The list of women ’s chess grandmasters includes all chess players who officially received this title from FIDE . Holders of the title of honorary grandmaster are not included in the list.
Nona Gaprindashvili became in 1978 the first woman to receive the title of General Grandmaster. As of May 2014, there are 31 chess players who received this title.
Judit Polgar in 2003 became the first woman to be a super grandmaster .
Women's Grandmasters
Name | Date of Birth | Date of death | Graduation Year | Country | General sports titles |
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Zhansaya Abdumalik | 12.01.2000 | 2014 | Kazakhstan | ||
Tatev Abrahamyan | 01/13/1988 | 2011 | Armenia , USA | ||
Naira Aghababyan | 01/19/1951 | 1998 | USSR , Moldova | ||
Nelly Aginyan | 08/04/1981 | 2005 | Armenia | ||
Anna Akhsharumova | 01/09/1957 | 1989 | USSR , Israel , USA | ||
Maria Albulets | 06/10/1932 | 01/17/2005 | 1985 | Romania | |
Natalya Alyokhina | 11/03/1954 | 1990 | USSR , Russia | ||
Nana Alexandria | 10/13/1949 | 1976 | Georgia | ||
Olga Alexandrova | 01/28/1978 | 1999 | Ukraine , Spain | IM | |
Karina Ambartsumova | 08/17/1989 | 2011 | Russia | ||
Claudia Cupid | 08/26/1970 | 1998 | Argentina | ||
Elena Ankudinova | 00.00.1962 | 2013 | USSR , Kazakhstan | ||
Mary Arabidze | 02/25/1994 | 2012 | Georgia | IM | |
Ketevan Arahamia Grant | 07/19/1968 | 1987 | USSR , Georgia , Scotland | GM | |
Ekaterina Areshchenko | 09/02/1985 | 2007 | Ukraine | ||
Maritsa Arribas Robayna | 02/02/1971 | 1999 | Cuba | ||
Diana Arutyunova | 05/24/1988 | 2005 | Ukraine | ||
Ekaterina Atalik | 11/14/1982 | 2001 | Russia , Turkey | IM | |
Camila Baginskayte | 04/24/1967 | 2002 | USSR , Lithuania , USA | ||
Martha Barthel | 05/20/1988 | 2009 | Poland | ||
Nino Batsiashvili | 01/01/1987 | 2008 | Georgia | IM | |
Angelina Belakovskaya | 05/17/1969 | 1993 | USSR , USA | ||
Jordan Belich | 01/12/1964 | 2000 | Yugoslavia , Germany , Serbia | ||
Yana Bellin | 12/09/1947 | 1982 | Czechoslovakia , England | ||
Ana Benderach | 01/25/1977 | 2004 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Elvira Berend-Sakhatova | 09/19/1965 | 1994 | USSR , Kazakhstan , Luxembourg | ||
Ilze Berzin | 01/04/1984 | 2009 | Latvia | ||
Tatyana Bogumil | 03/16/1958 | 2016 | Russia | ||
Anastasia Bodnaruk | 03/30/1992 | 2009 | Russia | IM | |
Natasha Boykovich | 09/03/1971 | 1991 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | IM | |
Valentina Borisenko | 01/28/1920 | 03/06/1993 | 1978 | USSR , Russia | |
Elizaveta Borisova | 05/23/1984 | 2008 | Russia | ||
Zuzana Boroshova | 08/26/1988 | 2011 | Slovakia | ||
Angela Borsuk | 08/29/1967 | 1997 | USSR , Ukraine , Israel | IM | |
Ekaterina Borulya | 12/31/1969 | 1994 | USSR , Ukraine , Germany | ||
Tea Bosbom-Lanchava | 09/11/1974 | 2001 | USSR , Georgia , the Netherlands | IM | |
Anna Maria Botsari | 10/05/1972 | 1993 | Greece | ||
Anna Bravo Choes | 12/25/1988 | 2004 | Ecuador | ||
Agnieszka Brustman | 07/31/1962 | 1985 | Poland | ||
Irina Bulmaga | 11/11/1993 | 2012 | Moldova , Romania | IM | |
Anna Burtasova | 02/19/1987 | 2009 | Russia | ||
Elizaveta Bykova | 11/14/1913 | 03/08/1989 | 1976 | the USSR | IM |
