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While FIDE did not assume control of the men's title until after World War II because of reluctance to cede control of a firmly established title to a central political entity, FIDE was able to assume control of the women's from the outset. Initially champions were winners of chammpionship tournaments held concurrently with men's Olympiads.
Vera Menchik completely dominated the women's world title from the first tournament in 1927 until her death in 1944.
Many of the games from early events appear to be unavailable.
A number of events have been collected by User: chessmoron and User: gauer
London 1927
Vera Menchik X 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5
Katarina Beskow 0 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Paula Wolf-Kalmar 0 1 X 1 1 1 0 = 0 1 = 1 7
Edith Holloway 0 0 0 X = 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 6
Edith Michell = 0 0 = X 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
Edith Charlotte Price 0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 1 0 = 1 5.5
Gisela Harum 0 0 1 = 0 0 X 0 1 0 1 1 4.5
Florence Hutchison-Stirling 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 X 0 1 0 = 4
Marie Jeanne Frigard 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 X 0 1 0 3.5
Agnes Stevenson 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 X = 0 3.5
S. Synnevaag 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 1 0 = X 1 3.5
M. Daunke 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 1 1 0 X 3
Hamburg 1930
Vera Menchik XX =1 01 11 11 6.5
Paula Wolf-Kalmar =0 XX 10 11 11 5.5
W. Henschel 10 01 XX 11 0= 4.5
Katarina Beskow 00 00 00 XX 11 2
Agnes Stevenson 00 00 1= 00 XX 1.5
Prague 1931
Vera Menchik XX 11 11 11 11 8
Paula Wolf-Kalmar 00 XX 01 01 11 4
Agnes Stevenson 00 10 XX 1= 10 3.5
Katarina Beskow 00 10 0= XX 10 2.5
W. Herschel 00 00 01 01 XX 2
Folkestone 1933
Vera Menchik XX 11 11 11 11 11 11 12
Edith Charlotte Price 00 XX 1= 0= 11 01 11 7
Mary Gilchrist 00 0= XX 11 1= == 1= 6.5
Edith Michell 00 1= 00 XX =1 11 01 6
Alice Tonini 00 00 0= =0 XX 11 01 4
Paulette Schwartzmann 00 10 == 00 00 XX 1= 3.5
D'Autremont 00 00 0= 10 10 0= XX 3
Gisela Harum is usually listed in the crosstable, but did not play any games, so I have omitted her.Sonja Graf-Stevenson (then Sonja Graf) challenged Menchik to a match. The match was not sponsored by FIDE, and many consider it to have been an exhibition match, one in which the title was not at stake. Menchik did lose the first game, but won the next three, so she was still champion regardless of the status of the match.
Menchik 0 1 1 1 3
Graf 1 0 0 0 1
Warsaw 1935
Vera Menchik X 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Regina Gerlecka 0 X = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 6.5
Gisela Harum 0 = X = 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Olga Menchik 0 = = X = = = 1 1 1 5.5
H. Thierry 0 0 0 = X 1 1 = 1 1 5
Edith Holloway 0 0 0 = 0 X 1 0 1 1 3.5
Róża Herman 0 0 0 = 0 0 X 1 1 1 3.5
C. Skjönsberg 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 X 1 0 3
Natalia Kowalska 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X = 1.5
A. M. S. O'Shannon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = X 1.5
Semmering 1937
Graf and Menchik played a second, longer match of 16 games, which Menchik won (+9 =5 -2). See Game Collection: 1937 World (women) chess champ (Semmering match)
Stockholm 1937
With 26 participants, the tournament was not a round-robin event, but was a Swiss-style (or some variant thereof) with 14 rounds. No crosstable appears to be available, but Menchik won all her games.
