The history of women’s chess

Here are the list of all the women who achieved or earned the Grandmaster title:

Name	Country		Date	Age	Earned	World Champion	Peak Rating	Notes
Nona Gaprindashvili	Georgia		1978	37	WCC	1962–1978	??	First female grandmaster
Maia Chiburdanidze	Georgia		1984	23	WCC	1978–1991	2550
Susan Polgar	Hungary United States		1991	22	norms	1996–1999	2577	First to be awarded the title traditionally
Judit Polgár	Hungary		1991	15	norms	–	2735	Youngest grandmaster ever at the time
Xie Jun	China		1991	21	WCC	1991–1996,1999–2001	2574
Pia Cramling	Sweden		1992	29	norms	–	2550
Zhu Chen	China Qatar		2001	25	norms	2001–2004	2548
Koneru Humpy	India		2002	15	norms	–	2622
Antoaneta Stefanova	Bulgaria		2003	25	norms	2004–2006	2560
Alexandra Kosteniuk	Russia		2004	20	EWC	2008–current	2540
Peng Zhaoqin	China Netherlands		2004	36	EWC	–	2472
Hoang Thanh Trang	Vietnam Hungary		2007	27	norms	–	2501
Kateryna Lahno	Ukraine		2007	17	norms	–	2509
Xu Yuhua	China		2007	30	WCC	2006–2008	2517
Marie Sebag	France		2008	21	norms	–	2533
Zhao Xue	China		2008	23	norms	–	2544
Hou Yifan	China		2008	14	norms	–	2590	Youngest ever female grandmaster
Nana Dzagnidze	Georgia		2008	21	norms	–	2536
Monika Soćko	Poland		2008	30	norms	–	2505
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	Georgia Scotland		2009	40	norms	–	2506
Tatiana Kosintseva	Russia		2009	23	norms	–	2539