by Liang Ziming
4/5/2017 – A four-game chess battle of genders, the “MEWE Cup” 2017 World Champion Summit Chess Match, kicked off at 2:30 PM on April 5 in Shenzhen, China. The four-time Women Chess Champion GM Hou Yifan will play four classical games against the reigning world rapid chess champion GM Vassily Ivanchuk at the rate of one per day.