This article lists female chess players who have received official World Chess Federation (FIDE) titles or are otherwise renowned as women in chess. Grandmasters There are 40 female players who have been awarded the title of Grandmaster, the highest lifetime title in chess, all of whom are living as of September 2022. International Masters As of March 2022, there are 134 women who hold the International Master title, all but seven of whom are living. (Deceased players noted by † symbol.) Olga Alexandrova Bibisara Assaubayeva Silvia Alexieva Karina Ambartsumova Meri Arabidze Ekaterina Atalik Medina Warda Aulia Olga Badelka Batchimeg Tuvshintugs Irina Berezina Alina Bivol Anastasia Bodnaruk Nataša Bojković Angela Borsuk Marina Brunello Nataliya Buksa Irina Bulmaga Elisaveta Bykova† Daria Charochkina Dagnė Čiukšytė Karina Cyfka Deimantė Daulyte-Cornette Yelena Dembo Dorsa Derakhshani Joanna Dworakowska Marsel Efroimski Martha Fierro Baquero Cristina Foișor† Alisa Galliamova Lilit Galojan Inna Gaponenko Anita Gara Marta García Martín Rusudan Goletiani Pauline Guichard Guo Qi Sopiko Guramishvili Nino Gurieli Marina Guseva Sopio Gvetadze Zuzana Hagarová Jovanka Houska Harriet Hunt Nana Ioseliani Jana Jacková Lela Javakhishvili Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska Eesha Karavade Alina Kashlinskaya Sarasadat Khademalsharieh Sopiko Khukhashvili Nino Khurtsidze† Masha Klinova Tatiana Kononenko Ekaterina Korbut Liubov Kostiukova Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Kulkarni Bhakti Klaudia Kulon Alina l'Ami Susan K. Lalic Tea Lanchava Li Ruofan Maia Lomineishvili Carolina Luján Ildikó Mádl Aleksandra Maltsevskaya Gulnar Mammadova Gunay Mammadzada Alisa Marić Iulia Mashinskaya Ana Matnadze Svetlana Matveeva Nóra Medvegy Salome Melia Sophie Milliet Lilit Mkrtchian Nisha Mohota Eva Moser† Batkhuyag Munguntuul Guliskhan Nakhbayeva Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel Lisandra Teresa Ordaz Valdés Iulija Osmak Evgenija Ovod Nazí Paikidze Corina Peptan Svetlana Petrenko Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên Sofia Polgar Maka Purtseladze Iweta Rajlich Olita Rause Eva Repková Paula Andrea Rodriguez Rueda Padmini Rout Olga Rubtsova† Lyudmila Rudenko† Anna Rudolf Tania Sachdev Dinara Saduakassova Nurgyul Salimova Sarai Sanchez Castillo Anna Sargsyan Anastasia Savina Zoya Schleining Elena Sedina Shen Yang Polina Shuvalova Yuliya Shvayger Almira Skripchenko Soumya Swaminathan Irene Kharisma Sukandar Elena Tairova† Stavroula Tsolakidou Irina Turova Laura Unuk Vaishali Rameshbabu Szidonia Vajda Irina Vasilevich Tatjana Vasilevich Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez Iva Videnova Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi Annie Wang Wang Yu Carissa Yip Elena Zaiatz Anna Zatonskih Nastassia Ziaziulkina Olga Zimina Anna Zozulia Alphabetical list This list of female chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. It includes the preceding lists of Grandmasters and International Masters. A Abdumalik, Zhansaya (2000) Kazakhstan – GM