Buenos Aries 1939
Menchik's last championship tournament. See Game Collection: 1939 World (women) chess championship
Vera Menchik X 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18
Sonja Graf-Stevenson 0 X 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
Berna Carrasco Araya 0 1 X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 15.5
Elfriede Rinder 0 0 1 X 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 15
Mona May Karff 0 1 0 0 X 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 14
Milda Lauberte = 0 0 = 0 X 1 = = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = 12
Maria Teresa Mora Iturralde 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 11
Catharina Roodzant 0 0 0 0 = = 0 X = 1 = 1 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 1 11
Paulette Schwartzmann = 0 0 0 0 = = = X = = 1 = = = = 0 1 1 1 9
Blazena Janeckova 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 = X = 1 1 1 = 0 1 1 0 1 9
Ingrid Larsen 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = = X = 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 8.5
Dora Trepat de Navarro 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 = - = 1 = = = 1 1 1 8
Ingeborg Andersson 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 = X = = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
Salome Reischer 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = 0 0 0 = X 1 1 1 0 1 1 7
Maria Berea de Montero 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 X 1 = 1 = 1 7
Marianne Stoffels 0 0 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 1 = 0 0 0 X 1 1 = = 7
M. A. de Vigil 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 X 0 = 1 6
Elena Raclauskiene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X = 1 3.5
Ruth Bloch Nakkerud 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 3
Annabelle Lougheed-Freedman 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 X 2
Moscow 1949-1950
Much like after the death of Alexander Alekhine, FIDE had to establish a new champion when the women's competition was resumed after the war because of Menchik's death. After this tournament FIDE instituted match play for the women's title.
Lyudmila Rudenko X 1 1 = = = = 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 = 1 11.5
Olga Rubtsova 0 X 1 1 = = = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 10.5
Elisaveta Bykova 0 0 X = 1 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 10
Valentina Borisenko-Belova = 0 = X 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
Edith Keller-Hermann = = 0 0 X 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 1 1 9.5
Eileen Tranmer = = 0 0 0 - 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 = 1 9.5
Chantal Chaude de Silans = = 0 0 1 0 X 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
Fenny Heemskerk 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = 8
Clarice Benini 0 = 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 0 0 0 = 1 1 1 7
Jozsa Langos 0 0 0 1 = = = = 1 X = 0 0 0 1 = 6
Maria Teresa Mora Iturralde 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 1 = X 1 1 1 0 0 6
Gisela Kahn Gresser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 1 0 0 1 5
Nina Hruskova-Belska 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 X = 1 = 5
Mona May Karff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 = X 1 1 5
Ingrid Larsen = 0 = 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 1 4.5
Roza Maria Hermanowa 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 = 0 0 X 3
Moscow 1953
Rudenko L 1 1 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 1 0 0 1 0 6.0
Bikova E 0 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 0 0 1 1 0 1 8.0
Moscow 1956
Each player had an 8-game match against the other two players.
Rubtsova O xx 4.5 5.5 10.0
Bikova E 3.5 xx 6.0 9.5
Rudenko L 2.5 2.0 xx 4.5
Game Collection: 1956 World (women) chess championshipMoscow 1958
Bikova E 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 8.5
Rubtsova O 1 0 1 = 1 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 5.5
Game Collection: 1958 World (women) chess championshipMoscow 1959
Bikova E 0 1 = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 1 1 = 8.5
Zvorikina K 1 0 = 0 1 = 0 = = 0 0 0 = 4.5
Game Collection: 1959-60 World (women) chess championshipMoscow 1962
Bikova E = 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 0 2.0
Gaprindashvili N = 1 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 1 9.0
Game Collection: 1962 World (women) chess championshipRiga 1965
Kushnir A 0 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 4.5
Gaprindashvili N 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 1 = 0 1 0 1 8.5
Game Collection: 1965 World (women) chess championshipTbilisi/Moscow 1969
Kushnir A 1 = 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 = 0 4.5
Gaprindashvili N 0 = 1 0 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 9.5
Game Collection: 1969 World (women) chess championshipRiga 1972