Anna Cristina Kalotescu | 07/03/1983 | 2005 | Romania | ||
Monica Calsetta Ruiz | 11/29/1972 | 2003 | Spain | ||
Inga Charkhalashvili | 04/23/1983 | 2005 | Georgia | ||
Daria Charochkina | 10/07/1990 | 2011 | Russia | ||
Flyura Khasanova | 12/31/1964 | 1998 | USSR , Kazakhstan | ||
Irina Chelushkina | 02/01/1962 | 1992 | USSR , Ukraine , Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Tamara Khmiadashvili | 11/27/1944 | 1998 | USSR , Georgia | ||
Nino Khurtsidze | 09/28/1975 | 04/22/2018 | 1993 | USSR , Georgia | IM |
Dagne Chukshite | 01/01/1977 | 2002 | Lithuania , England | IM | |
Victoria Cmilyte | 08/06/1983 | 1999 | Lithuania | GM | |
Sylvia Cola | 05/04/1974 | 1998 | Bulgaria , France | IM | |
Daisy corey | 07/02/1993 | 2010 | Peru | ||
Ania Song Chorke | 09/12/1990 | 2004 | Hong Kong , England | ||
Elena-Luminita Cosma | 01/22/1972 | 1994 | Romania | ||
Pia Cramling | 04/23/1963 | 1982 | Sweden | GM | |
Tunde Chonkich | 09/20/1958 | 1990 | Hungary | ||
Christina Dombrowskaya | 12/05/1973 | 1994 | Poland | ||
Elina Danielyan | 08/16/1978 | 1994 | Armenia | GM | |
Diana Darchia | 10/18/1977 | 1998 | Georgia | ||
Deimante Daulite | 02/22/1989 | 2009 | Lithuania | IM | |
Mirelis Delgado Crespo | 07/03/1974 | 2004 | Spain | ||
Elena Dembo | 12/08/1983 | 2001 | Israel , Hungary , Greece | IM | |
Julia Dyomina | 02/03/1969 | 1991 | USSR , Russia | ||
Ding Yixin | 04/26/1991 | 2010 | China | ||
Olga Dolshchikova | 01/22/1979 | 2002 | Ukraine , Norway | ||
Evgenia Dolukhanova | 06/10/1984 | 2006 | Ukraine , Armenia | ||
Elena Akhmylovskaya | 03/11/1957 | 11/19/2012 | 1977 | USSR , USA | |
Nana Dzagnidze | 01/01/1987 | 2003 | Georgia | GM | |
Lela Javakhishvili | 04/23/1984 | 2003 | Georgia | IM | |
Emilia Dzhingarova | 10/06/1978 | 2003 | Bulgaria | ||
John Dvorakovskaya | 10/21/1978 | 1997 | Poland | IM | |
Natalia Edzgveradze | 07/23/1975 | 1999 | Georgia | ||
Rachel Aidelson | 11/14/1958 | 1995 | USSR , Belarus | ||
Hannah Erenskaya-Barlo | 11/12/1946 | 1981 | Poland | ||
Kveta Eretova | 10/21/1926 | 1986 | Czechoslovakia , Czech | ||
Inguna Ernest | 05/23/1966 | 1992 | USSR , Latvia | ||
Elena Fatalibekova | 10/04/1947 | 1977 | USSR , Russia | ||
Tatyana Fatyanova | 05/04/1984 | 2008 | Russia | ||
Martha Lorena Fierro Baccero | 09/06/1977 | 1997 | USA , Ecuador | IM | |
Gisela Fishdick | 11/05/1955 | 2005 | Germany , Germany | ||
Kristina Adela Foishor | 06/07/1967 | 01/21/2017 | 1991 | Romania | IM |
Sabina Francesca Foychor | 08/30/1989 | 2007 | Romania , USA | ||
Svetlana Fomichenko | 02/19/1976 | 2007 | Russia | ||
Sirka Frometa Castillo | 06/07/1963 | 2008 | Cuba | ||
Alisa Gallyamova | 01/18/1972 | 1989 | USSR , Ukraine , Russia | IM | |
Lilit Galoyan | 06/17/1983 | 2009 | Armenia | IM | |
Nona Gaprindashvili | 05/03/1941 | 1976 | USSR , Georgia | GM | |
Anita Gara | 03/04/1983 | 2001 | Hungary | IM | |
Titia Gara | 10/25/1984 | 2002 | Hungary | ||
Mehri Geldyeva | 04/04/1984 | 1998 | Turkmenistan | ||
Olga Gerasimovich | 01/14/1985 | 2004 | Belarus | ||
Anna Gershanik | 09/13/1975 | 1994 | Israel , USA | ||
Bella Gesser | 06/02/1985 | 2004 | Russia , Israel | ||
Olga Girya | 06/04/1991 | 2009 | Russia | ||
