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This article lists female chess players who have received official World Chess Federation (
FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
) titles or are otherwise renowned as
women in chess This article is about the participation of women in chess and its culture. Women's chess competitions The majority of chess tournaments are open to all participants regardless of gender. Very few, if any, international tournaments are restricted ...
.


Grandmasters

There are 40 female players who have been awarded the title of Grandmaster, the highest lifetime title in chess, all of whom are living as of September 2022. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


International Masters

As of March 2022, there are 134 women who hold the
International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
title, all but seven of whom are living. (Deceased players noted by † symbol.) *
Olga Alexandrova Olga Alexandrova (born 28 January 1978) is a Ukrainian-born Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is married to Spanish Grandmaster Miguel Illescas. This resulted in an awkward situa ...
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Bibisara Assaubayeva Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakh language, Kazakh: Бибісара Асаубаева, Bibısara Asaubaeva; born 26 February 2004) is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh chess player. Assaubayeva holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She ...
* Silvia Alexieva * Karina Ambartsumova * Meri Arabidze *
Ekaterina Atalik Ekaterina Atalik (née Polovnikova; born 14 November 1982 in Kirov) is a Russian- Turkish chess player, who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the European Youth Chess Championship in the under-1 ...
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Medina Warda Aulia Medina Warda Aulia (born 7 July 1997 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian chess player. She has held the title of International Master since 2020, and Woman Grandmaster since 2013. She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, being defeated by Ha ...
* Olga Badelka * Batchimeg Tuvshintugs * Irina Berezina * Alina Bivol *
Anastasia Bodnaruk Anastasia Mikhailovna Bodnaruk (russian: Анастасия Михайловна Боднарук; born 30 March 1992) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Bodnaruk won th ...
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Nataša Bojković Nataša Bojković (born 3 September 1971) is a Serbian chess player, an International Master (IM) and a Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Girls' World Junior Chess Championship in 1991. She won the Women's Yugoslav Chess Championship four ...
* Angela Borsuk *
Marina Brunello Marina Brunello (born 16 June 1994) is an Italian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. Chess career In 2008, in Bratto, Brunello won the Italian women's chess championship, becoming the youngest ev ...
* Nataliya Buksa * Irina Bulmaga *
Elisaveta Bykova Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova (or ''Elisabeth Bykova'', Russian: Елизаве́та Ива́новна Бы́кова; 4 November 1913 – 8 March 1989) was a Soviet chess player and twice Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and a ...
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Daria Charochkina Daria Charochkina (born October 7, 1990) is a Russian chess player, and a woman grandmaster. She qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 The Women's World Chess Championship 2017 was a 64-player knock-out tournament, to dec ...
* Dagnė Čiukšytė * Karina Cyfka * Deimantė Daulyte-Cornette *
Yelena Dembo Yelena Dembo (born December 8, 1983) is a Greek chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is also a chess teacher and author. Family background Dembo was born on December 8, 1983, in Penza, Russia. Sh ...
* Dorsa Derakhshani * Joanna Dworakowska * Marsel Efroimski * Martha Fierro Baquero * Cristina Foișor† *
Alisa Galliamova Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Галлямова, tt-Cyrl, Алисә Михаил кызы Галләмова; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Inte ...
* Lilit Galojan *
Inna Gaponenko Inna Gaponenko (also known as Inna Yanovska; born 22 June 1976) is a Ukrainian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Career She won the European under-16 girls' championship in 1992 and the w ...
* Anita Gara * Marta García Martín *
Rusudan Goletiani Rusudan Goletiani ( ka, რუსუდან გოლეთიანი; born September 8, 1980) is a Georgian-American chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She was three-time world girls' champion i ...
* Pauline Guichard *
Guo Qi Guo Qi (; born January 27, 1995) is a Chinese chess player. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which FIDE awarded her in 2014 and 2011 respectively. She won the World Junior Chess Championship, World J ...
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Sopiko Guramishvili Sopiko Guramishvili ( ka, სოფიკო გურამიშვილი; born 1 January 1991) is a Georgian-Dutch chess player, author, and commentator who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Having ...
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Nino Gurieli Nino Gurieli ( ka, ნინო გურიელი; born December 7, 1961) is a Georgian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1997 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1980. She is a descendant of the noble fami ...
* Marina Guseva * Sopio Gvetadze * Zuzana Hagarová *
Jovanka Houska Jovanka Houska (born 10 June 1980) is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a nine-time British Women's Chess Champion. Formative years Born in south London, her family name ste ...
