Women's World Chess Championship 1931
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The 3rd Women's World Chess Championship
took place during the 4th Chess Olympiad
in Prague
. The tournament was played as a double round-robin tournament
. Vera Menchik
successfully defended her title. The final results were as follows:
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....
took place during the 4th Chess Olympiad
4th Chess Olympiad
The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia...
in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. The tournament was played as a double 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...
successfully defended her title. The final results were as follows:
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xx | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | 0 0 | xx | 0 1 | 0 1 | 1 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 0 | 1 0 | xx | 1 ½ | 1 0 | 3½ | |
| 4 | 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 ½ | xx | 1 0 | 2½ | |
| 5 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 1 | 0 1 | xx | 2 |