Tatyana Gladysheva | 07/14/1966 | 2003 | USSR , Russia | ||
Rusudan Goletiani | 09/08/1980 | 1999 | USSR , Georgia , USA | IM | |
Valentina Golubenko | 07/29/1990 | 2007 | Estonia , Croatia | ||
Marie Ann Gomez | 09/19/1989 | 2008 | India | ||
Alexandra Goryachkina | 09/28/1998 | 2012 | Russia | ||
Monica Grabich | 08/31/1976 | 2003 | Hungary | ||
Tatyana Grabuzova | 02/09/1967 | 1994 | USSR , Russia | ||
Rena Graf | 04/26/1966 | 1999 | USSR , Uzbekistan , Germany | ||
Melisa Griff | 04/15/1994 | 2009 | South Africa | ||
Alla Greenfeld | 04/16/1953 | 1996 | USSR , Russia , USA | ||
Gu Xiaobing | 07/12/1985 | 2003 | China | ||
Pauline Guichard | 11/14/1988 | 2011 | France | ||
Valentina Gunina | 02/04/1989 | 2010 | Russia | GM | |
Guo Qi | 01/27/1995 | 2011 | China | ||
Sofiko Guramishvili | 01/01/1991 | 2009 | Georgia | IM | |
Nino Gurieli | 12/07/1961 | 1980 | USSR , Georgia | IM | |
Marina Guseva-Romanko | 08/05/1986 | 2006 | Russia | IM | |
Sopio Gvetadze | 11/15/1983 | 2006 | Georgia | IM | |
Adina Maria Hamdouchi | 08/25/1979 | 2003 | Romania , France | ||
Harika Dronavalli | 01/12/1991 | 2004 | India | GM | |
Fenny hemskerk | 12/03/1919 | 12/08/2007 | 1978 | Netherlands | |
Carla Heredia Serrano | 02/10/1991 | 2013 | Ecuador | ||
Hoang Thanh Chang | 04/25/1980 | 1995 | Vietnam , Hungary | GM | |
Hoang Thi Bao Tram | 11/09/1987 | 2006 | Vietnam | ||
Sarah Holt | 04/30/1988 | 2012 | Germany | ||
Alena Goreskul | 11/02/1983 | 2004 | Ukraine | ||
Hou Yifan | 02/27/1994 | 2007 | China | GM | |
Jovanka Guska | 06/10/1980 | 2000 | England | IM | |
Miroslava Grabinskaya | 05/22/1984 | 2005 | Ukraine | ||
Huang Qian | 07/18/1986 | 2008 | China | ||
Maryana Huda | 10/15/1988 | 2006 | Ukraine | ||
Hampi Koneru | 03/31/1987 | 2001 | India | GM | |
Barbara Hund | 10/10/1959 | 1982 | Germany , Switzerland | ||
Harriet hunt | 02/04/1978 | 1997 | England | IM | |
Anastasia Gutsko | 07/27/1985 | 2006 | Ukraine | ||
Olga Ignatieva | 10/16/1920 | 1999 | 1978 | USSR , Russia | |
Olga Ilyushina | 02/22/1981 | 2009 | Russia | ||
Irina Ionescu | 08/09/1973 | 2001 | USSR , Moldova , Romania | ||
Julia-Ionela Ionika | 07/04/1980 | 2008 | Romania | ||
Nana Ioseliani | 02/12/1962 | 1980 | USSR , Georgia | IM | |
Inna Ivakhinova | 02/23/1989 | 2012 | Russia | ||
Maria Ivanka | 02/23/1950 | 1978 | Hungary | ||
Anthony Ivanova | 09/24/1931 | 1983 | Bulgaria | ||
Yana Yatskova | 08/06/1982 | 2001 | Czech | IM | |
Sheila Jackson | 11/11/1957 | 1988 | England | ||
Inna Yanovskaya | 06/22/1976 | 1995 | Ukraine | IM | |
Barbara Yarach | 06/08/1977 | 2007 | Poland | ||
Ju wenjun | 01/31/1991 | 2009 | China | ||
Vera Peicheva-Yurgens | 09/05/1969 | 1993 | Bulgaria , Germany | ||
Margareta Mureshan | 03/13/1950 | 1982 | Romania | ||
Ketevan Kahiani | 09/11/1971 | 1990 | USSR , Georgia , Germany | IM | |
Ilaha Kadimova | 11/05/1975 | 1994 | USSR , Azerbaijan | ||
Beata Kazyolka | 06/26/1986 | 2006 | Poland | ||
Olga Kalinina | 06/20/1989 | 2013 | Ukraine | ||
Daria Kapsh | 11/26/1981 | 2005 | Slovenia | ||
Eva Caracas | 02/15/1922 | 05/07/1995 | 1982 | Hungary | |
Yesha Caravade | 11/21/1987 | 2005 | India | IM | |
