List of female chess grandmasters (English Wikipedia)

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Green, Nathaniel (22 February 2021). "The Top 5 Best Female Chess Players of All Time". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Cox, David (28 September 2019). "Hou Yifan Interview: 'Competing With Top Males Is Talent And Opportunity'". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Serper, Gregory (23 April 2017). "Girl Power In Chess". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Steincamp, Isaac (27 February 2020). "The Youngest Chess Grandmasters In History". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
"Anna Ushenina". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Mariya Muzychuk". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Houska, Jovanka (4 March 2017). "And The Winner Is... Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Klein, Mike (9 October 2013). "Irina Krush Earns GM Title". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Jensen, Matt (15 October 2020). "How Many Hours Of Chess Study Does It Take To Be A Grandmaster?". FIDE. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Doggers, Peter (5 February 2008). "Chess Player Sues FIDE For Not Giving Him The GM Title". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Nona Gaprindashvili". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
"Susan Polgar". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Judit Polgar". Chess.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
"Pia Cramling". Chess.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
"Ju Wenjun". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Olga Girya". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
West, Vanessa (2 December 2023). "Vaishali Rameshbabu Achieves GM Title". Chess.com. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

chess24.com

McGourty, Colin (12 June 2019). "Goryachkina powers towards Candidates triumph". chess24. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

chessbase.com

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Silver, Albert (26 June 2021). "'A GM is a GM'? – FIDE title devaluation". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Polgar, Judit (2 May 2013). "Judit Polgar: How I beat Fischer's record". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months". ChessBase. 31 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
"WGP Geneva: Khotenashvili leads alone". ChessBase. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Silver, Albert (6 April 2015). "Mariya Muzychuk is the 15th World Champion". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Schulz, André (10 November 2021). "Elisabeth Paehtz: "For every kilo I gained, I gained ten Elo points"". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

chessbase.in

Mukhuty, Satanick (19 February 2020). "Seven things that made Cairns Cup 2020 special". ChessBase India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

chessdailynews.com

Polgar, Susan (13 May 2021). "My Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Chess (Part 3)". Chess Daily News. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

elpais.com

Garcia, Leontxo (8 January 1991). "Zsuzsa Polgar". El Pais (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

europe-echecs.com

Demuydt, Gérard (4 May 2008). "IX Championnat d'Europe Individuel" [IX Individual European Championship] (in French). Europe Echecs. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

european-chessacademy.com

"Interview: GM Nona Gaprindashvili". European Chess Academy. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

fide.com

ratings.fide.com

"Hou Yifan Top Lists Records". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"List of players (Title: GM; Sex: F)". FIDE. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
"Anna Muzychuk GM Title Application" (PDF). FIDE. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Tatiana Kosintseva GM Title Application". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2002". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2019". FIDE. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2006". FIDE. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2023". FIDE. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
"Transfers in 2014". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2008". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2004". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

handbook.fide.com

"FIDE Title Regulations effective from 1 January 2022". FIDE. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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"Table for Direct Titles effective from 1 July 2017". FIDE. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"FIDE Title Regulations effective from 1 July 2014 till 30 June 2017". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

fide.com

"Announcing winners of FIDE Trainer Awards for 2020-21". FIDE. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"2002 2nd quarter FIDE Presidential Board Communique". FIDE. 13 July 2002. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
Saunders, John (31 May 2021). "Round 9: Zhansaya's marathon victory". FIDE. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
Dinic, Milan (5 April 2023). "Aleksandra Goryachkina wins in New Delhi on tiebreaks". FIDE. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

rostov2011.fide.com

"FIDE Women's Grand Prix Rostov 2011 Tournament Players". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

arbiters.fide.com

"Arbiters' Manual 2014" (PDF). FIDE Arbiters' Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

geneva2013.fide.com

"Women's Grand Prix Geneva Round 9: Muzychuk and Khotenashvili won their games and keep on leading". FIDE. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

finansschack.se

"10 snabba med ... Pia Cramling" [10 fast with ... Pia Cramling] (in Swedish). Finansschac. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

gibchess.com

Saunders, John (31 January 2018). "Five in Pile-up on the Rock". Gibraltar International Chess Festival. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

