Top women chess players age 50 and over

Official US Chess rankings for September 2026. 100 players are ranked on this list.

State

Top Women Chess Players Age 50 and Over in the US (Sep 2026)
#	Player	State	Rating
1	Anjelina Belakovskaia	AZ	2,245
2	Beatriz Marinello	NY	2,200
3	Natalya Tsodikova	CA	2,189
4	Olga Sagalchik	NY	2,125
5	Chouchanik Airapetian	WA	2,050
6	Ivona Jezierska	CA	2,005
6	ELIZABETH Zoe Spiegel	NY	2,005
8	Dorothy Teasley	NY	2,000
8	Alexey Root	TX	2,000
10	Jennifer Skidmore Smith	MI	1,991
11	Diana Lanni	DC	1,909
12	Natasha C Christiansen	MA	1,892
13	S Catherine Dodson	VA	1,832
14	Varinia F Cabrera	FL	1,807
15	Julia O'Neill	AZ	1,800
16	Mary K Kuhner	WA	1,757
17	Barbara A Peskin	MA	1,730
18	Brenda Nardi	CA	1,700
18	Polly P Wright	NY	1,700
20	Eva C Harrison	IL	1,694
21	Carla Naylor	VA	1,670
22	Amy C Nunn	KY	1,621
23	Jayashree Sekar	GA	1,600
23	Jamie Duif Calvin	CA	1,600
23	Lynn M Schmidt	WI	1,600
26	Lindita Braimllari	PA	1,598
27	Mariette De Meillon	GA	1,596
28	Cathy L Ryan	VT	1,542
29	Cristina Fidaire	TX	1,510
30	Jill Zabrina Rennie	GA	1,505
31	Elizabeth Carmel Shaughnessy	CA	1,500
31	Mira Karell	MD	1,500
31	Elaine Walquist	MI	1,500
34	Elizabeth C Smith	CT	1,468
35	Elena Novik	AZ	1,447
36	Elena Stuckert	TX	1,445
37	Kathy Elizabeth Richards	ME	1,440
38	Gwen Meins	MA	1,431
39	Brenda M Hill	NJ	1,430
40	Pamela F Hobart	TX	1,426
41	Marilyn Pelias	LA	1,421
42	Karen Shirley Kaufman	CA	1,400
42	Judy Dean	NY	1,400
44	Carol Linda Knopf	NY	1,376
45	Karen Boyd	GA	1,345
46	Marie E Coccio	RI	1,335
47	Florence Leung	NY	1,316
48	Ya He	VA	1,312
49	Jill Way Likens	SD	1,300
49	Win Persina	DC	1,300
49	Sandra R Hoffman	WI	1,300
52	Ariane K Houston	FL	1,292
53	Nancy Keller	OR	1,264
54	Anna Christina Baumstark	GA	1,230
55	Marielle Murphy	MA	1,227
56	Melanie Anne Kneen	TX	1,220
57	Cathleen Heintz	CO	1,206
58	Renate Otterbach	CA	1,173
59	Jacqueline A Martin	DC	1,164
60	Christine A Mitchell	PA	1,115
61	Frances C Hasson	DE	1,101
62	Kathleen K Belleville	FL	1,095
63	Rebecca Rutledge	OK	1,094
64	Maret Thorpe	IL	1,069
65	Chantelle Mitchell	TN	1,047
66	Brenda T Hardesty	TX	1,046
67	Gayle W Dean	NC	1,024
68	Carlene R Pyne	NC	1,017
69	Leila A D'Aquin	LA	1,010
70	Latanya Sweeney	MA	980
71	Linda S Williams	CA	973
72	Archana Kolangara	SC	948
73	Ellen Ann Wanek	WI	947
74	SHARON Marie Bleehaus	NY	946
75	Annabelle Romero	NM	929
76	Marcella Maya Whitecloud	ID	927
77	Jean Hepner	CA	900
78	Nichol Garrison	NC	878
78	Landra Chaney Pulliam	TX	878
80	Salome Jacob	WA	877
81	Stacey M Gilbert	FL	871
82	Elizabeth Alison Aming	FL	866
83	Shana Lively	TX	857
84	Jenny Wall	CA	838
85	Anastasia Croft	OH	836
86	Sarah Brauner	TX	830
87	Jacqueline Meile Brown	PA	793
88	Leslie J Hennig	KY	774
89	Gabrielle A Larson	GA	755
90	Louanne Mcdonald	CT	749
91	Nancy S Lancas	IL	740
92	Dortha L Jackson	TX	719
93	Margaret Ann Bailon-Labednick	TX	717
94	Jennifer Lynn Feuerbach	MD	693
95	Kate Canessa	CA	691
96	Robin Darlene Ray	MI	686
97	Audrey Lim	MD	682
98	Melanie Brennan	PA	679
99	Mary A Hanna	NC	678
100	Alison Foo-Karna	MO	659

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