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Harriet Hunt Harriet Vaughan Hunt (born 4 February 1978 in Oxford) is an English chess player and five-time British Women's Chess Champion (which she most recently won in October 2021, 22 years after her fourth win). Having trained as a plant scientist a ...
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Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani ( ka, ნანა იოსელიანი; born 12 February 1962) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded by FIDE the Woman Grandmaster title in 1980 and the International Master title in 1993. Already in 1978 she was ...
* Jana Jacková *
Lela Javakhishvili Lela Javakhishvili (born 23 April 1984) is a Georgian chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster. She has won the Georgian women's chess championship twice, and competed in the Women's World Chess Champions ...
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Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska Ketino Kachiani or Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska (born 11 September 1971 in Mestia, Georgia) is a Georgian chess player with the titles of Woman Grandmaster (1990) and International Master (1997). She is ranked 6th female German player. She won t ...
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Eesha Karavade Eesha Karavade (born 21 November 1987) is a chess player from Pune, India. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014. Achievements *won ...
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Alina Kashlinskaya Alina Anatolyevna Kashlinskaya (russian: Алина Анатольевна Кашлинская; born 28 October 1993) is a Russian-born Polish chess player. She holds the titles International Master and Woman Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded h ...
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Sarasadat Khademalsharieh Sarasadat Khadem al-sharieh ( fa, سارا سادات خادم‌الشریعه; born 10 March 1997), also known as Sara Khadem, is an Iranian chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Early lif ...
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Sopiko Khukhashvili Sopiko Khukhashvili (born 4 January 1985) is a Georgian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. Khukhashvili won the Girls U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championships twice, in 1999 and 2000. She ...
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Nino Khurtsidze Nino Khurtsidze (28 September 1975 – 22 April 2018) was a Georgian chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1993 and International Master (IM) in 1999. She won the World Girls U-20 Chess Championship in 1993 ...
† * Masha Klinova * Tatiana Kononenko * Ekaterina Korbut * Liubov Kostiukova *
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (russian: Екатерина Ковалевская; born 17 April 1974, in Rostov-on-Don) is a Russian chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Russian Women's ...
* Kulkarni Bhakti * Klaudia Kulon * Alina l'Ami * Susan K. Lalic * Tea Lanchava *
Li Ruofan Li Ruofan (; born April 30, 1978) is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Notable title victories include the 2001 Asian Women's Chess Championship in Chennai, and the 2006 ...
* Maia Lomineishvili * Carolina Luján *
Ildikó Mádl Ildikó Mádl (born 5 November 1969 in Tapolca) is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Madl learned to play chess from her father. In 1978 she became a pupil of the che ...
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Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (russian: Александра Мальцевская; born 5 July 2002) is a Russian-born Polish chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM). Biography Aleksandra Maltsevskaya was a Rostov-on-Don ...
* Gulnar Mammadova * Gunay Mammadzada *
Alisa Marić Alisa Marić, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Алиса Марић, ; born 10 January 1970) is a Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). On 27 July 2012, she was elected as Minister of ...
* Iulia Mashinskaya *
Ana Matnadze Ana Matnadze ( ka, ანა მათნაძე; born 20 February 1983) is a Georgian-Spanish chess player. FIDE awarded her the titles Woman Grandmaster (WGM), in 2002, and International Master (IM), in 2006. Matnadze was European and world ...
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Svetlana Matveeva Svetlana Vladislavovna Matveeva (russian: Светлана Владиславовна Матвеева; born 4 July 1969) is a Russian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. In 1984, she tied for first w ...
* Nóra Medvegy * Salome Melia * Sophie Milliet * Lilit Mkrtchian * Nisha Mohota * Eva Moser† * Batkhuyag Munguntuul * Guliskhan Nakhbayeva *
Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel Davaademberel Nomin-Erdene ( mn, Даваадэмбэрэлийн Номин-Эрдэнэ; born 15 February 2000) is a Mongolian chess player and one of the Mongolian leading players in modern history. A chess prodigy, she is the Mongolian chess ...
* Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés *
Iulija Osmak Iulija Vladislavivna Osmak is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM, 2016) and International master (IM, 2017). Women's Chess Olympiad winner (2022). Biography Osmak won the Ukrainian Girl's Chess Championships ...
* Evgenija Ovod *
Nazí Paikidze Nazí Paikidze, sometimes also referred to as Nazí Paikidze-Barnes ( ka, ნაზი პაიკიძე, ''Nazí Ṗaiḳiʒe'', ; russian: Нази Нодаровна Паикидзе-Барнс, , born 27 October 1993), is a Russian-born ...
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Corina Peptan Corina-Isabela Peptan (born March 17, 1978) is a Romanian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was world girls' champion in several age categories: Under 10 in Timișoara 1988, Under 12 in ...
