Women's World Chess Championship 1927
The First Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 1st Chess Olympiad 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:[1][2][3][4]
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 1 
Vera Menchik (RUS)- 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[5] (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
| Tournament format | |
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| Match format | |
| Knock-out format | |
| Alternating format | |
| Match format | |
References
- ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
- ^ femminile
- ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Londres 1927
- ^ http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/2739$wix.htm
- ^ Forename given in the Hastings and St Leonard's Observer for Saturday 02 July 1927