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Women's World Chess Championship 1927
The first Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 1st Chess Olympiad, held from 18 to 30 July 1927 in London. It was organized by FIDE and was played as a full round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (russian: Вера Францевна Менчик, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; cz, Věra Menčíková; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in En ... won the championship, conceding only half a point in her 11 games. The final results were as follows: ''mark-weeks.com'' : References {{Women's World Chess Championships[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Chess Olympiad
The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 18 and 30 July, 1927 at the Westminster Central Hall, London, United Kingdom. It was officially known by its current name from 1952. The 1st Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the time of the olympiad. Teams & Players 16 participating teams constituting a total of 70 players participated in the event. All of the teams except Argentina were from Europe. Each team had 4 players and some teams even had a reserve player. Rounds & Games The event was played in a round robin format. 15 rounds were played throughout the 12-day span of the event, each played at 2:30. Four extra rounds were played on four days at 9:30. 480 games were played in the event between the players of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Hutchison-Stirling
Florence Hutchison-Stirling (1858 – 6 May 1948) was a Scottish chess player. She was a participant the Women's World Chess Championship 1927. Biography Florence Hutchison-Stirling was one of five daughters and two sons of James Hutchison Stirling (1820 – 1909), Scottish idealist philosopher. She started played chess around the age of eight or nine, reaching such a level that her father, who had an interest in various board games. Florence Hutchison-Stirling was a member of Edinburgh Ladies' Chess Club, and supported the activities of the Scottish Ladies' Chess Association (founded in 1905). She was a five-time winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championship (1905, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1913). Also Florence Hutchison-Stirling were the first women to compete in Scottish Men's Chess Championship (1925, 1927). She played in several British Women's Chess Championships where in 1913 she shared 1st place but lost play-off, and in 1923 she shared 2nd - 5th place. In 1923, in Portsmouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 In Chess
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Women's World Chess Championships
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Martha Daunke
Martha Daunke (November 1899 – 1967) was a German chess player. She was a participant the Women's World Chess Championship 1927. Biography In 1927, Martha Daunke participated in first Women's World Chess Championship where she ranked 12th place. In 1939, Martha Daunke was participant the first German Women's Chess Championship in Stuttgart where she ranked 5th place. In 1943, she ranked 6th in German Women's Chess Championship. After World War II Martha Daunke participated in East German Women's Chess Championship which best result has achieved in Soviet occupation zone Women's Chess Championship in 1948 in Bad Doberan Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city c ... where she shared 1st place and only in additional match lost to Gertrud Nüsken. She participated in East Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Agnes Stevenson
Agnes Lawson-Stevenson (born Agnes Bradley Lawson, November 1873 – 20 August 1935) was a British chess player. She was four-time British Ladies' Champion (1920, 1925, 1926, 1930), and married to Rufus Henry Streatfeild Stevenson, home news editor of the ''British Chess Magazine'', secretary of the Southern Counties Chess Union and match captain of the Kent County Chess Association. She took 3rd at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women's championship, Helene Cotton and Edith Holloway won). After the tournament three of the participants (Holloway, Cotton and Stevenson) defeated three others ( Paula Wolf-Kalmar, Gülich and Pohlner) in a double-round London vs. Vienna match. She was thrice the Women's World Championship Challenger. She tied for 9-11th at London 1927, took 5th at Hamburg 1930, and took 3rd at Prague 1931. On the way to play in the 1935 Women's World Championship, she left the aircraft in Poznań to complete a passport check. She returned to the aircraft from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Jeanne Frigard
Marie Jeanne Stein (''née'' Frigard; 30 October 1904, Grimaud – 29 July 1971, Ivry-sur-Seine) was a French chess player and classical violinist. She was a four-time French Women's Chess Champion (1924, 1925, 1926, 1927). She was a participant in the first Women's World Chess Championship in 1927. Biography In 1924, Frigard won the first French Women's Chess Championship in Paris after a playoff. She repeated this success three times from 1925 to 1927. In 1925 and 1927 she finished in second place but was nevertheless crowned the French women's champion, because the Paulette Schwartzmann, the winner of both tournaments, did not have French citizenship. In 1924, she finished second out of three players in a women's amateur chess tournament in Westende. In 1927 she participated in the first Women's World Chess Championship in London won by Vera Menchik, where she shared 9th–11th places. After 1927 she rarely participated in chess tournaments. Marie Jeanne Frigard played viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Harum
Gisela Harum (1903 – 1995) was an Austrian chess player. She played four times in the Women's World Championship. She took 7th at London 1927 (Vera Menchik won), 3rd (behind V. Menchik and Regina Gerlecka) at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th at Stockholm 1937 (V. Menchik won). She was unable to participate at the Women's World Chess Championship 1933 in Folkestone due to financial reasons. Even though she was set to play, the Austrian Chess Federation ''Österreichischer Schachverband'' was unable to pay her expenses. The Olympiad team members of Austria also had to travel on their own cost but were able to collect enough money.''Die Schacholympiade in Folkestone''. Wiener Schachzeitung ''Wiener Schachzeitung'' (or ''Wiener Schach-Zeitung'', "''Viennese Chess Bulletin''") was the name of several Austrian chess periodicals published in Vienna between 1855 and 1949. Original publications (1855 and 1887-1888) The original publicat ..., issue 12, June 1933, p. 177– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Edith Charlotte Price
Edith Charlotte Price (1872–1956) was a British female chess master. She enjoyed great success at the British Women's Chess Championship, winning it five times (1922, 1923, 1924, 1928, and 1948). She first played the event in 1912, finishing second and almost took the title in 1920 and 1921, when she narrowly missed out in the play-offs, having placed equal first. Her victory in 1948 at the age of 76 makes her the oldest player ever to win a national championship anywhere in the world, until Viktor Korchnoi won the national Swiss Chess Championship in 2009 at the age of 78. She took sixth at London 1927 ( the first Women's World Chess Championship) and took second at Folkestone 1933 (the fourth Women's World Chess Championship), both won by Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (russian: Вера Францевна Менчик, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; cz, Věra Menčíková; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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