Winners
- 2017
Emily Rosmait [1] - 2016
Gu Xiaobing [2] [3] [4] - 2015
Julia Ryjanova [5] - 2014
Irine Kharisma Sukandar [6] - 2013
Katherine Jarek [7]
The Australian Women's Masters is a chess tournament that has been held in Melbourne, Australia, annually since January 2013. The tournament is an invitational event, normally run as a 10-player round-robin tournament. The regular organisers and sponsors of the tournament have been Gary Bekker and Jamie Kenmure.
Emily Rosmait [1] 
Gu Xiaobing [2] [3] [4] 
Julia Ryjanova [5] 
Irine Kharisma Sukandar [6] 
Katherine Jarek [7] 
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Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess player and streamer. A chess prodigy, he became the youngest American to earn the title of Grandmaster, aged 15 years and 79 days, which has since been broken by Samuel Sevian aged 13 years and 10 months. Nakamura is a five-time United States champion. He won the 2011 edition of Tata Steel Chess Tournament Group A and represented the United States at five Chess Olympiads, winning a team gold medal and two team bronze medals.
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player who is also reigning women's world rapid champion. In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgár's previous record by three months. In October 2007, Koneru became the second female player, after Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.
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Fabiano Luigi Caruana is an American-Italian chess player. A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States at the time.
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Anish Kumar Giri is a Dutch chess player. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for the title Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 2 days. FIDE awarded him the title in 2009. He was born in Russia to a Nepalese father and a Russian mother.
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Sue Yuchan Maroroa is a chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). She represented New Zealand in five Chess Olympiads and England at the 2014 Chess Olympiad.
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This article is about the participation of women in chess and its culture.