Name |
Years |
Country |
Vera Menchik |
1927–1944 |
Czechoslovakia
/ United
Kingdom |
Lyudmila Rudenko |
1950–1953 |
Soviet Union / Ukraine |
Elisabeth Bykova |
1953–1956 |
Soviet Union /
Russia |
Olga Rubtsova |
1956–1958 |
Soviet Union /
Russia |
Elisabeth Bykova |
1958–1962 |
Soviet Union /
Russia |
Nona Gaprindashvili |
1962–1978 |
Soviet Union /
Georgia |
Maya Chiburdanidze |
1978–1991 |
Soviet
Union / Georgia |
Xie Jun |
1991–1996 |
People's Republic of China |
Susan Polgar |
1996–1999 |
Hungary
/ United
States |
Xie Jun |
1999–2001 |
People's Republic of China |
Zhu Chen |
2001–2004 |
People's Republic of China |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
2004–2006 |
Bulgaria |
Xu Yuhua |
2006–2008 |
People's Republic of China |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2008–present |
Russia |