Women's World Chess Championship 1930

The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg. The tournament was played as a double round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik successfully defended her title. She lost her only ever Women's World Championship game to Wally Henschel. The final results were as follows:[1][2][3][4]

Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1  Vera Menchik (TCH) - ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6½
2  Paula Wolf-Kalmar (AUT) ½ 0 - 1 0 1 1 1 1 5½
3  Wally Henschel (GER) 1 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 ½ 4½
4  Katarina Beskow (SWE) 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 2
5  Agnes Stevenson (ENG) 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 1½

References

  1. ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
  2. ^ femminile
  3. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Hamburgo 1930
  4. ^ "1927-39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (Women)".