China’s Youngest NM
The 2007 National Chess Championship wound up in Chongqing city with 13 year old Hou Yifan setting an unbeaten record to win her first title. Hou becomes the youngest player to win the championship, breaking the record set by Shanghai’s Qin Kanying who won her first title at the age of 14 in 1988.
Full story at CCTV International
13 years old!! They are getting younger and younger.
Trivia question: Does anybody know what was the age of Malaysia’s Youngest NM?
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