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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.
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
Recently, Hou Yifan has been the leading female chess player, for example winning the Biel GM tournament in 2017. [ 58 ] In February 2017, [ 59 ] the Iranian Chess Federation [ 60 ] banned Dorsa Derakhshani from playing for the national team or in national tournaments after she played in the 2017 Gibraltar Chess Festival without wearing a hijab .
Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. [1] In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former world champion Bobby Fischer.
Former women's world champion (1996–1999), formerly youngest female grandmaster (1991), formerly female world no. 1 (1984–1985, 1986), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian female player (1984–1988), formerly highest-ranked American female player (2003–2019) 10 Russia: Nadezhda Kosintseva: 2576 2010-11 1985 11 China: Xie Jun: 2574 2008-01 1970
One of only 41 female grandmasters in the world, she'll play dozens of players at the same time. Girls and woman are especially encouraged. Top female chess master will face challengers at Quincy ...
Pages in category "Chess Woman Grandmasters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 469 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hou started playing chess regularly at the age of five, [10] but already was fascinated by the game when she was three years old. Hou's father, Hou Xuejian, a magistrate, [11] often took her to a bookstore after dinner and noticed that she liked to stare at glass chess pieces behind the window.