She died in a macabre incident on the way to her fourth World Championship: she walked into an … COURTESY OF NETFLIX In September 2005, Judit Polgár of Hungary, then rated #8 in the world by the international chess organization FIDE, became the first woman to play for a small-scale World Chess Championship, which she did in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005; she had previously participated in large, 100+ player knockout tournaments for the world championship, but this was a small 8-player invitational. [7] However, her greatest success so far has been to win the Women's World Chess Championship 2008, beating in the final the young Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan, with a score of 2½–1½. "Alexandra Kosteniuk: "The victory was so close! After the formation of the USSR the USSR Chess Championship was established as the national championship. Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (Russian: Алекса́ндра Константи́новна Костеню́к; born 23 April 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster and Women's World Chess Champion from 2008 to 2010. 2008, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Noa Variation (E34), 0–1, "Flawless China retain World Team Championship". But as they say, “every Chess master was once a beginner,” and the saying holds for the champion too.Garry started his training at the age of 10 at Mikhail Botvinnik’s chess school. Gained 4 International Master FIDE Title norms. She was European women's champion in 2004 and a two time Russian Women's Chess Champion (in 2005 and 2016). Kosteniuk became European women's champion by winning the tournament in Dresden, Germany. On 22 April 2007 she gave birth to a daughter, Francesca Maria. At her peak strength, she was one of the best players in the world, period. In the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 she was eliminated in the third round by the eventual runner-up, Ruan Lufei, and thus lost her title. She learns Russian in order to be prepared to face the Soviet players; Fischer taught himself Russian so that he could read Russian chess journals, which were the best sources of information. [11] She also won the Swiss champion title. Alexandra has been in the finals of 2001 Championships also at the age of just 17, but she lost on that occasion. Francesca was born 2½ months premature, but after an 8-week stay in the hospital made a full recovery. 137. FIDE - World Chess Federation, Online ratings, individual calculations She was European women's champion in 2004 and a two time Russian Women's Chess Champion (in 2005 and 2016). Top Chess Players Ranking list ordered by FIDE Rating. As of 2020, no woman has ever been the world champion. [6], In August, she became the first Chess960 women's world champion after beating Germany's top female player Elisabeth Pähtz by 5½–2½. Garry Kasparov started ruling the chess world from the age of 22 as the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985. 9. [5], Kosteniuk won the Russian Women's Championship. Incidentally, his first wife, Agnes Stevenson, was also a chess player who participated in three Women’s Championships. In 2013, Kosteniuk became the first woman to win the men’s Swiss Chess Championship. In The Queen’s Gambit, Beth Harmon is a nine-year-old chess prodigy, capable of playing and winning against multiple opponents at the same time. Alexandra won the girls under 12 title at both the European Youth Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. Pages in category "Russian female chess players" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. This article lists female chess players who have received official World Chess Federation … Russian Chess Players. [20] In December she also achieved 2nd place in the Belt and Road World Chess Woman Summit, behind Hou Yifan.