⭐⭐ WOMEN'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS ⭐⭐

WOMEN'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS

The Women's World Championship was established by FIDE in 1927 as a single tournament held alongside the Chess Olympiad

Vera Menchik  (RUE/CSR/GBR)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1927-1944
Defended Title:  6 Times  (1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939)

Nationality:  Russian Empire / Czechoslovakia / Great Britain
Date of Birth:  February 16, 1906 - Moscow, Russian Empire (now: Russia)

 
Era 1950-1991:
Dominance of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Players

Lyudmila Rudenko  (URS)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1950-1953

Nationality:  Soviet Union (now: Ukraine)
Date of Birth:  July 27, 1904 - Lubny, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now: Ukraine)

WGM.  Elisaveta Bykova  (URS)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1953-1956, 1958-1962

Title:  Woman Grandmaster (1976)
Nationality:  Soviet Union (now: Russia)
Date of Birth:  November 4, 1913 - Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russian Empire (now: Russia)

WGM.  Olga Rubtsova  (URS)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1956-1958

Title:  Woman Grandmaster (1976)
Nationality:  Soviet Union (now: Russia)
Date of Birth:  August 20, 1909 - Moscow, Russian Empire (now: Russia)

GM.  Nona Gaprindashvili  (URS)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1962-1978
Defended Title:  4 Times  (1965, 1969, 1972, 1975)

Title:  Grandmaster (1978)
Peak Rating:  2495 (July 1987)
Nationality:  Soviet Union (now: Georgia)
Date of Birth:  May 3, 1941 - Zugdidi, Soviet Union (now: Georgia)

GM.  Maia Chiburdanidze  (URS)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1978-1991
Defended Title:  4 Times  (1981, 1984, 1986, 1988)

Title:  Grandmaster (1984)
Peak Rating:  2560 (January 1988)
Nationality:  Soviet Union (now: Georgia)
Date of Birth:  January 17, 1961 - Kutaisi, Soviet Union (now: Georgia)

Era 1991-now:
Post-Dominance of the Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

GM.  Xie Jun  (CHN)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1991-1996, 1999-2001
Defended Title:  2 Times  (1993, 2000)

Title:  Grandmaster (1993)
Peak Rating:  2574 (January 2008)
Nationality:  China
Date of Birth:  October 30, 1970 - Baoding, Hebei

GM.  Susan Polgár  (HUN/USA)
Women's World Chess Champion:  1996-1999

Title:  Grandmaster (1991)
Peak Rating:  2577 (January 2005)
Nationality:  Hungary / U.S.A.
Date of Birth:  April 19, 1969 - Budapest, Hungary

GM.  Zhu Chen  (CHN/QAT)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2001-2004

Title:  Grandmaster (2001)
Peak Rating:  2548 (January 2008)
Nationality:  China / Qatar
Date of Birth:  March 13, 1976 - Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

GM.  Antoaneta Stefanova  (BUL)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2004-2006

Title:  Grandmaster (2002)
Peak Rating:  2560 (January 2003)
Nationality:  Bulgaria
Date of Birth:  April 19, 1979 - Sofia

GM.  Xu Yuhua  (CHN)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2006-2008

Title:  Grandmaster (2006)
Peak Rating:  2517 (April 2006)
Nationality:  China
Date of Birth:  October 29, 1976 - Jinhua, Zhejiang

GM. Alexandra Kosteniuk  (RUS)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2008-2010

Title:  Grandmaster (2004)
Peak Rating:  2561 (January 2018)
Nationality:  Russia
Date of Birth:  April 23, 1984 - Perm, Soviet Union (now: Russia)

GM.  Hou Yifan  (CHN)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2010-2012, 2013-2015, 2016-2017
Defended Title:  1 Time  (2011)

Title:  Grandmaster (2008)
Peak Rating:  2686 (March 2015)
Nationality:  China
Date of Birth:  February 27, 1994 - Xinghua

GM.  Anna Ushenina  (UKR)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2012-2013

Title:  Grandmaster (2012)
Peak Rating:  2502 (July 2007)
Nationality:  Ukraine
Date of Birth:  August 30, 1985 - Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now: Ukraine)

GM.  Mariya Muzychuk  (UKR)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2015-2016

Title:  Grandmaster (2015)
Peak Rating:  2563 (March 2016)
Nationality:  Ukraine
Date of Birth:  September 21, 1992 - Lviv

GM.  Tan Zhongyi  (CHN)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2017-2018

Title:  Grandmaster (2017)
Peak Rating:  2530 (August 2018)
Nationality:  China
Date of Birth:  May 29, 1991 - Chongqing

GM.  Ju Wenjun  (CHN)
Women's World Chess Champion:  2018-now
Defended Title:  2 Times  (2018, 2020)

Title:  Grandmaster (2014)
Peak Rating:  2604 (March 2017)
Nationality:  China
Date of Birth:  January 31, 1991 - Shanghai

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