Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar

female, 40 years old
Chess grandmaster, Hungarian-American, Women's WorldChessChampion, Zsuzsa Polgár, Judit Polgar, Texas Tech University faculty…Chess problemist, 2004 Chess Olympiad, chess player, chess, Chess woman grandmaster
Grandmaster Zsuzsa Polgar is a Hungarian-born American chess player. In 1984, at age 15, she became the top-ranked female player in the world and...
Antoaneta Stefanova

Antoaneta Stefanova

female, 30 years old
chess player, Elista, Fédération Internationale des Échecs, ELO rating system, International Grandmaster, Chess Olympiad…Women's WorldChessChampion, Chess woman grandmaster, chess, Chess grandmaster
Antoaneta Stefanova (born April 19, 1979) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a former Women's World Chess Champion. She became the twelfth...
Zhu Chen

Zhu Chen

female, 33 years old
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, chess player, World Junior Girls Chess Championship, Qatari, World Junior Chess Championship…Women's WorldChessChampion, Chess woman grandmaster, chess, Chess grandmaster, Women's World Chess Championship
Zhu Chen (born March 16 1976 in Wenzhou, province Zhejiang) is a chess International Grandmaster from China. At the age of 25 she defeated...
Xie Jun

Xie Jun

female, 39 years old
Kalmykia, Wang Lei, chess player, Fédération Internationale des Échecs, Chinese Chess, Elista…Chess Olympiad, Women's WorldChessChampion, Chess woman grandmaster, chess, Chess grandmaster
Xie Jun (born October 30, 1970) is a chess player from Beijing, China. Her career began with Chinese chess at the age of 6. At 10, she became the...
Nona Gaprindashvili

Nona Gaprindashvili

female, 68 years old
Soviet chess player, Nana Alexandria, Nona Terentievna Gaprindashvili, Zugdidi, Zsuzsa Polgár, International Grandmaster…Women's WorldChessChampion, Chess woman grandmaster, chess, Chess grandmaster, chess player
Nona Gaprindashvili (born May 3, 1941) is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion (1962-1978), and first female...
Vera Menchik

Vera Menchik

female, deceased (1944)
English, British Chess Magazine, chess player, British, czech, Women's WorldChessChampion…chess, Women's World Chess Championship, Women's World Championship, Women's World Champion
Vera Menchik (Czech: "Věra Menčíková", February 16, 1906, Moscow - June 27, 1944, London, England) was a British-Czech female chess player and the...
Maia Chiburdanidze

Maia Chiburdanidze

female, 48 years old
Soviet chess player, Elo rating, fide, Irina Levitina, from Kutaisi, mongolia…Women's WorldChessChampion, Chess woman grandmaster, chess, Chess grandmaster, chess player
Maia Chiburdanidze (born January 17, 1961) is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh (and youngest) Women's World Chess Champion....
Xu Yuhua

Xu Yuhua

female, 33 years old
International Grandmaster, chess player, Elo rating, Woman Grandmaster, chinese, Women's WorldChessChampion…Chess woman grandmaster, chess, Women's World Chess Championship
Xu Yuhua (October 29 1976) is a Chinese chess player. She holds the International Grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster title. In the April 2007 FIDE...
Elisabeth Bykova

Elisabeth Bykova

female, deceased (1989)
Soviet chess player, Women's WorldChessChampion, grandmaster, Russian, chess, soviet…Chess grandmaster, chess player
Elisabeth Bykova (or "Elisabeth Bikova" or "Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova", Russian: Елизавета Ивановна Быкова; November 4, 1913 in Bogolyubovo, Russia...
Olga Rubtsova

Olga Rubtsova

female, deceased (1994)
Soviet chess player, Russian, grandmaster, Chess grandmaster, Women's WorldChessChampion, chess player
Olga Rubtsova. As of 2006, she remains the only player, male or female, to become World Champion in both over-the-board and correspondence chess.