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Hou Yifan became womens world chess champion on March 14th 2016. After a 9 round match against Mariya Muzychuck of Ukraine. A fantastic article and report on the final days play is available on the championship website : https://lviv2016.fide.com/2016/03/14/hou-yifan-wins-womens-world-championship-match/   And video of the final days play from the championship.

Fascinating article on the evaluation of chess positions by Dennis Monokroussos. As mentioned below writer of the blog The Chess Mind. https://worldchess.com/2016/03/18/heartbreak-in-the-fourth-phase/

Hou Yifan has reached within half a point of being crowned women world chess champion for the third time. The seventh game ended in a 81 move draw. Not the longest game of chess ever played, as implied in the headline. https://lviv2016.fide.com/2016/03/12/the-longest-game-ended-in-a-draw/ The longest World Chess Championship game in history remains Korchnoi v Karpov 1978 a 124 move draw. Carlsen and Anand came close in their recent clash in 2014 reaching move 122. https://www.chessdom.com/carlsen-and-anand-come-close-to-breaking-the-record-for-longest-world-championship-game/    With 2 rounds to go Maryia needs to win both these last two rounds to tie.