Anastasia Karlovich | 05/29/1982 | 2003 | Ukraine | ||
Elmira Karnaukhova | 07/10/1985 | 2007 | Russia | ||
Alina Kashlinskaya | 10/28/1993 | 2009 | Russia | IM | |
Edith Keller-Herman | 11/17/1921 | 05/12/2010 | 1978 | Germany , GDR | |
Sarasadat Hademalshari | 03/10/1997 | 2013 | Iran | ||
Mona Khaled | 04/09/1994 | 2007 | Egypt | ||
Bela Khotenashvili | 06/01/1988 | 2007 | Georgia | GM | |
Sofiko Khukhashvili | 01/04/1985 | 2005 | Georgia | IM | |
Inga Hurtsilava | 04/17/1975 | 2013 | Georgia | ||
Manisha Mohanti Kieran | 04/09/1989 | 2010 | India | ||
Tamara Klink | 04/27/1967 | 2000 | USSR , Kazakhstan , Germany | ||
Masha Klinova | 11/18/1968 | 1996 | USSR , Israel | IM | |
Julia Kochetkova | 11/26/1981 | 2006 | Russia , Slovakia | ||
Henrika Konarkovskaya-Sokolov | 12/14/1938 | 1986 | Poland , Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Tatyana Kononenko | 12/05/1978 | 1998 | Ukraine | IM | |
Natalya Konopleva | 11/23/1944 | 03/15/2011 | 1976 | USSR , Russia | |
Ekaterina Korbut | 02/09/1985 | 2001 | Russia | IM | |
Niina Koskela | 08/08/1971 | 2006 | Finland , Norway | ||
Nadezhda Kosintseva | 01/14/1985 | 2002 | Russia | GM | |
Tatyana Kosintseva | 04/11/1986 | 2001 | Russia | GM | |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | 04/23/1984 | 1998 | Russia , Switzerland | GM | |
Tatyana Kostyuk | 11/21/1982 | 2006 | Ukraine | ||
Lyubov Kostyukova | 09/16/1983 | 2006 | Ukraine | IM | |
Maria Kuvatsu | 11/02/1979 | 2000 | Greece | ||
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | 04/17/1974 | 1998 | Russia | IM | |
Baira Kovanova | 05/12/1987 | 2007 | Russia | ||
Valentina Kozlovskaya | 04/18/1938 | 1976 | USSR , Russia | ||
Yana Krivets | 05/30/1980 | 2007 | Slovenia | ||
Elena Kryuchkova | 04/22/1969 | 2004 | USSR , Uzbekistan | ||
Monica Krupa | 12/03/1977 | 2008 | Poland | ||
Petra Krupkova-Movsesyan | 04/23/1976 | 1999 | Czechoslovakia , Czech | ||
Irina Krush | 12/24/1983 | 2002 | USA | GM | |
Irina Kryukova | 05/18/1968 | 2001 | USSR , Russia | ||
Vita Krivoruchko | 02/17/1988 | 2012 | Ukraine | ||
Leah Kucherova | 06/05/1986 | 2006 | Russia | ||
Bhakti kulkarni | 05/19/1992 | 2012 | India | ||
Eva Kulovana | 10/28/1987 | 2008 | Czech | ||
Maria Kursova | 01/03/1986 | 2007 | Russia , Armenia | ||
Alla Kushnir | 08/11/1941 | 08/02/2013 | 1976 | USSR , Israel | |
Henrietta Lagvilava | 07/03/1969 | 2000 | USSR , Georgia , Belarus | ||
Ekaterina Lagno | 12/27/1989 | 2002 | Ukraine , Russia | GM | |
Nicoletta Lacoche | 12/14/1978 | 2000 | Hungary | ||
Susan Arkell | 10/20/1965 | 1988 | England | IM | |
Rosa Lalleman | 08/08/1961 | 08/26/2008 | 2000 | USSR , Russia , France | |
Alina L'Ami | 06/01/1985 | 2005 | Romania | IM | |
Milunka Lazarevich | 12/01/1932 | 1976 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Le Thanh Tu | 11/27/1985 | 2008 | Vietnam | ||
Maria Leconte | 03/12/1970 | 2002 | USSR , Ukraine , France | ||
Tatyana Lemachko | 03/16/1948 | 1977 | USSR , Bulgaria , Switzerland | ||
Irina Levitina | 06/06/1954 | 1976 | USSR , USA | ||
Elena Levushkina | 02/27/1984 | 2007 | Uzbekistan , Germany | ||
Li Hufan | 04/30/1978 | 2002 | China , Singapore | IM | |
Oleini Linares Napoles | 06/27/1983 | 2010 | Cuba | ||
