The first Women's World Chess Championship took place during the: 1st Chess Olympiad, held from 18——to 30 July 1927 in London. It was organized by, FIDE and was played as a full round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik won the——championship, "conceding only half a point in her 11 games." The final results were as follows:
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 1 Vera Menchik (URS)
- 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½ 2 Katarina Beskow (SWE)
0 - 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 Paula Wolf-Kalmar (AUT)
0 1 - 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7 4 Edith Holloway (ENG)
0 0 0 - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 5 Edith Michell (ENG)
½ 0 0 ½ - 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 6 Edith Charlotte Price (ENG)
0 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 5½ 7 Gisela Harum (AUT)
0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 1 4½ 8 Florence Hutchison-Stirling (SCO)
0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 - 0 1 0 ½ 4 9 Marie Jeanne Frigard (FRA)
0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 0 3½ 10 Agnes Stevenson (ENG)
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - ½ 0 3½ 11 Sofie Synnevåg (NOR)
0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ - 1 3½ 12 Martha Daunke (GER)
0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 - 3
References※
- ^ "Vera Francevna Menchik-Stevenson | British chess player". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Gawlikowski, Stanisław (1978). Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 (in Polish). Warsaw: Wyd. Sport i Turystyka.
- ^ femminile
- ^ "Error 404 - Ajedrez de ataque". www.ajedrezdeataque.com.
- ^ World Chess Championship (Women). 1927-39 Title Tournaments, mark-weeks.com
- ^ Forename given in the Hastings & St Leonards Observer for Saturday 2 July 1927