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cyna
01-Sep-09, 18:07

Women In Chess
From September 1, 2009 FIDE started to publish the ELO rating-lists every two months.

On September 1, 2009 there are 14 women whose rating is higher than the men's GM level of 2500:

1. Polgar Judit - 2687
2. Koneru Humpy - 2595
3. Hou Yifan - 2585
4. Zhao Xue - 2542
5. Kosintseva Tatiana - 2536
6. Cramling Pia - 2535
7. Dzagnidze Nana - 2535
8. Muzychuk Anna - 2533
9. Stefanova Antoaneta - 2527
10. Sebag Marie - 2519
11. Kosteniuk Alexandra - 2516
12. Chiburdanidze Maia - 2506
13. Hoang Thanh Trang - 2501
14. Pogonina Natalia - 2501

SOURCE: www.chessblog.com
rilke
02-Sep-09, 00:29

Judith Polgar
It is amazing how great she is>>
j2000
02-Sep-09, 00:42

Koneru Humpy
Has the best name.
rilke
09-Jan-11, 18:26

Alisa Maric
A Serbian Chess player. Alisa and her twin sister Mirjana are the only twins with " Woman Grandmaster" titles in the history of modern chess.
coopershawk
15-Jan-11, 22:32

Follow-up question for Rilke
Are there pairs of male identical twins who were or are Grandmasters?
chrisobee
16-Jan-11, 01:13

Twins who were are/were GM's
I'm almost certain no male twins have ever both been GM's, indeed I'm struggling to think of 2 brothers who have both been GM's ! There are a few players with the same surname such as Sokolov ( Andrei and Ivan) and Kuzmin ( Alexi and Gennadi) but I'm not even sure they are related ?
For anyone who uses Twitter Alexandra Kosteniuk is worth following :


twitter.com

There are quite a few other good chess sources on there also.
rilke
31-Mar-11, 15:16

Humpy Koneru
From India. She has the record for being the youngest woman
who ever become Grandmaster ( at the age of 15).
wildfiree
01-Apr-11, 08:26

Anybody...
Does anybody know Tea Lanchava?
rilke
02-Apr-11, 08:12

Natalia Pogonina
Russia.

Three times women European champion.
She is a beauty .
rilke
16-Oct-20, 22:11

Zhao Xue
Chinese female grandmaster.
24 th person to reach the Grandmaster title.
Olympic team champion three times in the
2000 's era.
rilke
17-Oct-20, 09:29

Sarah Hoolt
German Grandmaster
Since 2012
rilke
27-Oct-20, 10:16

Hou-Yifan
Born in 1994.
Chinese Grandmaster.
Child prodigy.
Youngest to win the Women's world
Championship.
rilke
28-Oct-20, 12:17

Lei Tingjie
From China.
Born in 1997
She became Grandmaster in 2017.
rilke
14-Dec-20, 11:33

Vera Menchick
1906 - 1926
Czech - Russian.
She was the first female world chess champion.
She played against Gransmasters, including
two wins against Euwe.
rilke
01-Feb-21, 13:33

Irina Krush
American female chess player, born in
Ukraine.
The only active American female Grandmaster
rilke
02-Feb-21, 15:38

Beatriz Alfonso Nogue
Spanish champion in the 90's
1968-2019
rilke
08-May-21, 16:54

Angela Day
From Canada.
WIM Chess champion



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