Women's World Chess Championship 1933
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The 4th Women's World Chess Championship
took place during the 5th Chess Olympiad
in Folkestone
. 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 5th Chess Olympiad
5th Chess Olympiad
The 5th 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 12 and July 23, 1933, in Folkestone, United Kingdom...
in Folkestone
Folkestone
Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its...
. 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xx | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 14 | |
| 2 | 0 0 | xx | 1 ½ | 0 ½ | 1 1 | 0 1 | 1 1 | 1 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | xx | 1 1 | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 8½ | |
| 4 | 0 0 | 1 ½ | 0 0 | xx | ½ 1 | 1 1 | 0 1 | 1 1 | 8 | |
| 5 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | ½ 0 | xx | 1 1 | 0 1 | 1 1 | 6 | |
| 6 | 0 0 | 1 0 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | 0 0 | xx | 1 ½ | 1 1 | 5½ | |
| 7 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 ½ | 1 0 | 1 0 | 0 ½ | xx | 1 1 | 5 | |
| 8 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | xx | 0 |