Top female chess players

Top 50 women

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2710 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2545 0 1987
3 Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS 2534 0 1984
4 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2528 24 1963
5 Xu, Yuhua wg CHN 2517 0 1976
6 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2504 11 1961
7 Zhu, Chen g QAT 2501 18 1976
8 Kosintseva, Nadezhda m RUS 2493 19 1985
9 Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2489 28 1979
10 Hou, Yifan wf CHN 2481 19 1994
11 Socko, Monika m POL 2473 20 1978
12 Sebag, Marie m FRA 2471 15 1986
13 Galliamova, Alisa m RUS 2470 0 1972
14 Hoang Thanh Trang m HUN 2470 0 1980
15 Cmilyte, Viktorija m LTU 2469 9 1983
16 Dembo, Yelena m GRE 2468 18 1983
17 Mkrtchian, Lilit m ARM 2468 11 1982
18 Shen, Yang wg CHN 2468 10 1989
19 Zhao, Xue wg CHN 2467 15 1985
20 Qin, Kanying wg CHN 2465 0 1974
21 Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2459 18 1989
22 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2458 19 1986
23 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2456 0 1979
24 Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2452 20 1990
25 Paehtz, Elisabeth m GER 2449 6 1985
26 Zatonskih, Anna wg USA 2449 26 1978
27 Gaponenko, Inna m UKR 2448 46 1976
28 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan m GEO 2446 11 1968
29 Krush, Irina m USA 2443 6 1983
30 Ciuksyte, Dagne m LTU 2440 0 1977
31 Hunt, Harriet m ENG 2439 0 1978
32 Peng, Zhaoqin g NED 2437 9 1968
33 Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2435 18 1985
34 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina m RUS 2434 10 1974
35 Rajlich, Iweta m POL 2432 11 1981
36 Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2432 15 1987
37 Ushenina, Anna wg UKR 2429 18 1985
38 Peptan, Corina-Isabela m ROM 2428 9 1978
39 Skripchenko, Almira m FRA 2427 21 1976
40 Danielian, Elina m ARM 2426 11 1978
41 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman m IND 2424 43 1979
42 Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2421 9 1985
43 Khurtsidze, Nino m GEO 2419 2 1975
44 Lujan, Carolina wg ARG 2419 41 1985
45 Javakhishvili, Lela m GEO 2416 22 1984
46 Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2415 19 1991
47 Matveeva, Svetlana m RUS 2415 19 1969
48 Jackova, Jana m CZE 2414 4 1982
49 Ovod, Evgenija m RUS 2407 28 1982
50 Goletiani, Rusudan wg USA 2403 9 1980
51 Huang, Qian wm CHN 2403 10 1986
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Top 50 girls

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2545 32 1987
2 Hou, Yifan wf CHN 2488 41 1994
3 Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2479 34 1986
4 Shen, Yang CHN 2459 37 1989
5 Muzychuk, Anna wg SLO 2456 32 1990
6 Lahno, Kateryna m UKR 2449 27 1989
7 Sebag, Marie m FRA 2448 24 1986
8 Dzagnidze, Nana m GEO 2437 21 1987
9 Tairova, Elena wg RUS 2397 30 1991
10 Mongontuul, Bathuyag wg MGL 2383 31 1987
11 Melia, Salome wg GEO 2381 11 1987
12 Huang, Qian wm CHN 2380 28 1986
13 Zawadzka, Jolanta wg POL 2378 26 1987
14 Tania, Sachdev wg IND 2371 9 1986
15 Ruan, Lufei CHN 2370 0 1987
16 Gunina, Valentina wf RUS 2368 20 1989
17 Harika, Dronavalli wg IND 2359 49 1991
18 Arutyunova, Diana wg UKR 2359 29 1988
19 Kadziolka, Beata wg POL 2359 0 1986
20 Hoang, Thi Bao Tram wg VIE 2345 20 1987
21 Vasilkova, Svetlana wm RUS 2345 18 1988