* Svetlana Petrenko *
Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên (born 7 December 1987) is a Vietnamese chess player who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She has qualified for the knockout tournament Women's World Chess Championship 2017 as the winner ...
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Sofia Polgar Sofia Polgar ( hu, Polgár Zsófia, ); born November 2, 1974) is a Hungarian and Israeli chess player, teacher, and artist. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. A former chess prodigy, she is the middle sister ...
* Maka Purtseladze *
Iweta Rajlich Iweta Rajlich (born Radziewicz, 16 March 1981) is a Polish chess International Master and Woman Grandmaster, multiple winner of Women Chess Championships of Poland. She married Vasik Rajlich, the author of Rybka, on 19 August 2006. Iweta is the ...
* Olita Rause * Eva Repková *
Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda (born 7 July 1996) is a Colombian chess player. She is a Woman International Master. She won the Women's Colombian Chess Championship Following are the official winners of the national Colombian Chess Championship ...
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Padmini Rout Padmini Rout (born 5 January 1994) is an Indian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a four-time National Women's Premier title holder consecutively from 2014-2017 and was the Asian ...
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Olga Rubtsova Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova (russian: О́льга Никола́евна Рубцо́ва; 20 August 1909 – 13 December 1994) was a Soviet chess player and the fourth women's world chess champion. In 2015, she was inducted into the World Ches ...
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Lyudmila Rudenko Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko (russian: Людми́ла Влади́мировна Руде́нко, uk, Людмила Володимирівна Руденко; 27 July 1904 – 4 March 1986) was a Soviet chess player and the second women' ...
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Anna Rudolf Anna Rudolf (born 12 November 1987) is a Hungarian chess player, chess commentator, Twitch live streamer, and YouTuber who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time Hungarian women's natio ...
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Tania Sachdev Tania Sachdev (born 20 August 1986) is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a two-time Indian women's chess champion in 2006 and 2007, one-time Asian women's chess ...
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Dinara Saduakassova Dinara Saduakassova (born 31 October 1996)WIM title application
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Nurgyul Salimova * Sarai Sanchez Castillo * Anna Sargsyan * Anastasia Savina * Zoya Schleining *
Elena Sedina Elena Sedina (russian: Елена Седина; ua, Оле́на Се́діна, ''Olena Sedina''; born 1 June 1968 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian-Italian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) ...
* Shen Yang *
Polina Shuvalova Polina Sergeevna Shuvalova (russian: Полина Сергеевна Шувалова; born 12 March 2001) is a Russian chess player. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM, 2020) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2019). She is the 201 ...
* Yuliya Shvayger * Almira Skripchenko *
Soumya Swaminathan Soumya Swaminathan (born 2 May 1959) is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. From 2019 to 2022, she served as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization under the leadership of ...
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Irene Kharisma Sukandar Irene Kharisma Sukandar (born 7 April 1992) is an Indonesian chess player and a two-time Asian women's champion. She is the first female player from Indonesia to achieve both the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM) titles. She ...
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Elena Tairova Elena Tairova (russian: Елена Таирова; be, Алена Таірава, Alena Tairava; 28 August 1991 – 16 March 2010) was a Belarusian and Russian chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2006 and ...
† * Stavroula Tsolakidou * Irina Turova * Laura Unuk *
Vaishali Rameshbabu Rameshbabu Vaishali (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess player from Chennai who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Personal life Vaishali Rameshbabu born in a Tamil family in Chennai. She is the ...
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Szidonia Vajda Szidónia Lázárné Vajda (née Vajda; born 20 January 1979) is a Romanian- Hungarian chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the women's Hungarian Chess Championship in 2004 and 2015. ...
* Irina Vasilevich *
Tatjana Vasilevich Tatjana Vasilevich (born January 14, 1977) is a Ukrainian chess player, and an international master. She has won the Women's Ukrainian Chess Championship This is a list of all the winners of the Ukrainian Chess Championship, including those hel ...
* Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez * Iva Videnova * Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi * Annie Wang * Wang Yu *
Carissa Yip Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, 2003) is an American chess player and a former U.S. Women's Chess Champion. In September 2019, she was the top rated female player in the United States and the youngest female chess player to defeat a gr ...
* Elena Zaiatz *
Anna Zatonskih Anna Zatonskih ( uk, Ганна Затонських; July 17, 1978) is a Ukrainian American chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a four-time U.S. women's champion, as well as a former Uk ...
* Nastassia Ziaziulkina * Olga Zimina * Anna Zozulia


