Grandmasters

There are currently 27 female players to hold the GM title

 

Name	Country	Birth Date	Date	Age	Earned	World Champion	Peak Rating

  

Nona Gaprindashvili	Georgia	1941-05-03	1978	37	WCC	1962–1978	2381
Maia Chiburdanidze	Georgia	1961-01-17	1984	23	WCC	1978–1991	2550
Susan Polgar	Hungary  United States	1969-04-19	1991	22	norms	1996–1999	2577
Judit Polgár	Hungary	1976-07-23	1991	15	norms	–	2735
Xie Jun	China	1970-10-30	1991	21	WCC	1991–1996,1999–2001	2574
Pia Cramling	Sweden	1963-04-23	1992	29	norms	–	2550
Zhu Chen	China  Qatar	1976-03-16	2001	25	norms	2001–2004	2548
Humpy Koneru	India	1987-03-31	2002	15	norms	–	2622
Antoaneta Stefanova	Bulgaria	1979-04-19	2003	25	norms	2004–2006	2560
Alexandra Kosteniuk	Russia	1984-03-23	2004	20	EWC	2008–2010	2540
Peng Zhaoqin	China  Netherlands	1968-05-08	2004	36	EWC	–	2472
Hoang Thanh Trang	Vietnam  Hungary	1980-04-25	2007	27	norms	–	2501
Kateryna Lahno	Ukraine	1989-12-27	2007	17	norms	–	2509
Xu Yuhua	China	1976-10-29	2007	30	WCC	2006–2008	2517
Marie Sebag	France	1986-10-15	2008	21	norms	–	2533
Zhao Xue	China	1985-04-06	2008	23	norms	–	2551

 

Hou Yifan	China	1994-02-27	2008	14	norms	2010–	2639
Nana Dzagnidze	Georgia	1987-01-01	2008	21	norms	–	2536
Monika Soćko	Poland	1978-03-24	2008	30	norms	–	2505
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	Georgia  Scotland	1968-07-19	2009	40	norms	–	2506
Tatiana Kosintseva	Russia	1986-04-11	2009	23	norms	–	2539
Natalia Zhukova	Ukraine	1979-06-05	2010	30	norms	–	2499
Elina Danielian	Armenia	1978-08-16	2010	32	norms	-	2521
Viktorija Čmilytė	Lithuania	1983-08-06	2010	26	norms	-	2528
Nadezhda Kosintseva	Russia	1985-01-14	2011	26	norms	–	2576
Dronavalli Harika	India	1991-01-12	2011	20	norms	–	2525
Anna Muzychuk	Ukraine  Slovenia	1990-02-28	2012	22