Highest female FIDE ratings of all time

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Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Judit Polgar, the strongest female player of all time

While people interested in chess pay a lot of attention to members of the 2700+ club among male chess players, many of them are not aware that there are fewer women who have crossed the 2500 threshold than men who have entered the 2700+ club. To fix this, we decided to compile a list of female chess players who have been rated over 2500 at some point.

Of course, one can't directly compare ratings obtained at different time periods (i.e. FIDE 2500 in 2000 is not the same as FIDE 2500 in 2010), but we will leave that discussion aside for now.

Name	Highest FIDE rating	Date
Judit Polgar	2735	Jul 2005
Koneru Humpy	2623	Jul 2009
Hou Yifan	2589	May 2010
Susan Polgar	2577	Jan 2005
Xie Jun	2574	Jan 2008
Antoaneta Stefanova	2560	Jan 2003
Alisa Galliamova	2554	Jan 2001
Nadezhda Kosintseva	2554	Mar 2010
Maia Chiburdanidze	2550	Oct 2000
Pia Cramling	2550	Oct 2008
Zhu Chen	2548	Jan 2008
Nana Dzagnidze	2547	Nov 2009
Xu Zhao	2544	Jul 2009
Anna Muzychuk	2542	Jul 2009
Alexandra Kosteniuk	2540	Apr 2006
Tatiana Kosintseva	2539	Jul 2009
Marie Sebag	2533	Oct 2008
Kateryna Lahno	2518	Mar 2010
Xu Yuhua	2517	Apr 2006
Elina Danielian	2513	Oct 2008
Viktoria Cmilyte	2512	Oct 2008
Ju Wenjun	2512	Jan 2010
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2507	Jul 2001
Arakhamia Grant	2506	Jul 2009
Monika Socko	2505	Apr 2008
Lilit Mkrtchian	2503	Jan 2010
Svetlana Matveeva	2502	Jan 2004
Anna Ushenina	2502	Jul 2007
Qin Kanying	2501	Jul 2000
Sofia Polgar	2501	Jul 2000
Natalia Pogonina	2501	Apr 2009
Hoanh Thanh Trang	2501	Jul 2009
Lela Javakhishvili	2500	Mar 2010

A quick summary: historically only Judit Polgar crossed the 2700 barrier, Koneru Humpy managed to get over 2600, while 31 more women made it past 2500.

We do hope that the situation is going to improve, and more female chess players will be competing on par with men in the future!

Comments (4)

	1. Written by Äåíèñ on 15:31 21 àïðåëÿ 2010 ã.
	Âàñèëèé Èâàí÷óê ïðåäëàãàãàë â ñâîåì ïèñüìå ê Ôèäå ñ÷èòàòü ýëèòîé øàõìàòèñòîâ ðåéòà íå íèæå 2740... ( ïèñüìî âðîäå áû ÿíâàðÿ 2009ãîäà...) çà ïîñëåäíèå 20 ëåò øàõìàòèñòîâ ñ ðåéòèíãîì 2700 ñòàëî äîñòàòî÷íî ìíîãî ( ïî êðàéíåé ìåðå áîëåå 30-32 ÷åëîâåê òî÷íî)... òàê ÷òî ÿ áû ñ íèì ñîãëàñèëñÿ (õîòÿ ýòî ëèøü ìîå ìíåíèå) Äëÿ æåíùèí ïëàíêà 2500 ïîêà ïîäîéäåò))) íàñêîëüêî ÿ ïîìíþ Íàòàëüÿ çàíèìàëà 14å ìåñòî òåêóùåãî ðåéòà ñ 2501? åñòü ðàçíèöà ìåæäó 14-16 ÷åëîâåê è 32?? Äóìàþ ó ñåñòåð Êîñèíöåâûõ è Íàòàëüè åñòü õîðîøèå øàíñû âûáðàòüñÿ çà 2600, åñëè îíè áóäóò áîëüøå èãðàòü ñ ìóæ÷èíàìè... åñëè òîëüêî ñ æåíùèíàìè òîãäà íàâåðíîå øàíñû î÷åíü ìàëû...

