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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 International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...
She has regularly been ranked among the top ten Canadian female chess players. [1] Botez has represented Canada at three Women's Chess Olympiads, playing on Board 4 in 2012, and Board 3 in 2014 and 2016. [12] [13] [14] Her best performance at the Olympiad came in 2014, and Canada's best result with her on the team was 39th place in 2016.
Both of her parents are chess players and both hold the Grandmaster (GM) title. Her mother was No. 1 in the world among women by FIDE rating in 1984 and became the fifth woman ever to achieve the GM title in 1992. [7] [8] Her father is a five-time Spanish champion. [7] Cramling began playing chess at age three. [9]
In 1996 Judit Polgár became the first woman to be ranked in the top ten of all chess players, [55] in 2002 she became the first female chess player to defeat the reigning world number one (Garry Kasparov) in a game, [56] [57] and in 2005 she became the first female player to play for a small-scale World Chess Championship, which she did in the ...
Anna-Maja Kazarian (born 7 January 2000) is a Dutch chess player and Twitch live streamer who holds the titles of FIDE Master (FM) and Woman International Master (WIM). She was the 2020 Dutch Women's Internet Chess Champion and has also been an under-16 girls' European Youth Champion. Kazarian has a peak FIDE rating of 2320, which she achieved ...
It includes American chess players that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "American female chess players" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total.
Pages in category "Lists of female chess players" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...