World Women's Chess Championship 1933
The Women's World Chess Championship 1933 was the tournament for the title of world champion in chess , which during the Chess Olympiad from 12 to 24 June 1933 at the Leas Cliff Hall in the seaside resort Folkestone was held.
As a result of a request by Vera Menchik , several participants from one country were allowed to participate in the previous event for the first time since 1927 . The Austrian pioneer Gisela Harum could not take part for financial reasons. By Hans Müller financial attitude of the Austrian and Viennese chairman Kotek was criticized that no money would apply for feeding the Chess Olympiad. Players, donors and the organizing British Chess Federation were responsible for many of the expenses incurred by the Austrian Chess Olympiad team.
World champion Vera Menchik successfully defended her title with twelve points from twelve games. The runner-up price already achieved only seven points.
# Player 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th Points 1 
Vera Menchik- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 2 
Edith Charlotte Price
0 0 - 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 7th 3 
Mary Gilchrist
0 0 0 ½ - 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 4th Edith Michell
0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - ½ 1 1 1 0 1 6th 5 
Alice Tonini
0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 1 1 0 1 4th 6th 
Paulette Schwartzmann
0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 - 1 ½ 3½ 7th Jeanne d'Autremont
0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ - 3
Individual references and sources
- ↑ a b c Hans Müller: The international fights of the World Chess Federation . In: Wiener Schachzeitung, edition 13/14, July 1933. pp. 193–197, with final status
- ↑ In the shadow of the Olympics. In: Wiener Schachzeitung, issue 16/1931, August 1931. pp. 241–242
- ^ The Chess Olympiad in Folkestone . In: Wiener Schachzeitung, issue 12, June 1933. pp. 177–178
- ↑ Table taken over and corrected from: BM Kazic: International Championship Chess: A complete record of FIDE events . Batsford 1974, pp. 259-263, reprinted by Mark Weeks . Retrieved December 17, 2012