Women chess

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Women's chess is the name given to the sport of chess when it is practiced by women . Chess played by women does not differ in terms of rules from chess by men. The Hungarian Judit Polgár is considered the best woman in chess history . On the Elo world rankings, the Chinese chess player Hou Yifan is currently the best woman in the world with an Elo rating of 2664 in 75th place (as of January 2020).

Judit Polgár (left in the picture) and Zsófia Polgár at the Chess Olympiad 1988 in Thessaloniki / Greece
Hou Yifan (2016)

history

On August 5, 1895, the first women's chess tournament in the world took place in Hastings ( United Kingdom ), which Edith Thomas won. Another early and important women's tournament was also held in the United Kingdom, in London in 1897 with 20 participants . Mary Rudge won this . The FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) has conferred the title of World Chess Champion since 1927. The first world champion was the Czech-British chess player Vera Menchik . Judit Polgár, the best woman in chess history, had an Elo rating of 2735 in July 2005 and was eighth in the world rankings for men and women at the time. The reigning world champion (as of 2020) is Ju Wenjun from China.

Men are not allowed to take part in women's chess tournaments; whereas women are allowed to compete with men.

See also

literature

  • Johannes Fischer: Judit Polgár: Notes on a phenomenon. In: Karl , 3/2004, p. 38, accessed on September 4, 2018.
  • Regina Grünberg, Gerd Treppner: Women on the chessboard . 1991 by C. Bange Verlag, 8607 Hollfeld, 226 pages, ISBN 3-8044-1357-9 .
  • Karl , No. 3/2004 (with a focus on women's chess).
  • Rolf Larisch: Don't women want to play chess? In: Schach , No. 5/2017, pp. 32–36.
  • Wolfgang Pähtz: Ladies chess in East Germany . Self-published by the author 2017, 216 p., Limited, numbered and signed 1st edition (70 copies).
  • Harry Schaack: Interview with Antoaneta Stefanova, the 2004 world chess champion. In: Karl , 3/2004, p. 40 (»I like to fight on the board«), accessed on September 5, 2018.
  • Jennifer Shahade : Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport . Siles Press, Los Angeles 2005.
  • Burkhard Starke: women win! Women and chess . BuchVerlag für die Frau GmbH, Leipzig 2008, 128 pages, ISBN 978-3-89798-249-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes Fischer: Women in Chess: Discriminated or privileged? In: de.chessbase.com. November 24, 2005, accessed October 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ Alfred Diel : The game of kings. Interesting and entertaining facts from the world of chess. Bamberger Schachverlag, Bamberg 1983, ISBN 3-923113-03-X , p. 33.
    Günther Berger: Relazioni. International Vienna. Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-631-56922-1 , p. 95.
  3. ↑ Michael Dombrowsky: Mary Rudge and the women's tournament 1897. In: Karl. No. 2/2020, p. 30 f.
  4. ↑ Top 100 Players July 2005 - Archives. In: fide.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .