Womens World Chess Champions
| YEAR | COUNTRY | WINNERS | |
| 2008 | Russia | Kosteniuk Aleksandra | |
| 2006 | 2008 | China | Yuhua Xu |
| 2004 | 2006 | Bulgaria | Stefanova Antoaneta |
| 2001 | 2004 | China | Chen Zhu |
| 1999- | 2001 | China | Jun Xie |
| 1996 | -1999 | Hungary | Zzusza (Susan) Polgar |
| 1991 | -1996 | China | Xie Jun |
| 1978 | -1991 | USSR | Maya Chiburdanidze |
| 1962 | -1978 | USSR | Nona Gaprindashvili |
| 1958 | -1962 | USSR | Elizaveta Bikova |
| 1956 | -1958 | USSR | Olga Rubtsova |
| 1953 | -1956 | USSR | Elizaveta Bikova |
| 1950 | -1953 | USSR | Liudmila Rudenko |
| 1927 | -1944 | Britain | Vera Menchik |
