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Hou Yifan visits Atlético Madrid, meets Fernando Torres

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Women’s World Chess Champion Hou Yifan visited the legendary Vicente Calderon stadium where she attended training session of Atlético Madrid and met with striker Fernando Torres.

Torres, who is very popular in Asia, presented the Chinese star with a club shirt with her name on it. Torres also said that he knows how to play chess at basic level.

Spanish news portal Marca has a video of the meeting (Thanks David Llada for the link)

Hou Yifan and Fernando Torres

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