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Chess Grandmaster Champion Hou Yifan Meet & Greet | SF

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Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP.

Mechanics’ Institute | 57 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94104

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Come meet 3-time Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan from China, a chess prodigy and the strongest woman chess player on the planet.

Chess Grandmaster Champion Hou Yifan Meet & Greet
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | 7:30 pm
Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
FREE with RSVP on Evenbrite

Hou Yifan will give a 30 minute lecture followed by a Q&A.

A Rhodes Scholar, Ms. Hou Yifan has world-wide fame as a chess player, representing China in team and Olympic events. She is t, he only woman to regularly compete against the world’s elite in chess, and last year at a tournamen in Grenke, Germany she drew World Champion Magnus Carlsen and defeated his challenger, American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana.

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Cost: FREE*
*Free with RSVP.
Categories: *Top Pick*, Geek Event, Lectures & Workshops, San Francisco
Address: 57 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94104