independent.co.uk

Hartson, William (1 February 1994). "Chess: Triumph of age over experience". The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

indiatimes.com

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Nandanan, Hari Hara (24 July 2011). "Harika second woman GM from India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

kosteniuk.com

"2004 News". Alexandra Kosteniuk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

loc.gov

lccn.loc.gov

Harkness 1956, pp. 332–336. Harkness, Kenneth (1956). The Official Blue Book and Encyclopedia of Chess. New York: David McKay Company. LCCN 56014153. OCLC 1578704.
Keene & Levy 1970, pp. 238–240. Keene, Raymond; Levy, David (1970). Siegen Chess Olympiad (1 ed.). Sutton Coldfield: Chess Ltd. LCCN 72940860. OCLC 251568420.

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arbitri.lombardiascacchi.com

"FIDE Handbook 2003: International Title Regulations of FIDE" (PDF). Arbitri Lombardia Scacchi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
"Requirements for the titles designated in 0.31". Arbitri scacchi. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

maxeuwe.nl

"De sterkste schaakspeelster ooit" [The strongest chess player ever] (in Dutch). Max Euwe Centre. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

nypost.com

Soltis, Andy (25 January 2009). "She's a 'real' GM". New York Post. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

nytimes.com

McClain, Dylan Loeb (23 August 2014). "Best Woman to Ever Play Chess Retires From Competition". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Chiburdanidze Keeps Her World Chess Title". The New York Times. 20 October 1984. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
McClain, Dylan Loeb (4 February 2011). "Short Allows Ivanchuk to Overtake Him at Gibraltar". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

olimpbase.org

"Maia Chiburdanidze". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"FIDE Rating List: January 1990". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Nona Gaprindashvili". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Peng Zhaoqin". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Elina Danielian". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.

perlenvombodensee.de

Schormann, Conrad (5 December 2022). "GM Elisabeth Pähtz" (in German). Perlen vom Bodensee. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

qingdaonews.com

"青岛日报：谢军--我是吉林的女儿" [Qingdao Daily: Xie Jun-I am the daughter of Jilin]. Qingdao News (in Chinese). 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

ruchess.ru

"Xu Yuhua". Chess Federation of Russia. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

schaaksite.nl

Hut, Johan (18 May 2019). "Schaakhistorie (14): De onverwoestbare Zhaoqin Peng (1997 tot heden)" [Chess History (14): The Indestructible Zhaoqin Peng (1997 to present)]. Schaaksite.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

sofiapolgar.com

"Rome 1989". Sofia Polgar. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

theguardian.com

Polgar, Judit (30 November 2019). "I might never have become a chess grandmaster if I'd stuck to women-only tournaments". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

theweekinchess.com

Crowther, Mark (8 March 1999). "Myanmar Ratings". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

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chess2012.ugrasport.com

"Anna Ushenina became the new World Champion". FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2012. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

uschesschamps.com

"2019 Cairns Cup Overview". US Chess Championships. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