Marta Litinskaya | 03/25/1949 | 1976 | USSR , Ukraine | ||
Lei Tingjie | 03.03.1997 | 2014 | China | ||
Liu Shilan | 01/24/1962 | 1982 | China | ||
Maya Lomineishvili | 11/11/1977 | 1996 | USSR , Georgia | IM | |
Carolina Luhan | 05/13/1985 | 2005 | Argentina | IM | |
Irina Lymar | 10/20/1974 | 2000 | USSR , Ukraine | ||
Ildiko Madl | 11/05/1969 | 1986 | Hungary | IM | |
Nino Maysuradze | 06/13/1982 | 2009 | Georgia , France | ||
John Maidan-Gayevskaya | 06/09/1988 | 2009 | Poland | ||
Marina Makropoulou | 12/03/1960 | 1982 | Romania , Greece | ||
Suzana Maksimovich | 01/05/1962 | 2000 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Gulnara Mammadova | 05/11/1991 | 2012 | Azerbaijan | ||
Turkan Mamedyarov | 08/07/1989 | 2007 | Azerbaijan | ||
Zeynab Mamedyarov | 03/03/1983 | 2002 | Azerbaijan | ||
Maria Manakova | 03/01/1974 | 1997 | USSR , Russia , Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Alice Maric | 01/10/1970 | 1988 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | IM | |
Mirjana Marić | 01/10/1970 | 1991 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Janet Marrero Lopez | 04/04/1983 | 2008 | Cuba | ||
Julia Mashinskaya | 02/18/1977 | 1997 | Russia | IM | |
Ana Matnadze | 02/20/1983 | 2002 | Georgia , Spain | IM | |
Svetlana Matveeva | 07/04/1969 | 1989 | USSR , Kyrgyzstan , Russia | IM | |
Mirjana Medic | 07/30/1964 | 1999 | Yugoslavia , Croatia | ||
Varda Aulia Medina | 07/07/1997 | 2013 | Indonesia | ||
Nora Medvega | 03/29/1977 | 2002 | Hungary | IM | |
Meenakshi Subbaraman | 10.24.1981 | 2004 | India | ||
Tatyana Melamed | 02/03/1974 | 1999 | Ukraine , Germany | ||
Salome Melia | 04/14/1987 | 2005 | Georgia | IM | |
Yana Melnikova | 03/02/1984 | 2005 | Russia | ||
Evgenia Meshcheryakova | 09/08/1985 | 2007 | Russia | ||
Martha Mikhn | 01/30/1978 | 1999 | Poland , Germany | ||
Irina Mikhailova | 06/09/1963 | 1994 | USSR , Russia | ||
Sophie Miyet | 11/02/1983 | 2004 | France | IM | |
Elmira Mirzoeva | 11/02/1981 | 2002 | Russia | ||
Spring Misanovich | 11/27/1964 | 1991 | Yugoslavia , Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
Lilit Mkrtchyan | 08/09/1982 | 1998 | Armenia | IM | |
Niche Mohota | 10/13/1980 | 2003 | India | IM | |
Tatyana Molchanova | 12/28/1980 | 2010 | Russia | ||
Batuyag Mongontuil | 10/08/1987 | 2003 | Mongolia | IM | |
Eva Moser | 07/26/1982 | 2003 | Austria | IM | |
Naira Movsisyan | 06/07/1977 | 2006 | Armenia | ||
Bianca Muren | 02/28/1986 | 2007 | Netherlands | ||
Nafisa Muminova | 02/01/1990 | 2013 | Uzbekistan | ||
Anna Muzychuk | 02/28/1990 | 2004 | Ukraine , Slovenia | GM | |
Maria Muzychuk | 09/21/1992 | 2007 | Ukraine | IM | |
Nadig Kruttika | 02/17/1988 | 2009 | India | ||
Guliskhan Nakhbaeva | 06/20/1991 | 2012 | Kazakhstan | ||
Vera Nebolsina | 12/16/1989 | 2007 | Russia | ||
Vera Nedelkovich | 09/16/1929 | 1978 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Katerina Nemtsova | 11/14/1990 | 2008 | Czech Republic , USA | ||
Adriana Nikolova | 11/09/1988 | 2011 | Bulgaria | ||
Nguyen Thi Thanh An | 06/17/1976 | 2005 | Vietnam | ||
Ning Chunhong | 01/21/1968 | 2001 | China | ||
Danela Nutsu | 06/06/1957 | 1986 | Romania , Australia | ||
