Answers.Body: <p>Searching my database constructed from data available on the [FIDE Ratings Download][2] page gives the following results. Note that FIDE gives only the birth year for players due to data privacy laws so age was calculated as 'Year of title' - 'Year of birth' so Salimova, Nurgyul may have actually been only 7 years old when she won the title.</p>
  <p><strong>Year Name Age Fed</strong><br />
  1981    Brustman, Agnieszka 19  POL<br />
  1984    Olarasu, Iuliana    17  ROU<br />
  1985    Maric, Alisa    15  YUG<br />
  1988    Polgar, Judit   12  HUN<br />
  1990    Stefanova, Antoaneta    11  BUL<br />
  2004    Hou, Yifan  10  CHN<br />
  2007    Salcedo, Jackeline  9   COL<br />
  2011    <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2915138" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Salimova, Nurgyul</a>  8   BUL</p>
  
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Answers.Text: thanks! wait judit polgar was WFM? i thought judit (almost?) never did any of the WCM, WFM, WIM, WGM titles and never played women's championships and stuff. wait so what else, judit polgar was WIM and WGM too?
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Answers.Text: @BCLC Could be an error in the Olimpbase files for July 1988 - http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo198807e.html and for Judit http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Polgar,%20Judit.html. I've said before that their data is dirty.
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Answers.Text: 'Could be an error ' --> maybe not. apparently WFM (and even WGM) is based only on ratings --> is this true? seems to be false based on this: https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B01Regulations2017
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Body: <p>On Wiki, we have the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_grandmasters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">List of youngest grandmasters since 1950</a>. What about WFMs (woman FIDE masters) instead of GMs?</p>
  <p><strong>Note 1</strong>: I really mean to ask about WFMs (females who obtain the female exclusive title WFM) and not <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/37148/list-of-records-for-youngest-female-fide-masters-since-1950-or-whenever-the-fid">female FMs (females who obtain the open title FM)</a>.</p>
  <p><strong>Note 2</strong>: WCM was answered here: <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/36912/list-of-records-for-youngest-wcms-woman-candidate-masters-since-1950">List of records for youngest WCMs (woman candidate masters) since 1950?</a></p>
  
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Title: List of records for youngest WFMs (woman FIDE masters) since 1950 (or whenever)?
ThreadText: # List of records for youngest WFMs (woman FIDE masters) since 1950 (or whenever)?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-03)
  
  On Wiki, we have the [List of youngest grandmasters since 1950](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy#List_of_youngest_grandmasters). What about WFMs (woman FIDE masters) instead of GMs?
  
  **Note 1**: I really mean to ask about WFMs (females who obtain the female exclusive title WFM) and not [female FMs (females who obtain the open title FM)](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/37148/list-of-records-for-youngest-female-fide-masters-since-1950-or-whenever-the-fid).
  
  **Note 2**: WCM was answered here: [List of records for youngest WCMs (woman candidate masters) since 1950?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/36912/list-of-records-for-youngest-wcms-woman-candidate-masters-since-1950)
  
  **Tags:** history, statistics, records, titles, women
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2021-10-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  Searching my database constructed from data available on the [FIDE Ratings Download][2] page gives the following results. Note that FIDE gives only the birth year for players due to data privacy laws so age was calculated as 'Year of title' - 'Year of birth' so Salimova, Nurgyul may have actually been only 7 years old when she won the title.
  
  **Year Name Age Fed**  
  1981 Brustman, Agnieszka 19 POL  
  1984 Olarasu, Iuliana 17 ROU  
  1985 Maric, Alisa 15 YUG  
  1988 Polgar, Judit 12 HUN  
  1990 Stefanova, Antoaneta 11 BUL  
  2004 Hou, Yifan 10 CHN  
  2007 Salcedo, Jackeline 9 COL  
  2011 [Salimova, Nurgyul](https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2915138) 8 BUL
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: thanks! wait judit polgar was WFM? i thought judit (almost?) never did any of the WCM, WFM, WIM, WGM titles and never played women's championships and stuff. wait so what else, judit polgar was WIM and WGM too?  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 Could be an error in the Olimpbase files for July 1988 - http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo198807e.html and for Judit http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Polgar,%20Judit.html. I've said before that their data is dirty.  
  > **username_0**: 'Could be an error ' --> maybe not. apparently WFM (and even WGM) is based only on ratings --> is this true? seems to be false based on this: https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/B01Regulations2017  
  
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