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Top FIDE Women Chess players by ranking

Top FIDE Women Chess Players list ordered by Ranking. The list contains the top 50 women chess players in the database ordered by ELO.

Welcome to the Women FIDE Ranking List, where you will find information about the performances of the top 50 women chess players in the world.

Only the very best female chess players show up in the top FIDE Ranking list. In order to be here, these women worked really hard throughout their entire lives. They are talented, brilliant, and tenacious.

This list is updated every month. It reflects the latest performances and achievements of each player the month before.

Top chess players list | See full players list ordered by name
Name ELO Title FIDE Id Federation Games Birth Year
1 Yifan Hou 2633 GM 8602980 China China 1595 1994
2 Wenjun Ju 2580 GM 8603006 China China 1671 1991
3 Tingjie Lei 2552 GM 8605114 China China 865 1997
4 Jiner Zhu 2547 GM 8608059 China China 605 2002
5 Zhongyi Tan 2546 GM 8603642 China China 1500 1991
6 Humpy Koneru 2543 GM 5008123 India India 1752 1987
7 Anna Muzychuk 2535 GM 14111330 Ukraine Ukraine 2031 1990
8 Aleksandra Goryachkina 2533 GM 4147103 Fide Fide 1385 1998
9 Kateryna Lagno 2515 GM 14109336 Russian Federation Russian Federation 1524 1989
10 Bibisara Assaubayeva 2509 IM 13708694 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 719 2004
11 Nana Dzagnidze 2505 GM 13601903 Georgia Georgia 1945 1987
12 Mariya Muzychuk 2492 GM 14114550 Ukraine Ukraine 1470 1992
13 Harika Dronavalli 2483 GM 5015197 India India 2161 1991
14 Rameshbabu Vaishali 2481 GM 5091756 India India 640 2001
15 Polina Shuvalova 2480 IM 24171760 Fide Fide 927 2001
16 Alexandra Kosteniuk 2474 GM 4128125 Switzerland Switzerland 2647 1984
17 Yuliia Osmak 2468 IM 14101602 Ukraine Ukraine 569 1998
18 Deshmukh Divya 2463 IM 35006916 India India 512 2005
19 Nino Batsiashvili 2462 GM 13602993 Georgia Georgia 1194 1987
20 Alina Kashlinskaya 2459 IM 4198026 Poland Poland 1082 1993
21 Teodora Injac 2457 IM 932400 Serbia Serbia 603 2000
22 Miaoyi Lu 2452 IM 8618020 China China 429 2010
23 Leya Garifullina 2450 IM 34127035 Fide Fide 492 2004
24 Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2449 IM 12512214 Spain Spain 606 1997
25 Marie Sebag 2441 GM 617822 France France 1467 1986
26 Meri Arabidze 2440 IM 13604040 Georgia Georgia 754 1994
27 Lela Javakhishvili 2432 IM 13601458 Georgia Georgia 1444 1984
28 Carissa Yip 2431 IM 2090732 United States United States 372 2003
29 Stavroula Tsolakidou 2428 IM 4264312 Greece Greece 443 2000
30 Olga Badelka 2424 IM 13509926 Austria Austria 611 2002
31 Bella Khotenashvili 2418 GM 13602640 Georgia Georgia 1240 1988
32 Valentina Gunina 2416 GM 4167570 Fide Fide 2069 1989
33 Anna Shukhman 2413 WGM 54180058 Fide Fide 86 2009
34 Anna Ushenina 2413 GM 14110911 Ukraine Ukraine 1614 1985
35 Yuxin Song 2410 IM 8614300 China China 412 2005
36 Klaudia Kulon 2407 IM 1131044 Poland Poland 905 1992
37 Elisabeth Paehtz 2406 GM 4641833 Germany Germany 2654 1985
38 Deimante Daulyte-Cornette 2404 IM 12802859 France France 646 1989
39 Dinara Wagner 2404 IM 24157570 Germany Germany 475 1999
40 Karina Ambartsumova 2403 IM 4166299 Russian Federation Russian Federation 390 1989
41 Pia Cramling 2403 GM 1700030 Sweden Sweden 3010 1963
42 Elina Danielian 2403 GM 13300210 Armenia Armenia 1541 1978
43 Aleksandra Maltsevskaya 2403 IM 24174041 Poland Poland 774 2002
44 Nataliya Buksa 2400 IM 14123622 Ukraine Ukraine 625 1996
45 Antoaneta Stefanova 2399 GM 2902257 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2818 1979
46 Lilit Mkrtchian 2396 IM 13300601 Armenia Armenia 1145 1982
47 Sachdev Tania 2396 IM 5007844 India India 379 1986
48 Irina Bulmaga 2393 IM 13903063 Romania Romania 968 1993
49 Olga Girya 2393 GM 4195752 Russian Federation Russian Federation 1211 1991
50 Yixin Ding 2392 WGM 8602972 China China 599 1991

From seasoned grandmasters to rising stars, you will find players from all ages and nationalities in the women's chess rankings.

Let's get to know the players on this list a little better:

Yifan Hou

Yifan Hou is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the youngest female player to earn the Grandmaster title when she was only 14. Yifan Hou has won the Women's World Chess Championship in 4 occasions. Hou's dynamic playing style and profound understanding of the game have made her one of the most recognisable faces in women's chess in the last decades. She has also represented China in numerous team events like the Chess Olympiads, contributing to their victories. Yifan Hou inspires both young and adult chess enthusiasts around the globe.

Wenjun Ju

Wenjun Ju is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. She has won the Women's World Chess Championship in 4 different occasions: May 2018, November 2018, 2020, and 2023. She has won the Women Chinese Championship two times, the Women's World's Rapid Chess Championship, and the Chess Olympiad with the Chinese team.

Tingjie Lei

Lei Tingjie (March 13, 1997) is a Chinese Grandmaster with multiple achievements. She earned the Grandmaster title at age 19, being the sixth woman to obtain the title as a teenager. She won the Women's Candidates Tournament 2022-23 after beating Tan Zhongyi 3½-1½, and challenged reigning Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun for the title in July of that same year, but lost the match after a loss in game 12. Tingjie Lei is the 2017 China Women's National Champion.

Humpy Koneru

Koneru Humpy (born March 31, 1987) is an Indian chess Grandmaster. In 2002 she became the youngest woman to achieve the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years, which at the time meant she broke Judit Polgar's record. She also became the second woman to have an Elo rating of 2600. One of the most notorious wins of Humpy Koneru was her victory at the FIDE Women's Rapid Chess Championship in 2019.

Mariya Muzychuk

Mariya Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. She became world champion in 2015. Muzychuk also won Ukraine Women's Championship twice, in 2012 and 2013. She was part of the teams that won the World Team and European Team champion with Ukraine in 2013. In the Chess Olympiad of 2022, Muzychuk was awarded the gold medal with Ukraine. She also won the silver medal in 2018 and the bronze medal in 2012, 2014, and 2016.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

Alexandra Kosteniuk, a Russian chess grandmaster, won the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008 and has been a prominent figure in international chess for years. She also won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in 2021 and the team gold medal in the Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, and 2014. Since March of 2023, Alexandra Kosteniuk decided to start playing for Switzerland.