Melting Ohm | 06/23/1990 | 2012 | Germany | ||
Gabriele Olarasu | 11/07/1964 | 1997 | Romania | ||
Lysander Teresa Ordaz Valdez | 11/25/1988 | 2011 | Cuba | ||
Nadia Carolina Ortiz | 10/20/1986 | 2011 | Colombia | ||
Evgeniya Ovod | 11/10/1982 | 2001 | Russia | IM | |
Kubra Ozturk | 05/11/1991 | 2011 | Turkey | ||
Rout Padmini | 01/05/1994 | 2010 | India | ||
Elizabeth Petz | 01/08/1985 | 2001 | Germany | IM | |
Nazi Paikidze | 10/27/1993 | 2010 | Georgia , USA | IM | |
Petra Papp | 08/22/1993 | 2012 | Hungary | ||
Shadi paridar | 07/02/1986 | 2004 | Iran | ||
Elena Partach | 03/25/1984 | 2003 | Moldova | ||
Josephine Paulet | 02/19/1989 | 2009 | Romania , the Netherlands | ||
Peng Zhaoqin | 05/08/1968 | 1992 | China , the Netherlands | GM | |
Corina Isabela Peptan | 03/17/1978 | 1995 | Romania | IM | |
Svetlana Petrenko | 05/27/1974 | 2001 | Moldova | IM | |
Fam Le Tao Nguyen | 12/07/1987 | 2011 | Vietnam | IM | |
Pina Vega Sulennis | 01/08/1981 | 2002 | Cuba | ||
Ella Pitam | 02/10/1977 | 1997 | USSR , Israel | ||
Natalia Pogonina | 03/09/1985 | 2004 | Russia | ||
Judit Polgar | 07/23/1976 | 1988 | Hungary | GM | |
Sofia Polgar | 11/02/1974 | 1989 | Hungary , Israel | IM | |
Susan Polgar | 04/19/1969 | 1987 | Hungary , USA | GM | |
Elizabeth Polychroniade | 04/24/1935 | 1982 | Romania | ||
Atusa Purkashyan | 05/16/1988 | 2009 | Iran | ||
Svetlana Prudnikova | 03/18/1967 | 1992 | USSR , Russia , Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Lenka Ptashnikova | 01/16/1976 | 2000 | Czechoslovakia , Czech Republic , Iceland | ||
Maka Purseladze | 02/18/1988 | 2005 | Georgia | IM | |
Qin Canyin | 02/02/1974 | 1992 | China | ||
Iveta Reilich | 03/16/1981 | 1997 | Poland | IM | |
Aarthie Ramaswami | 06/28/1981 | 2003 | India | ||
Vivian Ramon Pita | 05/02/1963 | 1998 | Cuba | ||
Olita Ruse | 11/21/1962 | 1993 | USSR , Latvia | IM | |
Dana Reizniece-Ozola | 11/06/1981 | 2001 | Latvia | ||
Eva Repkova | 01/16/1975 | 1995 | Czechoslovakia , Slovakia , Lebanon | IM | |
Elishka Richtrova | 07/01/1959 | 1982 | Czechoslovakia , Czech | ||
Laura Rogule | 02/05/1988 | 2005 | Latvia | ||
Ekaterina Rogonyan | 04/25/1984 | 2004 | Ukraine , USA | ||
Inna Romanova | 04/19/1975 | 1998 | Ukraine , Belarus | ||
Tatyana Roshchina | 03/28/1976 | 2000 | Russia | ||
Ruan Lufei | 10/02/1987 | 2007 | China | ||
Olga Rubtsova | 08/20/1909 | 12/13/1994 | 1976 | the USSR | IM |
Tatyana Rubtsova | 05/08/1962 | 1986 | USSR , Russia | ||
Natalya Rucheva | 03/12/1960 | 1993 | USSR , Ukraine | ||
Lyudmila Rudenko | 07/27/1904 | 03/05/1986 | 1976 | the USSR | IM |
Anna Rudolph | 11/12/1987 | 2008 | Hungary | ||
Julia Ryazanova | 05/15/1974 | 2000 | Russia | ||
Tuduetso Sabure | 00.00.1982 | 2005 | Botswana | ||
Tanya Sachdev | 08/20/1986 | 2005 | India | IM | |
Anda Shafranska | 12/02/1960 | 1999 | USSR , Latvia , France | ||
Lyudmila Zaitseva | 02/10/1956 | 1986 | USSR , Russia | ||
Elena Zayats | 09/16/1969 | 1992 | USSR , Belarus , Russia | IM | |
Irina Zakurdyaeva | 11/30/1982 | 2003 | Russia | ||
Sarai Sanchez Castillo | 07/28/1981 | 2007 | Venezuela | IM | |
Dinara Saduakasova | 10/31/1996 | 2012 | Kazakhstan | ||
