Hou, Yifan

Hou Yifan is a four-time Women's World Chess Champion who became the youngest female grandmaster in history at age 14 and the youngest Women's World Champion at 16. Rather than defending her women's titles, she chose to compete primarily in open events against the world's best, becoming the second highest-rated female player of all time. She later became a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and now serves as a university professor in China.