List of international women's champions (awarded 1950)

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Lyudmila Rudenko was the first woman to be named International Master in 1950.

The list of international women's champions of 1950 lists all female chess players who received the title of international women's champions in 1950 from the FIDE world chess federation . It was the first year of the award. After Nina Hrušková-Bělská died in November 2015 , none of the 17 honored players is still alive.

With Walentina Borissenko , Jelisaweta Bykowa , Fenny Heemskerk , Edith Keller-Herrmann , Olga Rubzowa and Lyudmila Rudenko , six players later achieved the title of women's grandmaster ; Bykowa, Rubzowa and Rudenko also won the women's world chess championship and were awarded the title of International Master for this. Chantal Chaudé de Silans was later awarded the title of Honorary Grand Master of Women .

Legend

The table contains the following information:

  • Name : Give the name of the player.
  • Country : Name the country for which the player was eligible to play in 1950.
  • Life data : states the year of birth and the year of death of the player.
  • IM : Indicates the year of the award for players who were later named International Masters.
  • WGM : Indicates the year of the award for players who were later named women's grandmasters.
  • HWGM : Indicates the year of the award for players who were later named Honorary Grand Master of Women.
  • Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, specifies these associations with the periods of entitlement to play (if known). Changes to a successor state are taken into account if the player was still active in chess at that time.

list

Surname country Life dates IN THE WGM HWGM other associations
Clarice Benini Italy 1905-1976
Valentina Borisenko Soviet Union 1920-1993 1978
Yelisaveta Bykova Soviet Union 1913-1989 1953 1976
Sonja Graf United States 1908-1965 German Empire (until 1939), Argentina (1939–1947)
Gisela Gresser United States 1906-2000
Fenny Heemskerk Netherlands 1919-2007 1978
Róża Herman Poland 1902-1995
Nina Hrušková-Bělská Czechoslovakia 1925-2015
Mona Karff United States 1914-1998
Edith Keller-Herrmann German Democratic Republic 1921-2010 1978
Józsa Lángos Hungary 1911-1987
Ingrid Larsen Denmark 1909-1990
Maria Teresa Mora Cuba 1902-1980
Olga Rubzowa Soviet Union 1909-1994 1956 1976
Lyudmila Rudenko Soviet Union 1904-1986 1950 1976
Chantal Chaudé de Silans France 1919-2001 1990
Eileen Tranmer England 1910-1983

See also

literature

  • Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924–2002. Euroadria, Slovenia 2002, OCLC 446052391 , 264 pages.