Michaela Sandu | 02/19/1977 | 2008 | Romania | ||
Oksana Sarana Hunging | 04/28/1979 | 1998 | Ukraine , Slovakia , Germany | ||
Tatyana Zatulovskaya | 12/08/1935 | 1976 | USSR , Russia , Israel | ||
Lyudmila Saunina | 07/09/1952 | 2005 | USSR , Russia | ||
Anastasia Savina | 03/18/1992 | 2010 | Russia | IM | |
Anna Sharevich | 12/18/1985 | 2006 | Belarus , USA | ||
Zoya Lelchuk | 09/06/1961 | 1987 | USSR , Ukraine , Germany | ||
Jessica Schmidt | 10/11/1979 | 2006 | Germany | ||
Veronica Schneider | 07/17/1987 | 2011 | Hungary | ||
Natalya Zhukova | 06/05/1979 | 1996 | Ukraine | GM | |
Elmira Skripchenko | 02/17/1976 | 1995 | Moldova , France | IM | |
Marie Sebag | 10/15/1986 | 2003 | France | GM | |
Elena Sedina | 06/01/1968 | 1996 | USSR , Ukraine , Italy | IM | |
Irina Semenova | 01/16/1968 | 2008 | USSR , Russia | ||
Lidia Semenova | 11/22/1951 | 1982 | USSR , Ukraine | ||
Maria Sergeeva | 00.00.1983 | 2001 | Kazakhstan | ||
Zoya Severyukhina | 04/27/1990 | 2012 | Russia | ||
Tatyana Shadrina | 04/20/1974 | 1999 | Russia | ||
Jennifer Shahade | 12/31/1980 | 2005 | USA | ||
Sandugach Shaidullina | 00.00.1981 | 2003 | Russia | ||
Shen yang | 01/23/1989 | 2006 | China | IM | |
Marina Sheremeteva | 06/07/1963 | 1998 | USSR , Moldova | ||
Tatyana Shumyakina | 10/04/1965 | 1994 | USSR , Russia | ||
Olga Sikorova | 03/04/1975 | 2013 | Czechoslovakia , Czech | ||
Carolina Smokina | 06/13/1977 | 2004 | Moldova | ||
Monica Sotsko | 03/24/1978 | 1995 | Poland | GM | |
Ainur Sofieva | 07/19/1970 | 1991 | USSR , Azerbaijan | ||
Lisa Solovyova | 03/13/1993 | 2010 | Ukraine | ||
Swaminathan Soumya | 03/21/1989 | 2008 | India | ||
Ana Srebnich | 02/20/1984 | 2006 | Slovenia | ||
Theresa Stadler | 09/28/1936 | 03/27/2001 | 1978 | Yugoslavia | |
Antoaneta Stefanova | 04/19/1979 | 1994 | Bulgaria | GM | |
Tatyana Stepovaya | 09/23/1965 | 1992 | USSR , Russia | ||
Olga Styazhkina | 00.00.1970 | 1994 | USSR , Russia | ||
Lara Stoke | 05/26/1992 | 2008 | Germany , Croatia | ||
Zuzana Shtochkova | 11/25/1977 | 1998 | Slovakia | IM | |
Angelia Stoyanovich | 11/12/1987 | 2007 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Natalya Straub | 05/27/1978 | 1998 | Ukraine , Germany | ||
Svetlana Struchkova | 02/12/1963 | 2000 | USSR , Ukraine | ||
Galina Strutinskaya | 07/01/1957 | 2011 | Russia | ||
Irina Sudakova | 09/05/1982 | 2004 | Russia | ||
Irine Harisma Sukandar | 04/04/1992 | 2009 | Indonesia | IM | |
Ava Suleymanova | 06/23/1982 | 2010 | Ukraine , Crimea | ||
Ghate swatha | 01/16/1980 | 2004 | India | ||
Kira Zvorykina | 09/29/1919 | 09/06/2014 | 1978 | USSR , Russia | |
Karina Zhepkovskaya-Khorovskaya | 10/28/1987 | 2010 | Poland | ||
Erica Shiva | 06/08/1967 | 2001 | Hungary , the Netherlands | ||
Elena Tairova | 08/28/1991 | 03/16/2010 | 2006 | Belarus , Russia | IM |
Tan Zhongyi | 05/29/1991 | 2009 | China | ||
Margareta Theodorescu | 04/13/1932 | 01/22/2013 | 1985 | Romania | |
Regina Pokorn | 01/18/1982 | 2000 | Czechoslovakia , Slovakia | ||
Tian Tian | 03/25/1983 | 2002 | China | ||
Katarzyna Tom | 09/16/1985 | 2012 | Poland | ||
Sopio Tkeshelashvili | 10/23/1979 | 2000 | Georgia | ||
Bettina Trabert | 03/04/1969 | 2000 | Canada Germany , Germany | ||