web.archive.org

Silver, Albert (26 June 2021). "'A GM is a GM'? – FIDE title devaluation". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Green, Nathaniel (22 February 2021). "The Top 5 Best Female Chess Players of All Time". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"FIDE Title Regulations effective from 1 January 2022". FIDE. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Cox, David (28 September 2019). "Hou Yifan Interview: 'Competing With Top Males Is Talent And Opportunity'". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Maia Chiburdanidze". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
Polgar, Susan (13 May 2021). "My Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Chess (Part 3)". Chess Daily News. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Serper, Gregory (23 April 2017). "Girl Power In Chess". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Rome 1989". Sofia Polgar. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"El saqueo de Roma" [The sack of Rome]. Ajedrez de Ataque (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Judit Polgar". World Chess Hall of Fame. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
McClain, Dylan Loeb (23 August 2014). "Best Woman to Ever Play Chess Retires From Competition". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Garcia, Leontxo (8 January 1991). "Zsuzsa Polgar". El Pais (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
Steincamp, Isaac (27 February 2020). "The Youngest Chess Grandmasters In History". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
Polgar, Judit (2 May 2013). "Judit Polgar: How I beat Fischer's record". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"10 snabba med ... Pia Cramling" [10 fast with ... Pia Cramling] (in Swedish). Finansschac. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"青岛日报：谢军--我是吉林的女儿" [Qingdao Daily: Xie Jun-I am the daughter of Jilin]. Qingdao News (in Chinese). 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Announcing winners of FIDE Trainer Awards for 2020-21". FIDE. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Hou Yifan Top Lists Records". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"FIDE Handbook 2003: International Title Regulations of FIDE" (PDF). Arbitri Lombardia Scacchi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
"Xu Yuhua". Chess Federation of Russia. 29 October 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Anna Ushenina". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Mariya Muzychuk". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Houska, Jovanka (4 March 2017). "And The Winner Is... Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Klein, Mike (9 October 2013). "Irina Krush Earns GM Title". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"FIDE Women's Grand Prix Rostov 2011 Tournament Players". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"2019 Cairns Cup Overview". US Chess Championships. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Mukhuty, Satanick (19 February 2020). "Seven things that made Cairns Cup 2020 special". ChessBase India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
McGourty, Colin (12 June 2019). "Goryachkina powers towards Candidates triumph". chess24. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Polgar, Judit (30 November 2019). "I might never have become a chess grandmaster if I'd stuck to women-only tournaments". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"FIDE Rating List: January 1990". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Jensen, Matt (15 October 2020). "How Many Hours Of Chess Study Does It Take To Be A Grandmaster?". FIDE. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Anna Muzychuk GM Title Application" (PDF). FIDE. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Tatiana Kosintseva GM Title Application". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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"Nona Gaprindashvili". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Nona Gaprindashvili". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
"Chiburdanidze Keeps Her World Chess Title". The New York Times. 20 October 1984. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2002". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2019". FIDE. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Susan Polgar". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2006". FIDE. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months". ChessBase. 31 May 2002. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
"2002 2nd quarter FIDE Presidential Board Communique". FIDE. 13 July 2002. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2023". FIDE. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
"2004 News". Alexandra Kosteniuk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Peng Zhaoqin". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
Hut, Johan (18 May 2019). "Schaakhistorie (14): De onverwoestbare Zhaoqin Peng (1997 tot heden)" [Chess History (14): The Indestructible Zhaoqin Peng (1997 to present)]. Schaaksite.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2014". FIDE. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
Demuydt, Gérard (4 May 2008). "IX Championnat d'Europe Individuel" [IX Individual European Championship] (in French). Europe Echecs. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2008". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
Soltis, Andy (25 January 2009). "She's a 'real' GM". New York Post. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
"Elina Danielian". Olimpbase. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
McClain, Dylan Loeb (4 February 2011). "Short Allows Ivanchuk to Overtake Him at Gibraltar". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Nandanan, Hari Hara (24 July 2011). "Harika second woman GM from India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"Ju Wenjun". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Transfers in 2004". FIDE. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
"Anna Ushenina became the new World Champion". FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2012. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Women's Grand Prix Geneva Round 9: Muzychuk and Khotenashvili won their games and keep on leading". FIDE. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
"WGP Geneva: Khotenashvili leads alone". ChessBase. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
Silver, Albert (6 April 2015). "Mariya Muzychuk is the 15th World Champion". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
Saunders, John (31 January 2018). "Five in Pile-up on the Rock". Gibraltar International Chess Festival. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
"Olga Girya". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
Saunders, John (31 May 2021). "Round 9: Zhansaya's marathon victory". FIDE. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
Schulz, André (10 November 2021). "Elisabeth Paehtz: "For every kilo I gained, I gained ten Elo points"". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
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worldcat.org

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Harkness 1956, pp. 332–336. Harkness, Kenneth (1956). The Official Blue Book and Encyclopedia of Chess. New York: David McKay Company. LCCN 56014153. OCLC 1578704.
Keene & Levy 1970, pp. 238–240. Keene, Raymond; Levy, David (1970). Siegen Chess Olympiad (1 ed.). Sutton Coldfield: Chess Ltd. LCCN 72940860. OCLC 251568420.

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"Judit Polgar". World Chess Hall of Fame. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.