Women's World Championship begins on Tuesday

9/8/2013 – GM Anna Ushenina of Ukraine, 28, is the incumbent, having won the title in the FIDE knockout in 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Challenger Hou Yifan of China, 19, was the youngest female ever to gain the GM title, and at 16 the youngest human being to win a world chess championship title. The two face off in Taizhou, China, in a ten-game match. We have the schedule and all the details.