Hou Yifan beats Judit Polgar!
Still a teenager, but already the World Women's Champion, the Chinese star Hou Yifan leads with none other than Michael Adams at the Gibraltar Chess Tournament. Behind her are several International stars including former World Championship contenders! She beat Le Qiang Leim in the previous round, but what caught the whole World's attention was her win against Judit Polgar. We have to go back decades to find a loss by Judit against another female player! Rankings after Round 8 (From Chess-results) 1 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2605 6.5 2859.0 2 GM Adams Michael ENG 2724 6.5 2843.0 3 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2677 6.0 2790.0 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2747 6.0 2778.0 5 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2700 6.0 2750.0 6 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2717 6.0 2748.0 7 GM Howell David W L ENG 2603 6.0 2737.0 8 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700 6.0 2726.0 9 GM Gopal G N IND 2566 6.0 2720.0 10 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2749 6.0 2714.0