TOP GIRLS

1. Maia Chiburdanidze (51; Georgia)
Actual rating - 2500; peak rating – 2560 (January 1988)
International grandmaster among men and women;
Five times Women’s World Chess Champion in 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988;
Nine times World Chess Olympiad Champion in 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2008;
Four times laureate of Chess Oscar Award
European team champion in 1997;

2.Antoaneta Stefanova (32,Bulgaria)

Actual rating - 2523; peak rating – 2560 (January 2003);
International grandmaster among men and women;
Women’s World Chess Champion in 2004 - 2006
Women’s European champion in 2002;
 

3.Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk (27 years old, Russia)
Actual rating 2448; peak rating 2540 (April 2006)
International grandmaster among men and women.
Women’s World Chess Champion (2008-2010)
World Chess Olympiad Champion in 2010
Women’s European Champion in 2004;
Three times Women’s Team European Champion in 2007, 2009, 2011.
Women’s World Vice Champion in 2001.

4.Anna Muzychuk (21, Slovenia)
Actual rating - 2580; Peak rating - 2580 (January 2012)
International grandmaster among women;
International master among men;
European Women's Blitz Championship in 2007
Girls’ world champion U 20 in 2010;
Number 4 chess player according to the women’s world rating list.

5. Kateryna Lahno (22, Ukraine)
Actual rating - 2557; peak rating - 2557 (January 2012);
International grandmaster among men and women;
Women’s European champion two times in 2005 and in 2008;
Bronze medal winner in the World Team Olympiad in 2010;
Bronze medal winner in the World Team Championship in 2007.
Women’s World Champion in rapid chess in 2010;
The youngest grandmaster in the world at the age of 12;
Number 5 chess player according to the women’s world rating list.

6. Nadezhda Kosintseva (26; Russia)
Actual rating - 2537; peak rating – 2576 (November 2010)
International grandmaster among men and women;
In the World Chess Olympiad winner of the:
Silver medal – in 2002;
Bronze medal – in 2004;
Silver medal – in 2006;
Gold medal – in 2010.

7. Nana Dzagnidze (24, Georgia)
Actual rating - 2535; peak rating - 2567 (March 2011);
International grandmaster among men and women;
World Chess Olympiad in 2008;
Winner of the Women’s World Grand Prix Tournament leg.
Silver medal winner in the Women’s European Team Championship in 2005 and 2009;
Bronze medal winner in the Women’s European Team Championship in 2011;
8.Tatiana Kosintseva (26, Russia)

Actual rating – 2513; peak rating – 2581 (November 2010);
International grandmaster among men and women;
In the World Chess Olympiad winner of the:
Silver medal – in 2002;
Bronze medal – in 2004;
Silver medal – in 2006;
Gold medal – in 2010.
Two times Women’s European Champion in 2007 and 2009;
Three times Women’s Team European Champion in 2007, 2009 and 2011;

9.Anna Zatonskih (33, USA)
Actual rating - 2506; peak rating - 2537 (May 2011)
International grandmaster among women;
International master among men;
Silver medal winner in the World Team Olympiad in 2004;
Bronze medal winner in the World Team Olympiad in 2008.
Four times Women’s US champion in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011;

10.Victoria Cmilyte (28, Lithuania)
Actual rating - 2503; peak rating - 2528 (July 2011)
International grandmaster among men and women;
Women’s European champion in 2011;
Silver medal winner in the Women’s European Individual Championship:
in Istanbul, in 2005;
in Plovdiv (Bulgaria), In 2008;
in Rieka (Croatia) in 2010.

11. Pia Cramling (48, Sweden)
Actual rating - 2491; peak rating - 2550 (October 2008);
International grandmaster among men and women;
Women’s European champion in 2003 and 2010 years;
Chess Oscar Award Laureate in 1983

12. Zeinab Mamedjarova (28, Azerbaijan)
Actual rating – 2318; Peak rating – 2384 (July 2007);
International grandmaster among women;
Girls’ world champion U20 in 2002;
European champion U 20 in 2002;