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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).
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: Wesley So: Hikaru Nakamura: Altibox Norway Chess 2016: 18–30 Apr: 10: Magnus Carlsen: Levon ...
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]
Phiona Mutesi (born 28 March 1996) [1] is a Ugandan chess player. [2] [3] She has represented Uganda at four Women's Chess Olympiads, and is one of the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history. Mutesi is the subject of a 2012 book and a 2016 film called Queen of Katwe.
Female chess players in the modern era generally compete in a mix of open and women's tournaments. With women representing a low fraction of all chess players throughout history, it has been uncommon for women to win open tournaments where women and men are mixed together, particularly at the higher levels.