List of female chess players
Grandmasters
There are currently 37 female players who hold the Grandmaster title: There is also a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title, but the requirements for achieving it are significantly lower.

List of female chess players

Section Title: Grandmasters
Table Section Text: There are currently 37 female players who hold the Grandmaster title: There is also a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title, but the requirements for achieving it are significantly lower.

Name	Country	Birth Date	Date	Age	Earned	Women's World Champion	Peak rating	Notes

Nona Gaprindashvili	Georgia	1941-05-03	1978	37	special	1962–1978	2495	First female grandmaster

Maia Chiburdanidze	Georgia	1961-01-17	1984	23	special	1978–1991	2560

Susan Polgar	Hungary United States	1969-04-19	1991	22	norms	1996–1999	2577	First to be awarded the title traditionally

Judit Polgár	Hungary	1976-07-23	1991	15	norms	–	2735	Youngest grandmaster ever at the time

Pia Cramling	Sweden	1963-04-23	1992	29	norms	–	2550

Xie Jun	China	1970-10-30	1994	23	special	1991–1996, 1999–2001	2574

Zhu Chen	China Qatar	1976-03-16	2001	25	norms	2001–2004	2548

Humpy Koneru	India	1987-03-31	2002	15	norms	–	2623

Antoaneta Stefanova	Bulgaria	1979-04-19	2002	23	norms	2004–2006	2560

Alexandra Kosteniuk	Russia	1984-03-23	2004	20	EWC	2008–2010	2561

Peng Zhaoqin	China Netherlands	1968-05-08	2004	36	EWC	–	2472

Hoang Thanh Trang	Vietnam Hungary	1980-04-25	2007	27	norms	–	2511

Kateryna Lahno	Ukraine Russia	1989-12-27	2007	17	norms	–	2560

Xu Yuhua	China	1976-10-29	2007	30	WCC	2006–2008	2517

Marie Sebag	France	1986-10-15	2008	21	norms	–	2537

Zhao Xue	China	1985-04-06	2008	23	norms	–	2579

Hou Yifan	China	1994-02-27	2008	14	norms	2010–2012, 2013–2015, 2016–2017	2686	Youngest ever female grandmaster

Nana Dzagnidze	Georgia	1987-01-01	2008	21	norms	–	2573

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	–	2581

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	–	2542

Nadezhda Kosintseva	Russia	1985-01-14	2011	26	norms	–	2576

Harika Dronavalli	India	1991-01-12	2011	20	norms	–	2528

Anna Muzychuk	Ukraine Slovenia	1990-02-28	2012	22	norms	–	2606

Anna Ushenina	Ukraine	1985-08-30	2012	27	WCC	2012–2013	2502

Valentina Gunina	Russia	1989-02-04	2013	24	norms	–	2548

Irina Krush	United States	1983-12-24	2013	29	norms	–	2502

Bela Khotenashvili	Georgia	1988-06-01	2013	25	norms	–	2531

Ju Wenjun	China	1991-01-31	2014	23	norms	2018–	2604

Mariya Muzychuk	Ukraine	1992-09-21	2015	22	WCC	2015–2016	2563

Lei Tingjie	China	1997-03-13	2017	19	norms	–	2545

Tan Zhongyi	China	1991-05-29	2017	25	WCC	2017–2018	2530

Nino Batsiashvili	Georgia	1987-01-01	2018	31	norms	–	2528

Aleksandra Goryachkina	Russia	1998-09-28	2018	19	norms	–	2536

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In 1991, Susan Polgar became the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title.

final_sentence: In 1991, Susan Polgar became the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title.