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Women's World Chess Championship 1927

The First Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 1st Chess Olympiad 1927 in London. It was organized by FIDE and was played as a full round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik won the championship, conceding only half a point in her 11 games. The final results were as follows:

Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points
1 Vera Menchik (Soviet Union) - 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
2 Katarina Beskow (Sweden) 0 - 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
3 Paula Wolf-Kalmar (Austria) 0 1 - 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 7
4 Edith Holloway (England) 0 0 0 - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6
5 Edith Michell (England) ½ 0 0 ½ - 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6
6 Edith Charlotte Price (England) 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 0 ½ 1
7 Gisela Harum (Austria) 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 1
8 Florence Hutchison-Stirling (Scotland) 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 - 0 1 0 ½ 4
9 Marie Jeanne Frigard (France) 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
10 Agnes Stevenson (England) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - ½ 0
11 S. Synnevaag (Norway) 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ - 1
12 Martha Daunke (Germany) 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 - 3
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