Alphabetical list

This list of female chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. It includes the preceding lists of Grandmasters and International Masters.


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* Abdumalik, Zhansaya (2000) Kazakhstan – GM * Afonasieva, Anna (2001) Russia – WIM * Aginian, Nelly (1981) Armenia – WGM * Akhsharumova, Anna (1957) Russia, USA – WGM *
Julia Alboredo Julia Alboredo (born 12 January 1997) is a Brazilian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 2022. Alboredo is the 2020 Brazilian women's champion. Chess career She has represented Brazil in the Chess Olympiad: ...
(1997) Brazil – WIM * Alekhine, Grace (1876–1956) USA, United Kingdom, France * Alexandria, Nana (1949) Georgia – WGM * An Yangfeng (1963) China – WIM * Andriasian, Siranush (1986) Armenia – WIM * Arakhamia, Ketevan (1968) Georgia, Scotland – GM * Assaubayeva, Bibisara (2004) Kazakhstan – IM * Atalik, Ekaterina (1982) Russia, Turkey – WGM and IM


B

* Bain, Mary (1904–1972) USA – WIM * Belakovskaia, Anjelina (1969) Ukraine, USA – WGM * Belavenets, Liudmila (1940) Russia – ICCF Women's World Champion, WIM * Belenkaya, Dina (1993) Russia – WGM * Bellin, Jana (1947) Czech, England – WGM * Benedict, Clare (1871–1961) USA, Switzerland * Benini, Clarice (1905–1976) Italy – WIM * Berend, Elvira (1965) Kazakhstan/Luxembourg – WGM * Berezina, Irina (1965) Australia – IM * Beskow, Katarina (1867–1939) Sweden *
Bhakti Kulkarni Bhakti Kulkarni (born 19 May 1992) is an Indian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2012 and International Master (IM) in 2019. She is the recipient of Arjuna Award for her contribution to chess Biography In ...
(1992) India – WGM * Bijoux, Caroline (1976) South Africa * Bivol, Alina (1996) Russia – IM * Borisova, Borislava (1951) Sweden/Bulgaria – WIM * Botez, Alexandra (1995) Canada – WFM * Botsari, Anna-Maria (1972) Greece – WGM * Brustman, Agnieszka (1962) Poland – WGM * Burtman, Sharon Ellen (1968) USA – WIM * Bykova, Elisabeth (1913–1989) Russia – Women's World Champion, WGM


C

* Caoili, Arianne (1986–2020) Australia – WIM * Cardoso, Ruth (1934–2000) Brazil – WIM * Carrasco, Berna (1914–2013) Chile – WIM * Chaudé de Silans, Chantal (1919–2004) France – WIM * Chaves, Joara (1962) Brazil – WIM * Chaves, Jussara (1959) Brazil – WIM * Chiburdanidze, Maia (1961) Georgia – Women's World Champion, GM 1984 * Čiukšytė, Dagnė Č (1977) Lithuania, England – WGM and IM * Çınar Çorlulu, Nilüfer (1962) Turkey – WIM * Corke, Anya (1990) Hong Kong, England – WGM * Čmilytė, Viktorija (1983) Lithuania – WGM and IM * Cramling Bellon, Anna (2002) Sweden – WFM * Cramling, Pia (1963) Sweden – GM 1992


D

* Dekic, Biljana (1950) Australia – WIM * Dembo, Yelena (1983) Russia, Israel, Hungary, Greece – WGM and IM *
Ding Yixin Ding Yixin (born April 26, 1991) is a Chinese chess player. She earned the Woman Grandmaster title in 2010. She played in the Women's World Chess Championship 2010, but went out in the first round. She played no. 5 (reserve) in the Chinese ...
(1991) China – WGM * Donaldson, Elena (1957–2012) Russia, Georgia, USA – WGM * Drastik, Penelope (1997) Australia * Dzagnidze, Nana (1987) Georgia – GM 2008


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* Edzgveradze, Natalia (1975) Georgia – WGM * Eidelson, Rakhil (1958) Belarus – WGM * Ereńska, Hanna (1946) Poland – WGM * Eretová, Květa (1926) Czechoslovakia – WGM


