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

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ Note: Unofficial flag