Gisela Harum
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Gisela Harum was an Austrian chess
master.
She played four times in the Women's World Championship
. She took 7th at London 1927
(Vera Menchik
won), 8th at Folkestone 1933 (V. Menchik won), 3rd (behind V. Menchik and Regina Gerlecka
) at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th at Stockholm 1937 (V. Menchik won).
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
She played four times in the Women's World Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
. She took 7th at London 1927
Women's World Chess Championship 1927
The 1st 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, the first of all her 7 championships. The final results were as follows:...
(Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, defeating many of them, including future World Champion Max Euwe.The daughter of a Czech father...
won), 8th at Folkestone 1933 (V. Menchik won), 3rd (behind V. Menchik and Regina Gerlecka
Regina Gerlecka
Regina Gerlecka was a Polish chess master.In January 1935, she won Warsaw championships. In June 1935, she won the 1st Polish Women Championship in Warsaw. In August 1935, she took 2nd, behind Vera Menchik, in the 5th Women's World Chess Championship in Warsaw.She tied for 5-7th in women's...
) at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th at Stockholm 1937 (V. Menchik won).