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* Fagan, Louisa Matilda (1850–1931) Italy, UK *
Miss Fatima Ghulam Fatima (c. July 1912 – ?, fl. c. 1990), frequently referred to as 'Miss Fatima', was a British-Indian female chess master. Ghulam Fatima won the British Women's Chess Championship at Hastings in 1933. Her first formal competition was ...
India, United Kingdom * February, Jesse (1997) South Africa – WIM * Feliciano, Vanessa (1990) Brazil – WIM * Fierro, Martha (1977) Ecuador – WGM and IM * Fischdick, Gisela (1955) Germany – WGM * Fisher, Michelle (1997) South Africa – WFM * Flear, Christine (1967) France – WIM * Francisco, Candela (2006) Argentina – WFM * Forbes, Cathy (1968) England – WIM * Cristina Adela Foișor (1967–2017) Romania – WGM and IM * Frick, Denise (1980) South Africa – WIM


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* Galliamova, Alisa (1972) Russia – WGM and IM * Gaprindashvili, Nona (1941) Georgia – Women's World Champion, GM 1978 * Gara, Anita (1983) Hungary – WGM and IM * Gara, Ticia (1984) Hungary – WGM * Leya Garifullina (2004) Russia – WGM * Gerlecka, Regina (1913–1983) Poland * Gilbert, Ellen (1837–1900) USA * Gilchrist, Mary (c.1882–1947) Scotland * Girya, Olga (1991) Russia – GM * Golubenko, Valentina (1990) Estonia, Croatia – WGM * Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera (2002) Chile – WIM * Gong Qianyun (1985) China – WGM * Goryachkina, Aleksandra (1998) Russia – GM * Graf, Sonja (1908–1965) Germany, Argentina, USA – WIM * Greeff, Melissa (1994) South Africa – WGM * Gresser, Gisela (1906–2000) USA – WIM * Guggenberger, Ilse (1942) Colombia – WIM * Gunina, Valentina (1989) Russia – GM 2013 * Guo, Emma (1995) Australia – WIM *
Guo Qi Guo Qi (; born January 27, 1995) is a Chinese chess player. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), which FIDE awarded her in 2014 and 2011 respectively. She won the World Junior Chess Championship, World J ...
(1995) China – IM * Guramishvili, Sopiko (1991) Georgia – WGM and IM


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* Hamid, Rani (1944) Bangladesh – WIM * Harika, Dronavalli (1991) India – GM * Harum, Gisela (1903–1995) Austria * Heemskerk, Fenny (1919–2007) The Netherlands – WGM * Herman, Róża (1902–1995) Poland – WIM * Hoang, Thanh Trang (1980) Vietnam, Hungary – GM 2007 * Holloway, Edith (1868–1956) England – WIM * Hołuj-Radzikowska, Krystyna (1931–2006) Poland – WGM *
Hou Yifan Hou Yifan ( ; born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time.
(1994) People's Republic of China – GM 2008 * Houska, Jovanka (1980) England – WGM and IM *
Huang Qian Huang Qian (; born July 18, 1986) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Chinese Chess Championship, Chinese Women's Chess Championship in 2012 and the Asian Chess Championship, Asian Women's ...
(1986) China – WGM * Hunt, Harriet (1978) England – WGM and IM


I

* Injac, Teodora (2000) Serbia – WGM * Ioseliani, Nana (1962) Georgia – WGM and IM


J

* Jacková, Jana (1982) Czech Republic – WGM and IM * Jackson Sheila (1957) England – WGM * Johansson, Viktoria (1974) Sweden – WIM *
Ju Wenjun Ju Wenjun (; born 31 January 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the current Women's World Chess Champion. In March 2017 she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. She is a three-time Women's World Chess Champion having w ...
(1991) China – GM


