 Woman Grandmaster is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Women's World Champion.FIDE introduced the WGM title in 1976, joining the previously introduced lower-ranking title, Woman International Master.The WGM title represents a level of chess skill lower than that of the unrestricted Grandmaster (GM) (2500) title, and WGM requirements are also lower than the requirements for the unrestricted International Master (IM) (2400) title.