Kosteniuk New Women World Champion

Women World Champions

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 

 

 

 

All Women's World Champions

1	Vera Menchik	1927–1944	Czechoslovakia / United Kingdom
2	Lyudmila Rudenko	1950–1953	Soviet Union (Ukraine)
3	Elisabeth Bykova	1953–1956	Soviet Union (Russia)
4	Olga Rubtsova	1956–1958	Soviet Union (Russia)
5	Elisabeth Bykova	1958–1962	Soviet Union (Russia)
6	Nona Gaprindashvili	1962–1978	Soviet Union (Georgia)
7	Maya Chiburdanidze	1978–1991	Soviet Union (Georgia)
8	Xie Jun	1991–1996	China
9	Susan Polgar	1996–1999	Hungary / USA
10	Xie Jun	1999–2001	China
11	Zhu Chen	2001–2004	China
12	Antoaneta Stefanova	2004–2006	Bulgaria
13	Xu Yuhua	2006–2008	China
14	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2008	Russia