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As of December 2023, India has 84 Grandmasters (GM) including 3 female players holding the title, 136 International Masters (IM) including 9 female players holding the title, 18 Woman Grandmasters (WGM), 43 Woman International Masters (WIM) and a total of 33,028 rated players. [23] [24] Female rated players are 3,534 in number forming 10.7% of ...
Formerly highest-ranked American female player (2002) 54 China: Qin Kanying: 2501 2000-07 1974 Moldova France: Almira Skripchenko: 2501 2003-01 1976 Formerly highest-ranked Moldovan female player (1995–2001), highest-ranked French female player (2002–2007) India: Divya Deshmukh: 2501 2024-10 2005 57 Georgia: Lela Javakhishvili: 2500 2010-03 ...
Judit Polgár, the highest-rated female player in history, was once the youngest grandmaster overall. There are 42 female chess players who hold the title of Grandmaster (GM), the highest title awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The Grandmaster title was formally established by FIDE in 1950.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
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. FIDE title abbreviations: GM – grandmaster; IM – International Master; FM – FIDE Master; WGM – Woman Grandmaster
She is the reigning Nationals Women Chess Champion in 2024. Nandhidhaa won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022, making her only the 9th Indian Women to clinch the Asian Gold. She scored an unbeaten and impressive 7.5/9 to clinch the title, thereby also qualifying for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023.
Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Humpy is a runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship and the reigning two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion. [1] [2] In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster aged 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, a record only since surpassed by Hou ...
Tania Sachdev (born 20 August 1986) [2] 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, [3] [4] one-time Asian women's chess champion in 2007 [3] [5] and three-time Commonwealth Women's Chess Champion in 2016, [6] 2018, [7] and 2019. [8]