When will a female chess player next rank in the top 10 players according to the FIDE standard top 100 ranking?
11
110
1K
2100
45%
In or before 2039
35%
In or before 2034
13%
In or before 2029
9%
In or before 2028
7%
In or before 2027
5%
In or before 2026
4%
In or before 2025
3%
In 2024

This question resolves according to the monthly ratings at https://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml.

For the purposes of this question, the player must be biologically female, regardless of gender identity.

Additional yearly dates may be added as needed.

Judit Polgár placed in the top 10 prior to her retirement in 2014.

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Other than Judit Polgar, I believe Hou Yifan has come the closest. Her peak was #55 in May 2015: Hou Yifan - Wikipedia. But she's chosen other priorities in life besides chess and dropped out of the top 100.