List of female chess players

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From the Middle Ages through the 1700s, chess was a popular social pastime for both men and women of the upper classes. Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I played, and Thomas Jefferson wrote several times about Benjamin Franklin's playing chess in Paris with socially important women, including the Duchess of Bourbon, who was "a chess player of about his force". [1] Chess games between men and women were a common theme of European art. [2] [3] and literature in the fourteenth through eighteenth centuries. [4]

By the 1800s, however, the chess world had become dominated by male chess players, perhaps as a result of card playing becoming socially acceptable for mixed groups. Then during the twentieth century, female players again made significant progress in breaking the male stranglehold on the game, although remaining fewer than 5% of registered tournament players.

The country of Georgia produced some of the best women chessplayers of the latter twentieth century, including the first female International Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, who was awarded a special title in 1978. By the mid-1980s a number of women were competing regularly in events with men. In 1991, Susan Polgar became the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title on the same basis as the men.

Still, chess has not regained its former social status among women. As of 2005, no woman has ever been the world champion, and only a handful have made it to the top 500 players. Even so, the strength of women players continues to climb, and by 2005 most of the top 10 women held the Grandmaster title.

In September 2005, Susan Polgar's younger sister GM Judit Polgar of Hungary, then rated #8 in the world by the international chess organization FIDE, became the first woman to play for the World Championship title. [5]

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


[edit] A

  • Akhsharumova, Anna (1957) Russia, USA - WGM
  • Alekhina, Natalia (1954) Russia - WGM
  • Alexandria, Nana (1949) Georgia - WGM and IM
  • Arakhamia, Kevetan (1968) Georgia - WGM and IM

[edit] B

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

  • Eidelson, Rakhil (1958) Belarus - WGM

[edit] F

  • Fatalibekova, Elena (1947) Russia - WGM
  • Fatima India, United Kingdom
  • Fierro, Martha (1977) Ecuador - WGM and IM

[edit] G

[edit] H

  • Harum, Gisela Austria
  • Heemskerk, Fenny (1919) The Netherlands - WGM
  • Henschel, W. Germany
  • Herman, Roza (1902–1995) Poland - WIM
  • Hoang, Thanh Trang (1980) Vietnam - WGM and IM
  • Holloway, Edith (1868–1956) England - WIM
  • Holuj-Radzikowska, Krystyna (1931–2006) Poland - WGM
  • Humpy, Koneru (1987) India - GM 2002
  • Hund, Barbara (1959) Germany - WGM

[edit] I

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] L

  • Lahno, Kateryna (1989) Ukraine - IM
  • Lane, Lisa (1938) USA - WIM
  • Larsen, Ingrid (1909– ) Danemark - WIM
  • Lauberte, Milda (1918) Latvia
  • Lazarević, Milunka (1932) Serbia - WGM
  • Lemachko, Tatiana (1948) Russia, Bulgaria, Switzerland - WGM
  • Levitina, Irina (1954) Russia, USA - WGM
  • Litinskaya-Shul, Marta (1949) Ukraine - WGM

[edit] M

  • Madl, Ildiko (1969) Hungary - WGM and IM
  • Marić, Alisa (1970) Serbia - WGM and IM
  • Marić, Mirjana (1970) Serbia - WGM
  • Marinello, Beatriz (1964) Chile - WIM
  • Matveeva, Svetlana (1969) Russia - WGM
  • Menchik, Olga (1908–1944) Czech, England
  • Menchik, Vera (1906–1944) Czech-British World Champion
  • Misanovic, Vesna (1964) Bosnia and Herzegovina - WGM
  • Michell, Edith (1872–1951) England
  • Mora, Maria (1907–1980) Cuba - WIM
  • Muzychuk, Anna (1990) Ukraine, Slovenia - WGM

[edit] N

  • Nedeljković, Vera (1924) Serbia - WGM
  • Nicolau, Alexandra van der Mije (1940) Romania, The Netherlands - WGM

[edit] O

  • Obermüller, Vera (19??-1967) Poland

[edit] P

[edit] Q

[edit] R

  • Rajlich, Iweta (1981) Poland - WGM and IM
  • Rinder, Friedl (1905–2001) Germany
  • Roodzant, Catharina (1896–1999) The Netherlands
  • Roos, Nancy (1905-1957) United States
  • Rootare, Salme (1913–1987) Estonia - WIM
  • Ross, Laura (1988) United States - WFM
  • Rubtsova, Olga (1909–1992) Russia - WGM
  • Rudenko, Lyudmila (1904–1986) Ukraine, Russia - WGM
  • Rudge, Mary (1842-1919) England

[edit] S

[edit] T

  • Tranmer, Eileen (1910–1983) England - WIM

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] W

  • Wolf-Kalmar, Paula (1881–1931) Austria

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

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