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Women's World Chess Championship 1931

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The 3rd Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague between 12-26 July 1931. The tournament was played as a double round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik successfully defended her title. The final results were as follows:[1][2][3][4]

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1  Vera Menchik (TCH) - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
2  Paula Wolf-Kalmar (AUT) 0 0 - 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
3  Agnes Stevenson (ENG) 0 0 1 0 - 1 ½ 1 0
4  Katarina Beskow (SWE) 0 0 1 0 0 ½ - 1 0
5  Wally Henschel (GER) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2

References

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  1. ^ Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
  2. ^ femminile
  3. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Praga 1931
  4. ^ "1927-39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (Women)".