Answers.Body: <p>What I got so far:</p>
  <p><strong>Miscellaneous</strong></p>
  <ol>
  <li><p><strong>Hou Yifan (SRZLY?)</strong> <strong>(UNSURE)</strong>: same with the Robert Byrne thing as to what 'professor' means (i mean come on phd, really? i don't think so)</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Kateřina Němcová - PhD in progress</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>5-time and current (as of <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6f0d3325-d21a-4ef2-839d-4eafe2293151" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Oct2021</a>) British women's chess champion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Hunt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Harriet Hunt</a> - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Hunt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PhD and Research Fellowship at Cambridge, specialising in archaeogenetics</a></p>
  </li>
  <li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Krivec" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jana Krivec</a> - <a href="https://thinkerspublishing.com/dr-jana-krivec-improve-your-life-by-playing-a-game-learn-how-to-turn-your-life-activities-into-lifelong-skills/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">psychology</a> (not sure if PhD or PsyD)</p>
  </li>
  <li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisa_Mari%C4%87" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alisa Marić</a> - PhD in economics.</p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Law</strong> (either JD/LLB or Doctor of Juridical Science)</p>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Yuhua" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Xu Yuhua</a>: LLB</li>
  <li>9-time and current (as of Sep2021) British women's chess champion <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/35171/why-is-jovanka-houska-introduced-as-a-wgm-when-she-holds-the-more-prestigious-im">Jovanka Houska</a>: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanka-houska-64518249/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LLB</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Pogonina#Personal_life" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Natalia Pogonina</a>: 'In 2008 Pogonina was studying for an MA in law at the Saratov State Academy of Law.'</li>
  </ol>
  <p><strong>Medicine</strong> (either MD or Doctor of Medical Sciences)</p>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Bellin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Jana Bellin</a> - probably just MD</li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Text: I'm not convinced Robert Byrne has more than a [masters degree](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/crosswords/chess/robert-byrne-chess-grandmaster-dies-at-84.html) from Indiana University.
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Answers.Text: It looks like Hou Yifan was awarded a Rhode's scholarship to study for a Master's of Public Policy at Oxford. I don't see anything about any scholarship activity between that and her professorship at Shenzhen University, so I assume that she has at most a Master's degree (I'm not sure if she finished her program at Oxford). Regardless, even if it isn't a PhD, it looks like she's had an impressive academic career outside of chess.
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Body: <p>Similar to this question <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/36830/both-grandmaster-and-phd-doctorate">Both grandmaster and PhD/doctorate</a> but for at least WGM (WGM, female IM, female GM, etc)</p>
  <p>Among woman grandmasters, who have PhDs/doctorates?</p>
  <p><strong>Conditions</strong>:</p>
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  <li><p>standard WGM only eg no International Correspondence Chess WGM</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>no honourary PhDs/doctorates</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>maybe kind of a cheat but I'll allow JD/MD (and LLB to the extent that LLB=JD) i.e. doesn't have to be Doctor of Juridical Science/Doctor of Medical Sciences. Also the other stuff <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate#Types" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> eg doctor of education or doctor of engineering, just no honourary.</p>
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Title: Both (at least) WGM and PhD/doctorate
ThreadText: # Both (at least) WGM and PhD/doctorate
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-06)
  
  Similar to this question [Both grandmaster and PhD/doctorate](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/36830/both-grandmaster-and-phd-doctorate) but for at least WGM (WGM, female IM, female GM, etc)
  
  Among woman grandmasters, who have PhDs/doctorates?
  
  **Conditions**:
  
  1. standard WGM only eg no International Correspondence Chess WGM
  2. no honourary PhDs/doctorates
  3. maybe kind of a cheat but I'll allow JD/MD (and LLB to the extent that LLB=JD) i.e. doesn't have to be Doctor of Juridical Science/Doctor of Medical Sciences. Also the other stuff [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctorate#Types) eg doctor of education or doctor of engineering, just no honourary.
  
  **Tags:** grandmaster, records, women, trivia
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2021-10-06. Score: 1
  
  What I got so far:
  
  **Miscellaneous**
  
  1. **Hou Yifan (SRZLY?)** **(UNSURE)**: same with the Robert Byrne thing as to what 'professor' means (i mean come on phd, really? i don't think so)
  2. Kateřina Němcová - PhD in progress
  3. 5-time and current (as of [Oct2021](https://www.ft.com/content/6f0d3325-d21a-4ef2-839d-4eafe2293151)) British women's chess champion [Harriet Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Hunt) - [PhD and Research Fellowship at Cambridge, specialising in archaeogenetics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Hunt)
  4. [Jana Krivec](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Krivec) - [psychology](https://thinkerspublishing.com/dr-jana-krivec-improve-your-life-by-playing-a-game-learn-how-to-turn-your-life-activities-into-lifelong-skills/) (not sure if PhD or PsyD)
  5. [Alisa Marić](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisa_Mari%C4%87) - PhD in economics.
  
  **Law** (either JD/LLB or Doctor of Juridical Science)
  
  1. [Xu Yuhua](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Yuhua): LLB
  2. 9-time and current (as of Sep2021) British women's chess champion [Jovanka Houska](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/35171/why-is-jovanka-houska-introduced-as-a-wgm-when-she-holds-the-more-prestigious-im): [LLB](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovanka-houska-64518249/)
  3. [Natalia Pogonina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Pogonina#Personal_life): 'In 2008 Pogonina was studying for an MA in law at the Saratov State Academy of Law.'
  
  **Medicine** (either MD or Doctor of Medical Sciences)
  
  1. [Jana Bellin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Bellin) - probably just MD
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I'm not convinced Robert Byrne has more than a [masters degree](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/crosswords/chess/robert-byrne-chess-grandmaster-dies-at-84.html) from Indiana University.  
  > **username_2**: It looks like Hou Yifan was awarded a Rhode's scholarship to study for a Master's of Public Policy at Oxford. I don't see anything about any scholarship activity between that and her professorship at Shenzhen University, so I assume that she has at most a Master's degree (I'm not sure if she finished her program at Oxford). Regardless, even if it isn't a PhD, it looks like she's had an impressive academic career outside of chess.  
  
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