On August 12, 2019, players, parents, and spectators gathered on the 14th floor of the UBS office in Manhattan to watch four-time Women’s World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Yifan Hou play a sixteen board simul followed by a question and answer session. The evening event was celebrated as “Chess & Conversation with Yifan Hou,” sponsored by WorldQuant, hosted by UBS, and in affiliation with HerMoveNext.

After opening statements and introductions, GM Hou began the simul. Each player, including GM Hou, had 35 minutes - another challenge imposed to make the game even more difficult for her. Playing 16 people at once is hard enough - the task can be compared to LeBron James playing against sixteen players all at once - without the addition of clocks. With only 35 minutes on each board, GM Hou faced immense time pressure.