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Hou, Yifan

Hou, Yifan

GM🇨🇳

FIDEFIDE 8602980· Female· China· Born in 1994

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Yifan Hou, a 32-year-old Chinese Grandmaster, is rated 2596 and ranked 1st among women worldwide. She has slipped back 37 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈56/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Final), FIDE World Women`s Team Championship 2025, and 2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) 7-11. Also played 4 rapid (including Global Chess League 2025 - League Stage) and 5 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Knockout) recently. Her peak of 2686 was reached at age 21 (Mar 2015); she also reached World #54 in May 2015 and spent 89 months in the world top 100, with a longest streak of 5 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2009 (age 15), WGM in 2007 (age 13), and WFM in 2004 (age 10). At junior level, she reached World #1 in U16, U14 and U12, World #3 in U20, World #2 in U18 and World #7 in U10.

Current rating

2596

Standard

Rpd2529·Blz2521

All-time high

2686

−90 pts below
Mar 2015 · age 21

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Women #1

#1 · women worldwide · of 22,864
89 months in World top 100 (2014–2025)

Career timeline

27 entries
2025
89 months in world top 100
longest streak 61 months · since Aug 2014
Jul 2025
2020
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2658 → returned at 2650
Mar 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2650
at age 23
May 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2650
at age 22
Dec 2016
1,000 career games
at age 22
Jan 2016
2015
Peak World rank: #54
at age 21 · rated 2686
May 2015

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6
perf 3040 (+423) · 6/6 · #1
Top opponent
vs Aleksandra GoryachkinaGM 2,540
FIDE World Women`s Team Championship 2025 · Nov 2025 · +4.0 Elo
Evolution
-37
2633 → 2596
Tournaments
5
32 games
Score
21.5/ 3267.2%
17W9D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Final)
Knockout
Jan 20262.5/6R162404-17.0
FIDE World Women`s Team Championship 2025
Team
Nov 20253.5/6#242524-6.9
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) 7-11
Team
Oct 20254.5/5#22676+2.6
2025 Chinese Chess League Division A(Regular) round 1-6
Team
Aug 20256/6#13040+7.7
Championnat de Paris 2025 Masters
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/9#232394-23.8
Worst Elo result: Championnat de Paris 2025 Masters (-23.8 Elo, finished #23).

Most-Played Opponents

vsHumpy KoneruGM
🇮🇳IND·2535
+17 −5 =20
42 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKateryna LagnoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2506
+11 −7 =15
33 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsXue ZhaoGM
🇨🇳CHN·2433
+10 −2 =19
31 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsWenjun JuGM
🇨🇳CHN·2559
+9 −7 =9
25 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsAnna UsheninaGM
🇺🇦UKR·2420
+14 −4 =7
25 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings

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China
#12
out of 1,857 players
Asia-Pacific
#48
in continent
World
#166
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
China
1
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3
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4
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2,684
5
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2,661
6
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2,635
7
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2,625
8
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2,623
9
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2,611
9
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2,611
...
12🇨🇳Hou, Yifan2,596
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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2,776
3
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2,753
4
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2,751
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,733
8
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2,732
9
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2,731
10
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2,729
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48🇨🇳Hou, Yifan2,596
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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166🇨🇳Hou, Yifan2,596