Artwork by Mike Magnan

My sister Judit is the only woman in history to break the world top 10 in FIDE rating. Her peak ranking was #8 in the world. By accident, I came across tonight the FIDE rating archive prior to 2001 which is kept by Olimpibase. Here are the peak of the last 4 Women’s World Champions under the traditional system (prior to the knockout system) and without the 100 free points (January 1987) according to Olimpbase:

Susan Polgar
Jan 1993 #106 HUN 2560 (missing the top 100 by 5 rating points)

Nona Gaprindashvili
Jul 1972 #148 URS 2450

Xie Jun
Jul 2000 #167 CHN 2568

Maia Chiburdanidze
Jan 1986 #229 URS 2455

Source: http://www.olimpbase.org

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