Gaprindashvili N 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 0 1 = 0 = = 0 = = 8.5
Kushnir A 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 0 = 1 = = 1 = = 7.5
Game Collection: 1972 World (women) chess championshipPitsounda/Tbilisi 1975
Gaprindashvili N 1 0 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8.5
Alexandria N 0 1 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.5
Game Collection: W-WCC Index (1975: Gaprindashvili-Alexandria)Tbilisi 1978
Chiburdanidze M = = = 1 1 = 0 = 1 = 0 = 1 = = 8.5
Gaprindashvili N = = = 0 0 = 1 = 0 = 1 = 0 = = 6.5
Game Collection: W-WCC Index (1978: Chiburdanidze-Gaprindashvili)Borsomi/Tbilisi 1981
Chiburdanidze M = = = = 0 1 1 = 1 0 0 = = = 1 0 8.0
Alexandria N = = = = 1 0 0 = 0 1 1 = = = 0 1 8.0
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1981: Chiburdanidze-Alexandria)Volgograd 1984
Levitina I = = 1 0 = = = 1 0 0 = 0 0 5.0
Chiburdanidze M = = 0 1 = = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 8.0
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1984: Chiburdanidze-Levitina)Sofia 1986
Chiburdanidze M 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 0 = = = = = 8.5
Akhmilovskaya E 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 = = = = = 5.5
Game Collection: W-WCC Index (1986: Chiburdanidze-Akhmilovskaya)Telavi 1988
Chiburdanidze M = 1 = 0 = = 1 = = = 1 = = = 0 = 8.5
Ioseliani N = 0 = 1 = = 0 = = = 0 = = = 1 = 7.5
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1988: Chiburdanidze-Ioseliani)Manila 1991
Xie Jun = = 1 0 0 = = 1 = = 1 = 1 = = 8.5
Chiburdanidze M = = 0 1 1 = = 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 6.5
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1991: Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze)Monaco 1993
Ioseliani N 0 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 0 2.5
Xie Jun 1 1 = 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 8.5
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1993: Xie Jun - Ioseliani)Jaen 1996
Polgar Z 0 = = 1 1 = 1 1 = = 1 0 1 8.5
Xie Jun 1 = = 0 0 = 0 0 = = 0 1 0 4.5
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1996: S. Polgar - Xie Jun)Kazan/Shenyang 1999
Susan Polgar was granted one postponement for the WC match because of her pregnancy, but negotiations broke down over a second postponement and other conditions, so FIDE ruled her in default and a match was arranged between the two top candidates, Jun Xie and Alisa Galliamova.
Galliamova A = 0 1 = 0 1 = = 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 6.5
Xie Jun = 1 0 = 1 0 = = 1 = 1 0 = 1 = 8.5
Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1999: Xie Jun - Galliamova)New Delhi 2000
This cycle was a series of knockout matches.
Matveeva S. + 1.5 + 1.5
Uskova F. + 0.5 |
Xie Jun + 2.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 2.5 + 2.5 +
Cramling P. + 4.0 + 0.5 | | | |
Lakos N. + 3.0 | | | | |
Zayac E. : 1.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 | | |
Meenakshi S. : 0.5 | | |
Xu Yuhua + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 | | |
Amura C. + 0.5 | | | | |
Khurtsidze N. : 0.0 | | | | |
Hahn A. : 2.0 + 0.5 | | | |
Zhukova N. + 1.5 + 2.0 + 2.5 + 0.5 | |
Sziva E. + 0.5 | | |
Dworakowska J. : 1.0 + 0.0 | |
Johns-Putra G. : 0.0 | |
Zhu Chen + 0.5 | |
Krush I. + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Vasilevich T. : 2.0 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Nguyen T. : 0.0 | | |
Kovalevskaya E. + 1.0 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 |
Pitam E. + 0.0 | | |
Zielinska M. : 2.0 + 0.5 | |
Charest J. : 0.0 | |
Wang L. + 3.5 + 0.5 | |
Stjazhkina O. + 2.5 | | |
Peng Z. : 4.0 + 1.5 + 2.0 + 0.5 |
Thipsay B. : 3.0 | |
Zatonskih A. + 3.5 | |
Arribas M. + 4.5 + 3.0 | |
Demina J. : 2.0 + 4.0 + 0.0 |
El Gharbi Z. : 0.0 |
Peptan C. + 2.0 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.0 |
Calzetta M. + 0.0 | | | |
Chiburdanidze M. + 0.5 | | |
Ioseliani N. + 1.0 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Goletiani R. + 0.0 | | |
Vijayalakshmi S. : 0.0 | | |
Koskela N. : 2.0 + 0.5 | |
Qin K. GM + 2.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 3.0 + 1.5 + 1.5
Klinova M. + 1.5 | | |
Arakhamia-Grant K. : 2.0 + 0.5 | |
Shahade J. : 0.0 | |
Kachiani-Gersinska K. + 1.5 + 2.0 + 0.5 |
Javakhishvili L. + 0.5 | |
Manakova M. : 2.0 + 0.0 |
Chaves J. : 0.0 |
Bojkovic N. + 2.0 + 1.5 |
Reizniece D. + 0.0 | |
Galliamova A. + 2.5 + 1.5 |
Skripchenko-Lautier A. + 2.0 + 1.5 + 2.5 + 1.0 |
Lagvilava G. + 0.0 | | |
Gurieli N. : 0.5 | | |
Meyer M. : 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Hoang T. + 0.0 | |
Cmilyte V. + 2.0 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Gaprindashvili N. : 0.0 | | | |
Khurtsilava I. : 2.0 + 0.5 | | |
Maric A. + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 3.0 + 0.5
Tkeshelashvili S. + 0.5 |
Eidelson R. : 1.5 + 0.5
Houli A. : 0.5
Moscow 2001
This cycle was a series of knockout matches.
