Women's World Chess Championship 1933

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The 4th Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 5th Chess Olympiad, held in Folkestone, England from 12 to 23 July 1933. The competition was played as a double round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik successfully defended her title. The final results were as follows:[1][2][3][4][5]

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
1  Vera Menchik (TCH) - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14
2  Edith Charlotte Price (ENG) 0 0 - 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 9
3  Mary Gilchrist (SCO) 0 0 0 ½ - 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
4  Edith Michell (ENG) 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8
5  Alice Tonini (ITA) 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 0 1 1 1 6
6  Paulette Schwartzmann (FRA) 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 ½ 1 1
7  Jeanne D'Autremont (FRA) 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ - 1 1 5
8  Gisela Harum (AUT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gawlikowski, Stanisław (1978). Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 (in Polish). Warsaw: Wyd. Sport i Turystyka.
  2. ^ NED-ch08 The Hague/Leiden 1933
  3. ^ femminile
  4. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Folkestone 1933
  5. ^ World Chess Championship (Women). 1927-39 Title Tournaments, mark-weeks.com