List of female chess players

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This article lists female chess players who have received official World Chess Federation (FIDE) titles or are otherwise renowned as women in chess.

Grandmasters[]

Main article: List of female chess grandmasters

There are 39 female players who have been awarded the title of Grandmaster,[1][2] the highest lifetime title in chess:

This list is complete and up to date as of September 2021.
  •  Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakhstan)
  •  Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Scotland)
  •  Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia)
  •  Maia Chiburdanidze (Georgia)
  •  Pia Cramling (Sweden)
  •  Viktorija Čmilytė (Lithuania)
  •  Elina Danielian (Armenia)
  •  Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia)
  •  Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgia)
  •  Olga Girya (Russia)
  •  Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia)
  •  Valentina Gunina (Russia)
  •  Harika Dronavalli (India)
  •  Hoang Thanh Trang (Hungary)
  •  Hou Yifan (China)
  •  Ju Wenjun (China)
  •  Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia)
  •  Koneru Humpy (India)
  •  Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia)
  •  Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia)
  •  Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)
  •  Irina Krush (United States)
  •  Kateryna Lagno (Russia)
  •  Lei Tingjie (China)
  •  Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine)
  •  Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine)
  •  Peng Zhaoqin (Netherlands)
  •  Judit Polgár (Hungary)
  •  Susan Polgár (Hungary)
  •  Marie Sebag (France)
  •  Monika Soćko (Poland)
  •  Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
  •  Tan Zhongyi (China)
  •  Anna Ushenina (Ukraine)
  •  Xie Jun (China)
  •  Xu Yuhua (China)
  •  Zhao Xue (China)
  •  Zhu Chen (Qatar)
  •  Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine)

International Masters[]

As of June 2021, there are 129 women who hold the International Master title, all but seven of whom are living.[3] (Deceased players noted by † symbol.)

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.

A[]

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
  • Bijoux, Caroline (1976) South Africa
  • Bhakti Kulkarni (1992) India – WGM
  • 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
  • Ciuksyte, Dagne (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[]

E[]

F[]

  • Fagan, Louisa Matilda (1850–1931) Italy, UK
  • Miss Fatima 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
  • Forbes, Cathy (1968) England – WIM
  • Cristina Adela Foisor (1967–2017) Romania – WGM and IM
  • Frick, Denise (1980) South Africa – WIM

G[]

  • 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 (1995) China – IM
  • Guramishvili, Sopiko (1991) Georgia – WGM and IM

H[]

  • 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 (1994) People's Republic of China – GM 2008
  • Houska, Jovanka (1980) England – WGM and IM
  • Huang Qian (1986) China – WGM
  • Hunt, Harriet (1978) England – WGM and IM

I[]

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

J[]

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-Hermann, Edith (1921–2010) Germany – WGM
  • Khoudgarian, Natalia (1975) Russia, Canada – WIM
  • Khurtsidze, Nino (1975–2018) Georgia – WGM and IM
  • 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 (1997) China – GM
  • Leite, Catarina(1983) Portugal – WIM
  • Levitina, Irina (1954) Russia, USA – WGM
  • Li Ruofan (1997) China – IM
  • Lin Ye (1974) China – WFM
  • Litinskaya-Shul, Marta (1949) Ukraine – WGM
  • Liu Shilan (1962) China – WGM
  • Lu Xiaosha (1973) China – WIM

M[]

  • Macalda di Scaletta (c. 1240–c. 1310) Kingdom of Sicily
  • Mádl, Ildikó (1969) Hungary – WGM and IM
  • Majdan, Joanna (1988) Poland – WGM
  • Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra (2002) Russia – WGM
  • 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, Maria 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[]

P[]

  • Pähtz, Elisabeth (1985) Germany – WGM and IM
  • 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
  • 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 (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 - IM

S[]

  • Sabure, Taduetso (1982) Botswana – WGM
  • Sachdev, Tania (1986) India – IM and WGM
  • Šafranska, Anda (1960) Latvia, France – WGM
  • 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 (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[]

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 (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 (1970) People's Republic of China – Women's World champion, GM 1994
  • Xu Yuanyuan (1981) China – WGM
  • Xu Yuhua (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 (1966) China – WGM
  • Zhang Xiaowen (1989) China – WGM
  • Zhao Lan (1963) China – WIM
  • Zhao Xue (1985) People's Republic of China – GM 2008
  • Zhu Chen (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[]

References[]

  1. ^ McClain, Dylan Loeb (November 10, 2020). "How 'The Queen's Gambit' Started a New Debate About Sexism in Chess" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ List of female GMs at fide.com
  3. ^ "FIDE Players Advanced Search". ratings.fide.com.

External links[]

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