakila i ka inoa ʻo Women’s World Chess Champion i ka makahiki 14, Ua hele ʻo ia e lanakila hou i ka inoa ma 2010 a me 2011 a laila hou ma 2013 a me 2016. ʻO kāna mau kūlana a me nā poʻo inoa e ʻōlelo no kona wahi i loko. ka moolelo o ka chess.
ʻO nā hoʻokō mua a Hou i ka hoʻokūkū Chess Wahine Kina ma 2003 a me 2004 i hōʻike i kona hiki ke lilo i hoʻokahi o nā mea pāʻani chess maikaʻi loa ma ka honua, ʻo kāna mau pāʻani kaulana loa e kūʻē iā Alexander Grischuk i ka 2016 FIDE Grand Prix ma Tbilisi, Georgia a me Veselin Topalov ma ʻO ka hoʻokūkū moho 2016 ma Moscow, ʻo ke ʻano pāʻani koʻikoʻi o Hou a me ka noʻonoʻo hoʻolālā i kōkua iā ia e lanakila i kēia mau pāʻani.