World Women's Chess Championship 1935
The Women's World Chess Championship 1935 (proper name: Women's World Cup tournament for the Hamilton-Russell Cup ) was the during the Chess Olympiad discharged from 22 to 31 August 1935 in the Warsaw Military casino round robin tournament for the title of world champion in chess , that of Vera Menchik successfully was defended.
The host was Róża Herman , the Viennese diplomat Colonel Dr. The tournament director was stiffer.
The English top player Agnes Stevenson died on August 20, 1935 in Poznań (Posen) in an accident during the journey, a flower-covered commemorative flag was placed in her honor in the tournament hall.
Vera Menchik won all the games, her sister Olga took fourth place. Regina Gerlecka achieved a surprise success with second place as a newcomer, as she had not previously participated in an international tournament. According to her own statements, Gisela Harum started with a point from three rounds due to a lack of training tournaments, then won the following five games and reached third place. Born in Switzerland, Helene Thierry played for her new home in Denmark.
Final score
# Player 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points 1 Vera Menchik
- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 2 Regina Gerlecka
0 - ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 3 Gisela Harum
0 ½ - ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 6th 4th Olga Menchik
0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 5 Helene Thierry
0 0 0 ½ - 1 1 ½ 1 1 5 6-7 Edith Holloway
0 0 0 ½ 0 - 1 0 1 1 3½ Róża Herman
0 0 0 ½ 0 0 - 1 1 1 3½ 8th Carthy Skjønsberg
0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 - 0 1 3 9-10 AMS O'Shannon
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - ½ 1½ Natalia Kowalska
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ - 1½
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Gisela Harum : Women's world championship tournament for the Hamilton Russel Cup. Wiener Schachzeitung , edition 20/21, October / November 1935, pp. 317-319, with table
- ↑ Note: Unofficial flag