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The women's event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), was held from 2–13 September 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is contested by a record number of 142 teams representing 138 nations. [ 1 ]
The 42nd Chess Olympiad (Azerbaijani: 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open [note 1] and women's tournaments, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, was an international team chess event held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 1 to 14 September 2016. [1]
The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments.
The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in honor of the first Women's World Chess Champion. Judit Polgár from Hungary is the only player who won Chess Olympiad medals in both competitions – two gold medals in the women's event (1988, 1990) and two silver medals in the open event (2002, 2014).
2016 Zurich Chess Challenge: 12–15 Feb: 6: Hikaru Nakamura: Viswanathan Anand: Vladimir Kramnik: Women's World Chess Championship 2016: 1–14 Mar: 2: Hou Yifan: Mariya Muzychuk – Candidates Tournament 2016: 11–30 Mar: 8: Sergey Karjakin: Fabiano Caruana: Viswanathan Anand: U.S. Chess Championship 2016: 13–30 Apr: 12: Fabiano Caruana ...
Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun of China was the best individual player in the Women's event. China successfully defended the gold medal won in the Women's event 2016 and claimed their sixth title overall. The team scored seven wins and four draws for a total of 18 match points.
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In 2017, she won the Women's Canadian Chess Championship, which also acted as the women's Zonal 2.1 tournament that year, thus qualifying for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018. [6] [7] Ouellet has played for Canada three times in the Women's Chess Olympiad: In 2016, at reserve board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+5, =0, -2), [8]