	2. Written by Þðèé on 19:21 21 àïðåëÿ 2010 ã.
	Íàèâûñøèå æåíñêèå ðåéòèíãè âñåõ âðåì¸í Þäèò Ïîëãàð äåéñòâèòåëüíî áðèëëèàíò æåíñêèõ øàõìàò! Íî Àëåêñàíäðà Êîñòåíþê ÿâëÿåòñÿ äåéñòâóþùåé ×åìïèîíêîé ìèðà! ß ñìîòðåë íå äàâíèå ïàðòèè ÷åìïèîíêè ìèðà! Ïàðòèè ïîðàçèëè ìåíÿ ñâîåé ãëóáèíîé ïîçíàíèÿ øàõìàò! Èãðà Àëåêñàíäðû íàïîìèíàåò ìíå èãðó Áîááè Ôèøåðà!Îñîáåííî òå ìîìåíòû èãðû ãäå òðåáóåòñÿ ÷¸òêèé è äàë¸êèé ðàñ÷¸ò âàðèàíòîâ! Êîíå÷íî æå è èãðà Íàòàøè Ïîãîíèíîé ìíå î÷åíü íðàâèòüñÿ! îñîáåííî óìåíèåì Íàòàøè ðàñïîëîæèòü ñâîè ôèãóðû èäåàëüíûì îáðàçîì ÷òî äàæå ïðîñòî ñìîòðåòü êàê îíè ðàñïîëîæåíû âûçûâàåò âîñõèùåíèÿ! Íàòàøà Ïîãîíèíà ñòàâèò ñâîè ôèãóðû òàê ÷òî áû ïðåäàòü èì íàèáîëüøóþ ñèëó èãðû! Êîíå÷íî è Þäèò Ïîëãàð èãðàåò â î÷åíü àãðåññèâíûå ÿ áû ñêàçàë òîòàëüíûå øàõìàòû íå îñòàâëÿÿ ñîïåðíèêó ïðàêòè÷åñêè ìàëî øàíñîâ íà óñïåõ! Òî ÷òî Íàòàøà Ïîãîíèíà ïîêàçûâàåò î÷åíü óâåðåííóþ èãðó è íå áîèòñÿ èãðàòü íå ñ êåì äåëàåò åé òîëüêî Ñëàâó è ïî÷¸ò! Ìû ñ âàìè ùàñ íàáëþäàåì íàñòîÿùèé âçðûâ àêòèâíîñòè æåíñêèõ øàõìàò! ×òî êîíå÷íî òîëüêî ðàäóåò íàñ ìóæ÷èí! È ïîâòîðþñü åù¸ ðàç ÷òî äåéñòâèòåëüíî íàäî äëÿ óâåðåííîñòè â ñåáå è ïðèäàíèÿ õðàáðîñòè êàê ÿ óæå ïèñàë íà ñàéòå æåíñêèõ øàõìàò ÷òî íàäî æåíùèíàì èãðàòü è ÷åì ìîæíî áîëüøå ñ ñèëüíûìè ìóæ÷èíàìè! Ñ óâàæåíèåì Þðèé Âîëêîâ. http://www.womaninchess.com

	3. Written by Saadi on 11:40 27 àïðåëÿ 2010 ã.
	Íàèâûñøèå æåíñêèå ðåéòèíãè âñåõ âðåì¸í Åñëè ìîæíî, ñäåëàéòå êîððåêòèðîâêó â òàáëèöå. 2590 Hou Yifan g CHN Apr 2009 2560 Gallimova Alisa m RUS Jul 1998 2560 Chiburdanidze Naia g GEO Jan 1988 2520 Ioseliani Nana m GEO Jul 1997 2512 Wang lei wg CHN Oct 2001 2506 Wang Pin wg CHN Oct 2000 2505 Polgar Sofia m HUN Jul 1998 2501 Skripchenko Almira m FRA Jan 2003 Èòîãî 37 øàõìàòèñòîê â ìèðå ïðåîäîëåëè ðóáåæ 2500

	4. Written by Peter on 11:59 27 àïðåëÿ 2010 ã.
	Íàèâûñøèå æåíñêèå ðåéòèíãè âñåõ âðåì¸í Saadi, ñïàñèáî çà äîïîëíåíèÿ! À ïðî Àëüìèðó ñâåäåíèÿ òî÷íû? Â Âèêèïåäèè è åå ïðîôèëå íà ñàéòå ÔÈÄÅ äàíî 2498, à â îäíîì èç òîï-ëèñòîâ óêàçàíî 2501. http://pogonina.com

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