Woman Grandmaster (WGM) is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Women's World Champion. The World Chess Federation FIDE introduced the WGM title in 1977, joining the previously introduced lower-ranking title Woman International Master (WIM). Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. ... The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Woman International Master (WIM) is a chess title awarded by the World Chess Federation FIDE. Restricted to women players, FIDE first awarded the WIM title (formerly called International Woman Master, or IWM) in 1950. ...
The WGM title represents a level of chess skill significantly lower than that of the unrestricted International Grandmaster (GM) title, and in fact WGM requirements are a little bit lower than the requirements for the unrestricted International Master (IM) title as well. The current regulations can be found in the FIDE handbook [1]. The five original grandmasters of chess, from left to right: Lasker (seated), Alekhine, Capablanca, Marshall, Tarrasch (seated) The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... The title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Instituted in 1950, it is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as IM. FIDE also awards the lower title of FIDE master (FM) and the higher title of Grandmaster (GM). ...
Many strong female players hold the IM title in addition to the WGM, and these days the top 10 women players are usually GMs [2]. (The winner of the Women's World Championship is automatically awarded the full GM title if she does not already hold it.) The July 2005 FIDE rating list records 184 women holding the WGM title. On this list 63 women hold unrestricted titles in addition to their women's titles, including 11 who are full GMs.
The title International Grandmaster is awarded to superb chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.
It is a lifetime title, in chess literature usually abbreviated as GM or IGM (this is in contrast to WGM for WomanGrandmaster and IM for International Master).
The title "Grandmaster" was created by Russian Tsar Nicholas II who first awarded it in 1914 to five players (Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Marshall) after a tournament in Saint Petersburg which he had funded.
Besides, the title is given in recognition of a woman achieving a high standard in a mindsport where, to be honest, there should be no gender distinction.
Now her eyes are set at a higher level: the IM title, the chase for the women's World Championship and then the shot at the ultimate pennant: the title of Grandmaster (GM), no gender prefixes attached, only the greatest possible respect in the chess world.
It is no surprise her icon is the woman called the goddess of chess, Judit Polgar of Poland.
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