Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster,widely regarded as 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. She was the youngest player ever to break into the FIDE top 100 players rating list,ranking No. 55 in the January 1989 rating list,at the age of 12.
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.
Zhu Chen is a Chinese-born Qatari chess Grandmaster. In 1999,she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun,and China's 13th Grandmaster. In 2006,she obtained Qatari citizenship and since then has played for Qatar.
Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is twice runner-up at the Women's World Chess Championship,in 1999 and 2006,and three-time Russian women's champion. She was known as "Alisa Galliamova-Ivanchuk" from 1993 to 2001.
Xu Yuhua is a Chinese chess grandmaster and former Women's World Champion (2006–2008). She was China's third women's world chess champion after Xie Jun and Zhu Chen. She has been followed by Chinese women's world chess champions Hou Yifan,Tan Zhongyi,and Ju Wenjun.
The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927,unlike the absolute World Chess Championship,which only came under FIDE's control in 1948.
China is a major chess power,with the women's team winning silver medals at the Olympiad in 2010,2012,and 2014;the men's team winning gold at the 2014 Olympiad,and the average rating for the country's top ten players third in the FIDE rankings as of April 2023.
Events of 1999 in chess include the list of top chess players and news.
Below is a list of events in chess in 1996,as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.
Below is a list of events in chess in 1994,as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.
Below is a list of events in chess in 1993,as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.
Below is a list of events in chess in 1992,as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.
Below is a list of events in chess in 1991,as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.
Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Polgár was Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999. On FIDE's Elo rating system list of July 1984,at the age of 15,she became the top-ranked female chess player in the world. In 1991,she became the third woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. She won eleven medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad.
The 1993 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Xie Jun,who successfully defended her title against challenger Nana Ioseliani in the title match.
The 1999 Women's World Chess Championship was won by former champion Xie Jun,who regained her title after defeating Alisa Galliamova. Previous to the match,reigning champion Susan Polgar had been stripped of her title after much controversy.
Women represent a small minority of chess players at all ages and levels. Female chess players today generally compete in a mix of open tournaments and women's tournaments,the latter of which are most prominent at or near the top level of women's chess and at youth levels. Modern top-level women's tournaments help provide a means for some participants to be full-time professional chess players. The majority of these tournaments are organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and revolve around the World Championship cycle,which culminates in a match to decide the Women's World Chess Champion. Beyond those events,among the most prominent women's tournaments are women's and girls' national and continental championships.
The Asian Junior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament open to players in Asia and Oceania who are under 20 years of age. The tournament has been held annually since 1977 with occasional interruptions. Since 1985,a separate Asian championship for girls has also been organized. Since at least 1996,the two championships have always been held concurrently.