Evgenia Chasovnikova | 05/15/1981 | 2009 | Russia | ||
Svetlana Cherednichenko | 05/02/1984 | 2009 | Ukraine | ||
Maya Chiburdanidze | 01/17/1961 | 1977 | USSR , Georgia | GM | |
Tamar Tsereteli | 01/30/1985 | 2005 | Georgia | ||
Irina Turova | 08/10/1979 | 2001 | Russia | IM | |
Batchimeg Tuvsintungs | 05/03/1986 | 2009 | Mongolia , USA | IM | |
Anna Ushenina | 08/30/1985 | 2003 | Ukraine | GM | |
Sidonia Wajda | 01/20/1979 | 1998 | Romania , Hungary | IM | |
Alexandra van der Meie | 07/22/1940 | 10/14/2013 | 1977 | Romania , the Netherlands | |
Irina Vasilevich | 04/19/1985 | 2005 | Russia | IM | |
Sabrina Vega Gutierrez | 02/28/1987 | 2007 | Spain | IM | |
Maria Velcheva | 10/14/1976 | 1999 | Bulgaria | ||
Firuza Velihanli | 10/26/1970 | 1994 | USSR , Azerbaijan | ||
Zsuzsa Veretsi-Petronich | 02/19/1949 | 1978 | Hungary | ||
Yanira Vigoa Apecheche | 07/18/1987 | 2011 | Cuba | ||
Subbaraman Viyalakshmi | 03/25/1979 | 2001 | India | IM | |
Tamara Wilerte | 03/05/1954 | 2008 | USSR , Latvia | ||
Carmen Wojcu-Jagodzinski | 04/25/1981 | 2006 | Romania | ||
Jovana Voinovich | 02/18/1992 | 2009 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Oksana Wozovik | 12/08/1985 | 2003 | Ukraine | ||
Sanya Vuksanovich | 03/04/1967 | 1998 | Yugoslavia , Serbia and Montenegro , Serbia | ||
Wafa Shrook | 05/13/1997 | 2013 | Egypt | ||
Anna Wagener | 10/14/1976 | 1996 | Moldova , Luxembourg | ||
Wang Jue | 10/17/1995 | 2013 | China | ||
Wang Lei | 02/04/1975 | 1995 | China | ||
Wang Ping | 12/11/1974 | 1992 | China | ||
Wang Yu | 11/19/1982 | 2003 | China | IM | |
Tatyana Vasilevich | 01/14/1977 | 1996 | Ukraine | IM | |
Iva Videnova | 10/17/1987 | 2011 | Bulgaria | ||
Margarita Troops | 04/03/1963 | 1985 | Bulgaria | ||
Larisa Volpert | 03/30/1926 | 10/01/2017 | 1978 | USSR , Estonia | |
John Worek | 01/23/1986 | 2013 | Poland | ||
Wu Mintian | 01/08/1961 | 1985 | China | ||
Xie Jun | 10/30/1970 | 1990 | China | GM | |
Xu Yuanyuan | 03/08/1981 | 2003 | China | ||
Betul Jamre Yildiz | 05/16/1989 | 2012 | Turkey | ||
Iolanta Zavadskaya | 02/08/1987 | 2005 | Poland | ||
Natalya Zdebskaya | 08/16/1986 | 2004 | Ukraine | ||
Zhang Jilin | 06/24/1986 | 2007 | China | ||
Zhang Xiaowen | 02.24.1989 | 2008 | China | ||
Xu Yuhua | 10/29/1976 | 2000 | China | GM | |
Anna Zatonskikh | 07/17/1978 | 1999 | Ukraine , USA | IM | |
Keti Tsatsalashvili | 06/10/1992 | 2011 | Georgia | ||
Olga Zimina | 05/14/1982 | 2003 | Russia , Italy | IM | |
Zhao Xue | 04/06/1985 | 2000 | China | GM | |
Zhu Chen | 03/16/1976 | 1994 | China , Qatar | GM | |
Anastasia Zezyulkina | 10/06/1995 | 2012 | Belarus | IM | |
Anna Zozulya | 03/10/1980 | 2000 | Ukraine , Belgium | IM |
See also
- List of International Chess Grandmasters
- List of Honorary Chess Grandmasters
- List of Chess Super Grandmasters
Links
- FIDE database containing all living title holders
- Database of female chess grandmasters, also holding the title of General International Master
- Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 , Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, 264 Seiten (the whole history of FIDE until 2001)
- Some title documents