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Vera Menchik won four consecutive Women's World Chess Championship tournaments with perfect scores, a total of 45 games (8–0 at Prague 1931, 14–0 at Folkestone 1933, 9–0 at Warsaw 1935, and 14–0 at Stockholm 1937).
Current Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun from China. 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 control in 1948.
[a] She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champion from 1927 to 1944, winning the championship a record eight times primarily in round-robin tournaments. In an era when women primarily competed against other women, Menchik was the first and only woman competing in master-level tournaments with the world's best players.
The majority of these tournaments are organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and revolve around the World Championship cycle, which culminates in a match to decide the Women's World Chess Champion. Beyond those events, among the most prominent women's tournaments are women's and girls' national and continental championships.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in 1924 as the governing body of competitive chess. At the time, the term "grandmaster" was already being informally used to describe the world's leading chess players since the players competing in the Championship section of the Ostend 1907 chess tournament were referred to as "grandmasters" in reference to them all having previously ...
WC: Semi-finalists of the Women's World Chess Championship 2015; J14 and J15: World Junior Champions 2014 and 2015; R: Rating (average of all published ratings from February 2015 to January 2016 was used) (6) E14 and E15: European Individual Championships 2014 and 2015 (28) AM: American Continental Chess Championship 2016
Ms Chevannes, who won 10 British chess titles, said sexual harassment, sexual assault or discrimination against women has taken place at every chess tournament she has ever attended.
GM norm tournaments are only listed if a GM norm was made. For Swiss tournaments, opponents' average rating must be above 2200. [c] Any youth, senior, or overall championship (national, continental, or world) with rated players won by a WGM, IM, or GM (current or future) may be listed. Instances that come close to the above criteria may also be ...