Hou Yifan
Top women
| Rank | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan |
| 2 | Aleksandra Goryachkina |
| 3 | Koneru Humpy |
| 4 | Ju Wenjun |
How many female chess grandmasters are there?
Just 37 of the more than 1,600 international chess grandmasters are women. The current top-rated female, Hou Yifan, is ranked 89th in the world, while the reigning women’s world champion Ju Wenjun is 404th.
Who has had the highest chess rating ever?
Magnus Carlsen
List
| Player | Peak rating | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2882 |
| 2 | Garry Kasparov | 2851 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 2844 |
| 4 | Levon Aronian | 2830 |
What was Bobby Fischer’s highest rating?
Chessmetrics
| Rank | 1-year peak | 5-year peak |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Fischer, 2881 | Garry Kasparov, 2875 |
| 2 | Garry Kasparov, 2879 | Emanuel Lasker, 2854 |
| 3 | Mikhail Botvinnik, 2871 | José Capablanca, 2843 |
| 4 | José Capablanca, 2866 | Mikhail Botvinnik, 2843 |
Has there ever been a woman Grandmaster chess player?
She is generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer.
Who is the first female chess grandmaster?
Gaprindashvili
Gaprindashvili is a pioneer in women’s chess—in 1978 she was the first woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE.
Who are the top ten chess players of all time?
This is the list of top ranked chess grandmasters, ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700. Notably only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive). Highest ranked Armenian player. Highest ranked French player.
Are there any female chess players in the world?
Five female GMs hail from there and despite a current population of about four million. Georgia has over 30 women rated above 2000 by FIDE. That’s only four fewer than the nearly 100-times-larger United States, and more than half as many as the 250-times larger China, neither of which are weak chess countries!
Who was the Women’s World Chess Champion in 1999?
This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals. Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian and American chess player. Polgár was Women’s World Champion from 1996 to 1999.
Who is the Third Woman Grandmaster of chess?
Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian and American chess player. She is the third woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, which did it in 1991.
