World
Champions
| 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 |
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