Women's World Chess Championship 1930
The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg. The tournament was played as a double round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik successfully defended her title. She lost her only ever Women's World Championship game to Paula Wolf-Kalmar. The final results were as follows:[1][2][3][4]
Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1 Vera Menchik (TCH)
- ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2 Paula Wolf-Kalmar (AUT)
½ 0 - 1 0 1 1 1 1 5½ 3 Wally Henschel (GER)
1 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 ½ 4½ 4 Katarina Beskow (SWE)
0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 2 5 Agnes Stevenson (ENG)
0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 1½
References[]
- ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
- ^ femminile
- ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Hamburgo 1930
- ^ http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/2739$wix.htm
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