Women Chess Grandmasters
Across
- 3. She was twice the European Women's Chess Champion (2005, 2008) (Russia; Ukraine)
- 5. The only woman player to have broken 2700 rating level
- 8. At 2611, she is the highest ever rated Russian woman
- 10. She became a GM at 14 yr. 5 mo. (China)
- 12. She is the first Kazakhstan woman to win the GM title
- 14. She is a three-time Russian Women's Chess Champion who became a GM in 2009
- 17. She is the second Indian woman to become a GM (2011)
- 18. In 2021, she won the Women's Grand Swiss Tournament (China)
- 19. She is the first Lithuanian GM (2010)
Down
- 1. She won the Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship at 16 (1996); GM (2010)
- 2. She is the only woman to become a GM from Poland (2008)
- 4. She was the Russian Women's Chess Champion who became a GM in 2021
- 6. She is the only woman to become a GM from Sweden (1992)
- 7. She is a four-time Georgian Women's Chess Champion and GM (2018)
- 9. She became a GM at 15 yr. 1 mo. (India)
- 11. She was the first woman to be awarded the FIDE title of GM (1978; Georgia)
- 13. She is a three-time Women's World Chess Champion becoming GM in 2014 (China)
- 14. She is the first and only woman to earn a GM title while playing for the U.S. (2013)
- 15. She is the first woman to win the GM title while playing for Bulgaria (2002)
- 16. She is the first French Woman to become a GM (2008)