K

* Karavade, Eesha (1987) India – WGM and IM * Karff, Mona (1914–1998) Bessarabia (Moldova), Palestine, USA – WIM * Kazarian, Anna-Maja (2000) Netherlands – WIM and FM * Keller-Herrmann, Edith (1921–2010) Germany – WGM * Khoudgarian, Natalia (1975) Russia, Canada – WIM * Khurtsidze, Nino (1975–2018) Georgia – WGM and IM * Kiołbasa, Oliwia (2000) Poland – WIM * Kļaviņa, Ilga (1941) Latvia * Klovāne, Astra (1944) Latvia * Konarkowska-Sokolov, Henrijeta (1938) Poland, Serbia – WGM * Koneru, Humpy (1987) India – GM 2002 * Korbut, Ekaterina (1985) Russia – WGM and IM * Kosintseva, Nadezhda (1985) Russia – WGM and IM * Kosintseva, Tatiana (1986) Russia – WGM and IM * Kosteniuk, Alexandra (1984) Russia – Women's World Champion, GM 2004 * Kostiuk, Tatiana (1982) Ukraine – WGM * Kozlovskaya, Valentina (1938) Russia – WGM * Kristol, Ljuba (1944) Russia, Israel – ICCF Women's World Champion * Krush, Irina (1983) Ukraine, USA – GM (2013) * Kursova, Maria (1986) Armenia – WGM * Kushnir, Alla (1941–2013) Russia, Israel – WGM


L

* Lahno, Kateryna (1989) Ukraine, Russia – GM 2007 * Latreche, Sabrina (1993) Algeria – WIM * Lane, Lisa (1938) USA – WIM * L'Ami, Alina (1985) Romania – IM * Larsen, Ingrid (1909–1990) Denmark – WIM * Lauberte, Milda (1918–2009) Latvia – WIM * Lazarević, Milunka (1932) Serbia – WGM *
Lei Tingjie Lei Tingjie (born 13 March 1997) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). She was the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021, 2021 Women's Grand Swiss champion, the 2017 Chinese Chess Championshi ...
(1997) China – GM * Leite, Catarina(1983) Portugal – WIM * Levitina, Irina (1954) Russia, USA – WGM *
Li Ruofan Li Ruofan (; born April 30, 1978) is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Notable title victories include the 2001 Asian Women's Chess Championship in Chennai, and the 2006 ...
(1997) China – IM * Lin Ye (1974) China – WFM * Litinskaya-Shul, Marta (1949) Ukraine – WGM *
Liu Shilan Liu Shilan (; born January 24, 1962) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title Woman Grandmaster, which she received in 1982 from FIDE. She has been the national women's champion of China seven times (1979–81, 1983-6). Liu learned to pl ...
(1962) China – WGM * Lu Xiaosha (1973) China – WIM * Librelato, Kathiê (1998) Brazil – WIM


M

* Macalda di Scaletta (c. 1240–c. 1310)
Kingdom of Sicily The Kingdom of Sicily ( la, Regnum Siciliae; it, Regno di Sicilia; scn, Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in the south of the Italian Peninsula and for a time the region of Ifriqiya from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 un ...
* Mádl, Ildikó (1969) Hungary – WGM and IM * Majdan, Joanna (1988) Poland – WGM * Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra (2002) Russia – WGM and IM * Marić, Alisa (1970) USA, Serbia – WGM and IM * Marić, Mirjana (1970) Serbia – WGM * Marinello, Beatriz (1964) Chile – WIM * Matveeva, Svetlana (1969) Russia – WGM and IM * Menchik, Olga (1908–1944) Czechoslovakia, England * Menchik, Vera (1906–1944) Czechoslovakia, England – Women's World Champion * Meyer, Marany (1984) South Africa/New Zealand – WIM * Michell, Edith (1872–1951) England * Milliet, Sophie (1983) France – WGM and IM * Mišanović, Vesna (1964) Bosnia and Herzegovina – WGM * Mkrtchian, Lilit (1982) Armenia – WGM and IM * Mora, María Teresa (1902–1980) Cuba – WIM * Muminova, Nafisa (1990) Uzbekistan – WGM * Puteri Munajjah Az-Zahraa Azhar (2001) Malaysia – WIM * Mutesi, Phiona (1993) Uganda – WCM * Muzychuk, Anna (1990) Ukraine, Slovenia – WGM and IM


N

* Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan (1991) Kazakhstan – IM * Nakhimovskaya, Zara (1931) Israel * Nebolsina, Vera (1989) Russia – WGM * Ning Chunhong (1968) China – WGM * Nyberg, Christina (1962) Sweden


O

* Omonova, Umida (2006) Uzbekistan – WFM * Ortiz Verdezoto, Anahí (2001) Ecuador – WIM * Ovezdurdiyeva, Jemal (1998) Turkmenistan – WFM * Öztürk, Kübra (1991) Turkey – WGM