Galliamova, Alisa 1.5 + 2.0 + 0.0
Toubai, Wissam 0.5 | |
Kiseleva, Natalia : 3.0 + 0.0 |
Wang, Yu : 1.0 |
Hoang Thanh Trang 1.5 + 0.5 |
Huang, Qian 0.5 | |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra : 2.0 + 1.5 + 2.0 + 1.5 + 3.0 + 3.0
Shahade, Jennifer : 0.0 | | |
Skripchenko-Lautier, Almira 2.0 + 3.0 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Phan-Koshnitsky, Ngan 0.0 | | | |
Zielinska, Marta : 3.5 + 1.0 | | |
Gaprindashvili, Nona : 2.5 | | |
Peptan, Corina 2.0 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Starr, Nava 0.0 | | |
Grabuzova, Tatiana : 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Galianina-Ryjanova, Julia : 0.5 | |
Wang, Pin 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Chaves, Joara 0.5 | | |
Paehtz, Elisabeth : 3.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Radziewicz, Iweta : 2.5 | | |
Stepovaia-Dianchenko, Tatiana 2.5 | | |
Mohota, Nisha 3.5 + 0.5 | | |
Foisor, Cristina : 3.0 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 2.0 | |
Gu, Xiaobing : 1.0 | | |
Xu Yuhua 2.0 + 1.5 + 3.0 + 4.0 + 1.0 |
Arouche, Farida 0.0 | | |
Danielian, Elina : 2.0 + 0.5 | |
Shumiakina, Tatiana : 0.0 | |
Bojkovic, Natasa 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Kouvatsou, Maria 0.5 | | |
Prudnikova, Svetlana : 2.0 | | |
Baginskaite, Camilla : 4.0 + 1.5 + 1.0 |
Chiburdanidze, Maya 1.5 + 1.5 + 2.0 + 3.5 + 1.5 |
Houli, Asma 0.5 | | | | |
Alexandrova, Olga : 0.0 | | | | |
Sedina, Elena : 2.0 + 0.5 | | | |
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 1.5 | | | |
Ciuksyte, Dagne 2.5 + 1.5 + 0.0 | | |
Xu, Yuanyuan : 4.0 + 0.5 | | |
Pina, Sulennis : 2.0 | | |
Ioseliani, Nana 1.5 + 0.5 | | |
Groberman, Elina 0.5 | | | |
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman : 0.5 | | | |
Dworakowska, Joanna : 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 | | |
Stefanova, Antoaneta 1.5 + 0.0 | | | |
Shah, Pallavi 0.5 | | | | |
Peng, Zhaoqin : 2.0 + 2.0 + 2.5 + 2.5 | |
Arribas, Maritza : 0.0 | |
Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1.5 + 1.5 + 0.5 | |
Paridar, Shadi 0.5 | | | |
Socko, Monika : 0.0 | | | |
Mkrtchian, Lilit : 2.0 + 0.5 | | |
Khurtsidze, Nino 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 3.0 | |
Aarthie, Ramaswamy 0.5 | | | |
Zatonskih, Anna : 1.5 + 0.5 | | |
Li, Ruofan : 0.5 | | |
Zhu Chen 1.5 + 1.5 + 3.0 + 4.0 + 2.5 + 5.0 +
Maggiolo, Elisa 0.5 | |
Kononenko, Tatiana : 0.0 | |
Petrenko, Svetlana : 2.0 + 0.5 |
Maric, Alisa 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.0
Levushkina, Elena 0.5 |
Gaponenko, Inna : 2.0 + 0.5
Lagvilava, Genrieta : 0.0
More recent championships already have tournament pages:Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2006)
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2008)
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010)
Hou - Koneru Women's World Championship Match (2011)
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012)
Ushenina - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2013)
Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2015)
Muzychuk - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2016)
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