Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. She is the sixth Women's World Chess Champion, a title she held from 1978 to 1991, and was the youngest one until 2010, when this record was broken by Hou Yifan. Chiburdanidze is the second woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, which took place in 1984. She has played on nine gold-medal-winning teams in the Women's Chess Olympiad.
Koneru Humpy is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019. In 2002, she became the youngest woman ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM) at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgár's previous record by three months. In October 2007, Humpy became the second female player, after Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo rating mark, being rated 2606.
Gu Xiaobing is a chess player from China. She was awarded by FIDE the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2003.
Karina Cyfka is a Polish chess player. FIDE awarded her the titles Woman Grandmaster in January 2010 and International Master in September 2016.
The Women's World Chess Championship 2010 took place in Antakya, Turkey from December 2 through 24, 2010.
Batkhuyagiin Möngöntuul is a Mongolian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008 and 2010.
The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011 was a series of six chess tournaments exclusively for women, which formed part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2011. The winner of the Grand Prix was to challenge Hou Yifan—the 2010 world champion— in the third quarter of 2011. As Hou Yifan also won the Grand Prix, Koneru Humpy as the runner-up qualified for the championship match.
Anupama Gokhale is an Indian chess player. She won the Indian Women's Championship five times and the Asian Women's Championship twice. In 1985 she was also joint winner, with Malaysian player Audrey Wong, of the Asian Junior Girls' Championship in Adelaide. This achievement automatically earned both players the title of Woman International Master (WIM).
The Women's World Chess Championship was held from 16 March to 7 April 2015 in Sochi, Russia. It was a 64-player knockout tournament. It was originally scheduled from 11 to 31 October 2014 but problems in finding a sponsor and host city eventually forced international chess organisation FIDE to announce the postponement of the Championship on 24 September 2014, scheduling it for early 2015 in Sochi. The unclear state of the tournament was highly criticised by the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP).
Julia Ryjanova is a Russian and Australian chess player with the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2001.
Maria Horvath is an Austrian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). She won the Austrian women's chess championship in 1990.
Evgeniya Grigorivna Doluhanova is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. From 2011 to 2013 represented Armenia.
Ingris Rivera, is a Colombian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a two-time Colombian Women's Chess Championship winner.
Natia Janjgava is a Georgian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a winner of Georgian Women's Chess Championship (1994).
Sanja Vuksanović is a Serbian chess player. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1998. She won FR Yugoslavia Women's Chess Championship in 1992. In July 1998, she reached FIDE Top 50 Women ranking list.
Ioulia Makka is a Greek chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a Greek Women's Chess Championship winner (2018).
Teodora Injac is a Serbian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2021 and the title of International Master in 2023.
Javiera Belén Gómez Barrera is a Chilean chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master title by FIDE in 2017.
Živilė Šarakauskienė is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She is four time winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship. In 2012 she moved to England and now represents this country in international competitions.
Simona Limontaitė is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master. She is two time winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship.