P

* Pähtz, Elisabeth (1985) Germany – WGM and GM * Paridar, Shadi (1986) Iran – WGM * Peng, Zhaoqin (1968) People's Republic of China, Netherlands – GM 2004 * Pertlová, Soňa (1988–2011) Czech Republic – WIM * Piatigorsky, Jacqueline (1911–2012) France, USA * Pogonina, Natalia (1985) Russia – WGM and IM * Pokorná, Regina (1982) Austria – WGM * Polgár, Judit (1976) Hungary – GM 1991 * Polgár, Sófia (1974) Hungary, Israel – WGM and IM * Polgar, Susan (1969) Hungary, USA – Women's World champion, GM 1991 * Polihroniade, Elisabeta (1935–2016) Romania – WGM * Pourkashiyan, Atousa (1988) Iran – WGM * Price, Edith Charlotte (1872–1956) England * Ptáčníková, Lenka (1976) Czech Republic, Iceland – WGM * Pujari, Rucha (1994) India – WIM


Q

*
Qin Kanying Qin Kanying (; born 2 February 1974) is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a former Women's World Chess Championship runner-up and five-time Chinese women's champion. Career Qin Kanying won the Women's ...
(1974) People's Republic of China – WGM * Qiyu Zhou (2000) Canada – WGM


R

* Radeva, Viktoria (2001) Bulgaria – WGM * Rajlich, Iweta (1981) Poland – WGM and IM * Ranasinghe, Sachini (1994) Sri Lanka – WIM * Ratcu, Tatiana (1979) Brazil – WIM * Regan, Natasha (1971) England – WIM * Reischer, Salome (1899–1980) Austria – WIM * Reizniece-Ozola, Dana (1981) Latvia – WGM * Richards, Heather (1983) England, Australia – WIM * Riegler, Alessandra (1961) Italy – ICCF Women's World Champion * Rinder, Friedl (1905–2001) Germany – WIM * Rogule, Laura (1988) Latvia – WGM * Roodzant, Catharina (1896–1999) The Netherlands * Roos, Nancy (1905–1957) United States * Rootare, Salme (1913–1987) Estonia – WIM * Ross, Laura (1988) United States – WFM * Ruan Lufei (1987) China – WGM * Rubene, Ilze (1958–2002) – WIM * Rubtsova, Olga (1909–1992) Russia – Women's World Champion and IFCC Women's World Champion, WGM * Rudenko, Lyudmila (1904–1986) Ukraine, Russia – Women's World Champion, WGM and IM, first woman awarded the International Master title * Rudge, Mary (1842–1919) England * Rudolf, Anna (1987) Hungary – WGM and IM


S

* Sabure, Taduetso (1982) Botswana – WGM * Sachdev, Tania (1986) India – IM and WGM * Šafranska, Anda (1960) Latvia, France – WGM * Salimova, Nurgyul (2003) Bulgaria – WGM and IM * Sargsyan, Anna M. (2001) (Armenia) – IM * Schwartzmann, Paulette (1910–19??) Latvia, France, Argentina * Schneider, Jana (2002) Germany – FM * Schneider, Veronika (1987) Hungary – WGM * Schut, Lisa (1994) Netherlands – IM * Sebag, Marie (1986) France – GM 2008 * Selkirk, Rebecca (1993) South Africa – WCM * Semenova, Lidia (1951) Ukraine – WGM * Shahade, Jennifer (1980) USA – WGM * Sheldon, Ruth (1980) England – WIM * Shen Yang (1989) China – IM * Shuvalova, Polina (2001) Russia – IM and WGM * Sieber, Fiona (2000) Germany – WIM * Skripchenko, Almira (1976) Moldova, France – WGM and IM * Soćko, Monika (1978) Poland – GM 2008 * Solomons, Anzel (1978) South Africa – WIM * Srebrnič, Ana (1984) Slovenia – WGM * Starr, Nava (1949) Latvia, Canada – WIM * Stefanova, Antoaneta (1979) Bulgaria – Women's World Champion, GM 2003 * Stevenson, Agnes (1873–1935) England * Stock, Lara (1992) Germany, Croatia WGM * Styazhkina, Anna (1997) Russia – WIM * Sukhareva, Olga (1984) Russia – ICCF Women's World Champion * Sultana Shirin, Sharmin (1989) Bangladesh – WIM * Sun Fanghui (1993) China – WIM


T

* Tairova, Elena (1991–2010) Russia – WGM and IM *
Tan Zhongyi Tan Zhongyi (; born 29 May 1991) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM). She is a former Women's World Champion, winning the 2017 knockout edition of the world championship in Iran where she defeated Anna Muzychuk i ...
(1991) China – GM * Tian Tian (1983) China – WGM * Toma, Katarzyna (1985) Poland, England – WGM * Tonini, Alice Italy * Topel, Zehra (1987) Turkey – WIM * Tranmer, Eileen (1910–1983) England – WIM * Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (1986) Mongolia – WGM * Tsatsalashvili, Keti (1992) Georgia – WGM


