Women's World Chess Championship 1927
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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:
1st Chess Olympiad
The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom...
1927 in London
London
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. It was organized by FIDE and was played as a full round-robin tournament
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
. 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 the championship, the first of all her 7 championships. The final results were as follows:
| # | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10½ | |
| 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | 6 | |
| 6 | ||
| 6 | 5½ | |
| 7 | 4½ | |
| 8 | 4 | |
| 9 | 3½ | |
| 3½ | ||
| 3½ | ||
| 12 | 3 |