Women's World Chess Championship 1949-50

The 8th Women's World Chess Championship took place in the winter of 1949-1950 in Moscow, Russia. The title had been vacant since the death of Vera Menchik in 1944. The round-robin tournament was won by Lyudmila Rudenko. The final results were as follows:

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points	Tie break
1	Lyudmila Rudenko (Soviet Union)	-	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	11½
2	Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union)	0	-	1	1	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	10½
3	Elisabeth Bykova (Soviet Union)	0	0	-	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	10	68.25
4	Valentina Belova (Soviet Union)	½	0	½	-	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	67.75
5	Edith Keller-Herrmann (East Germany)	½	½	0	0	-	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	9½	62.00
6	Eileen Betsy Tranmer (England)	½	½	0	0	0	-	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	9½	61.75
7	Chantal Chaudé de Silans (France)	½	½	0	0	1	0	-	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½	60.00
8	Fenny Heemskerk (Netherlands)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	8
9	Clarice Benini (Italy)	0	½	1	1	0	0	1	0	-	0	0	0	½	1	1	1	7
10	Jozsa Langos (Hungary)	0	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	-	½	0	0	0	1	½	6	44.25
11	María Teresa Mora (Cuba)	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	-	1	1	1	0	0	6	38.75
12	Gisela Kahn Gresser (USA)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	1	0	0	1	5	32.50
13	Nina Grushkova-Belska (Czechoslovakia)	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	-	½	1	½	5	32.50
14	Mona May Karff (USA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	½	-	1	1	5	21.00
15	Ingrid Larsen (Denmark)	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	1	4½
16	Róża Herman (Poland)	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	-	3