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Woman Grandmaster is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women. FIDE introduced the WGM title in 1976, joining the previously introduced lower-ranking title, Woman International Master.
Cramling earned the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2018 at age 15, the same year she reached her peak rating. In 2018, she defeated Renier Castellanos Rodriguez, a Spanish International Master (IM) with a FIDE rating of 2498 at the time.
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- Woman FIDE Master (2018)
- Anna Yolanda Cramling Bellón, 30 April 2002 (age 21), Málaga, Spain
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The woman FIDE master (abbreviated as WFM) is one of the official titles given by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) exclusively to women chess players. It is the third-highest ranking exclusive to women after the woman grandmaster and the woman international master titles.
This result qualified Hardegen for the Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title. She was the only player to defeat the winner, Layla Timergazi. After Timergazi withdrew from her qualification spot, Hardegen replaced her for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018 in Khanty Mansiysk.
- Kathryn Ann Hardegen
- Australia
- 1983 (age 39–40), Philippines
- Woman FIDE Master (2017)
The woman grandmaster (WGM) title is exclusive to women and is earned by achieving an established classical or standard FIDE rating of 2300 as well as three WGM norms in international competition. Woman International Master
The WFM (Woman FIDE Master) is a title given exclusively to women chess players by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). It is considered the third-highest ranking title exclusively for women, after the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and the Woman International Master (WIM) titles.
Many of the world’s top female chess players have achieved the Woman FIDE Master title, including current Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun of China, former Women’s World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia, and former Women’s World Blitz Champion Valentina Gunina of Russia.
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