Classical games
Hou, Yifan 2591 1/2 1 1/2 0 (2)
Ruan, Lufei 24801/2 0 1/2 1 (2)
Rapid playoff
Ruan, Lufei 2480 1/2 0 1/2 0 (1)
Hou Yifan 2591 1/2 1 1/2 1 (3)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
One game left for the title and she did it!
Congratulations to Hou Yifan!
Congrats!! 😀
Susan & Judit were pretty good at 16. Maybe could have been World Champion as a teenager also.
Zsuzsa Polgar was ranked #1 when she was 15 years old. But she chose not to compete in the women’s cycle.
Congratulations to Hou Yifan! While some say the present system is flawed and I agree, Ruan certainly made this an exciting tourney. Congratulations to her. Now she can pursue her P.H.D. I believe it would have been extremely difficult to have been an active world champion if she had won.