U

* Ushenina, Anna (1985) Ukraine – GM 2012


V

*
Vaishali Rameshbabu Rameshbabu Vaishali (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess player from Chennai who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Personal life Vaishali Rameshbabu born in a Tamil family in Chennai. She is the ...
(2001) India – IM * Vajda, Szidonia (1979) Romania, Hungary – WGM and IM * van der Merwe, Cecile (1987) South Africa – WIM * Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolina (1994) Venezuela – WIM * Vargas, Gabriela (1988) Paraguay – WIM * Verőci, Zsuzsa (1949) Hungary – WGM * Volpert, Larissa (1926–2017) Russia – WGM * Vozovic, Oksana (1985) Ukraine – WGM


W

* Shahenda Wafa (1998) Egypt – WGM * Shrook Wafa (1997) Egypt – WGM * Annie Wang (2002) United States – IM * Wang Jue (1995) China – WGM * Wang Lei (1975) China – WGM *
Wang Pin Wang Pin (; born December 11, 1974) is a Chinese chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992. Wang was the Chinese national women's champion of 2002. By finishing fifth in the 1991 Women's Interzonal Tournament ...
(1974) China – WGM * Wang Yu (1982) China – IM * Wijesuriya, Suneetha Sri Lanka * Wijesuriya, Vineetha (1970) Sri Lanka – WCM * Wolf-Kalmar, Paula (1881–1931) Austria * Wu Mingqian (1961) China – WGM


X

*
Xie Jun Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and is not just the first Chinese female but the first Asian female to become a chess grandmaster. She had two separate reigns as Women's World Chess Champion, from 1991 to 1996 ...
(1970) People's Republic of China – Women's World champion, GM 1994 *
Xu Yuanyuan Xu Yuanyuan (; born March 8, 1981) is a Chinese WGM-titled chess player. Chess career In 1995 Xu won the World U14 Girls Chess Championship held in São Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In October 1997 she won the World U16 Girls Chess Champ ...
(1981) China – WGM *
Xu Yuhua Xu Yuhua (born 29 October 1976) is a Chinese chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and former Women's World Chess Championship, Women's World Champion (2006–2008). She was China's third women's world chess champion after Xie Jun and Zhu Che ...
(1976) People's Republic of China – Women's World champion, GM 2007


Y

* Yakovleva, Lora (1932) Russia – ICCF Women's World Champion * Yakubboeva, Nilufar (2000) Uzbekistan – WIM * Yıldız, Betül Cemre (1989) Turkey – WGM * Yuanling Yuan (1994) China – WIM


Z

* Zatonskih, Anna (1978) Ukraine, USA – WGM and IM * Zatulovskaya, Tatiana (1935) Azerbaijan, Russia, Israel – WGM * Zawadzka, Beata (1986) Poland – WGM *
Zhai Mo Zhai Mo (; born March 27, 1996, in Hebei) is a Chinese chess player. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2016. Zhai competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2017 and 2018. She won the Girls Under 12 event of t ...
(1966) China – WGM * Zhang Xiaowen (1989) China – WGM *
Zhao Lan Zhao Lan (; born July 1, 1963) is a Chinese chess Woman International Master. She was Women's Chinese Chess Championship, National Chess Champion in 1982. Zhao competed for the China national chess team results, China national chess team at the ...
(1963) China – WIM *
Zhao Xue Zhao Xue (; born 6 April 1985) is a Chinese chess player. She is the 24th Chinese person to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Zhao was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the Women's Chess Olympiad in 2002, 2004 and 2016, and ...
(1985) People's Republic of China – GM 2008 *
Zhu Chen Zhu Chen (, ar, زو تشن; born March 13, 1976) is a Chinese-born Qatari chess Grandmaster. In 1999, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006, she obtained Qatari c ...
(1976) People's Republic of China, Qatar – Women's World champion, GM 2001 * Zhu Jin'er (2002) China – WIM * Zhukova, Natalia (1979) Ukraine – GM 2010 * Zvorykina, Kira (1919–2014) Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria – WGM


See also

* :Chess woman grandmasters *
Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wher ...


References


External links


Women's top ratings on FIDE.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Female chess players Lists of chess players
Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
Women's chess