Women's world chess champions

Women's world chess champions

Table
Women's world chess champions
championship
reign name nationality
1950-53 Rudenko, Ludmilla Ukrainian
1953-56 Bykova, Elizaveta Russian
1956-58 Rubtsova, Olga Russian
1958-62 Bykova, Elizaveta Russian
1962-78 Gaprindashvili, Nona Georgian
1978-91 Chiburdanidze, Maya Georgian
1991-96 Xie Jun Chinese
1996-99 Polgar, Susan (Polgar, Zsuzsa)** Hungarian
1999-2001 Xie Jun Chinese
2001-2004 Zhu Chen Chinese
2004-2006 Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgarian
2006-2008 Xu Yuhua Chinese
2008- Alexandra Kosteniuk Russian
*Killed in air raid on London in 1944, title left vacant.
**Rejected conditions for title defense, which Xie Jun then regained.
Subsequent champions decided in "knockout" tournaments.
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