The 8th

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's ...

took place from 20 December 1949 to 16 January 1950 in

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, Russia. The title had been vacant since the death of

Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ...

in 1944. The round-robin tournament was won by

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. Just as

Mikhail Botvinnik Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (; ; – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer sci ...

's round robin win in 1948 after the death of the previous champion

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began an era of 24 years of Soviet domination in open chess, so did

's round robin win in 1950 after the death of the previous champion

began an era of 41 years of Soviet domination in women's chess. The final results were as follows: :

References

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