The 800th Anniversary UK v China Summit Match begins this afternoon at St Georges Hall in the centre of Liverpool. The Chinese play the same five men who defeated Russia last week at Nizhny Novgorod but this chess match also includes two junior boards and on one will be the 13 year old Hou Yifan. This young lady is already rated 2500 and scything down Grandmasters at nearly every chess tournament she plays. Hou’s first challenge is England’s leading chess prodigy David Howell who became a Grandmaster this year at the age of 16. England’s other junior board is Gawain Jones who also became a GM this year and he faces Ni Hua rated 2691. Jones had a successful Staunton Memorial and ...

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