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[23] [24] Female rated players are 3,534 in number forming 10.7% of the total rated players of India. [25] The first titled player of India was Manuel Aaron, when he became the first IM of India in 1961. Viswanathan Anand became India's first GM in 1988. [12] [26]
Judit Polgár's record as the youngest female grandmaster lasted a little over a decade until it was broken by Koneru Humpy in 2002 at the age of 15 years and 1 month. Hou Yifan then became the youngest female grandmaster in 2008 at 14 years and 6 months. [28] Hou also reached the top 100 in 2014, peaking at No. 55 a year later. [34]
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (born 25 March 1979) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), the first female player in her country to achieve these titles. [1] She has won more medals than any other player for India in the Chess Olympiads. She has won almost all national age group ...
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
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
[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 Yifan. [3] Humpy is a gold medalist at the Olympiad, Asian Games, and Asian Championship. [4] She is also the first Indian female grandmaster. [5]
Subbaraman Vijayalaksmi became the country's first Woman International Master in 1996. She then became India's first Woman Grandmaster in 2001. Soon, Koneru Humpy of Andhra Pradesh became the youngest woman ever in history to become GM in 2002, aged 15, a record she held till 2008. India's first Chess Olympiad medal was a bronze in 2014.
2002: Judit Polgár became the first female player to defeat the reigning world number one in a game, beating Garry Kasparov. [56] [57] 2003: Susan Polgár became the first woman to win the U.S. Open Blitz Championship. [87] 2003: Susan Polgár became the first woman to be named "Grandmaster of the Year" by the United States Chess Federation. [88]