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Development of the Women's World Chess Championship

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with 64 players playing mini-matches for six rounds until only one remained. In the case of the open title this format was widely criticized, since several of the tournaments played during this period (1998–2004) were won by players with relatively low ratings. This was taken by some as a devaluation
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Naturally, since women only made up a small part of the total number of players, this system was only introduced gradually for the women's title. The first Candidates Tournament was held in 1952 and the first Interzonal in 1971. In the same cycle (1971–72), the format for the Candidates Tournament
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From 2010, the women's championship was held every year but in two alternating formats. In even years, the championship was decided in a 64-player knock-out tournament. In odd years, the reigning champion from the year before defended her title in a match against a challenger determined through a
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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded in 1924 and quickly came up with the idea of taking control of the World Championship, although this did not happen until 1948. The Women's World Championship, however, was a new creation by FIDE and thus held under their auspices from the
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The "Seeded into Final" column usually refers to the incumbent champion, but this has a different meaning for the 1949–50 tournament which was held to produce a new champion after the death of Menchik, and for the knock-out tournaments since 2001, where the defending champion gets no special
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S. Polgar requested that the championship match be postponed due to her pregnancy. Furthermore, she didn't want to play only in China. Consequently, FIDE stripped her of the title and instead arranged a new match between the two Candidates
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of the title. In the case of the women's championship, however, all of the knock-out tournaments were actually won by players who have before or since proven that they do belong to the absolute world elite.
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under somewhat suspicious circumstances in early 1946. FIDE promptly seized the opportunity to take control of the open title and produce standardized rules for both titles. This meant a cycle of
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was changed from a round-robin to a knock-out series of matches. In 1976, the number of Interzonals was increased to two, due to the growing number of zones and chess-playing nations worldwide.
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in London in 1927 and since defended it successfully no less than eight times, six times at subsequent Olympiads (in 1930, 31, 33, 35, 37, and 39, respectively) and twice in matches against
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In 1986, the Candidates Tournament went back to the round-robin format and from 1991 there was again only played one Interzonal, but with a higher number of participants and using the
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The tables below show the qualifiers and results for all Interzonal, Candidates and World Championship tournaments and matches. Players shown bracketed in italics (e.g. (
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Received a wild card due to her rating (2500+) and having achieved the full Grandmaster title through regular tournament play as the first woman.
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Loser of the previous championship match. Having recently eloped from the Soviet Union, she was unable to participate in the tournament.
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players in italics (like Stefanova in 2011) only qualified due to the non-participation of the bracketed players.
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After S. Polgar was stripped of her title, a new title match was arranged between the two Candidates finalists.
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Hou Yifan was already qualified as defending champion, so the second placed Koneru became her challenger.
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was established by FIDE in 1927. The format and regularity of the event has changed many times.
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to produce a challenger who would then face the defending champion in a match for the title.
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Highest-rated player not already qualified, replacing Goryachkina's World Cup spot
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Beginning in 2001, the women's championship, like the open one, was contested as
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All official Women's Championships except one before World War II were held as
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in 1944 FIDE decided to stage a tournament to determine the new champion.
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Finalist of the previous Candidates tournament. She did not participate.
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Both reigning champions died during or shortly after World War II,
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Ioseliani advanced to the final on a better tie-break score.
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Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Stockholm olympiad)
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during a bombing raid on her home in England in 1944 and
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103 players, 7 round, mini-match, knockout tournament
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Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Menchik–Graf)
1618: 3178:Finalists from the previous Candidates tournament. 3139:Runner-up from the previous Candidates tournament. 3378:Women's World Championship events 1949/50-present 3212:Runners-up of the previous Candidates tournament. 1972: 307:1949–1999: Interzonals and Candidates Tournaments 3879: 3267:Semifinalist of the last championship tournament 3103:The top 2 of the previous Candidates tournament. 3085:The top 2 of the previous Candidates tournament. 3039:Finalists of the previous Candidates tournament. 3012:Finalists of the previous Candidates tournament. 1556:3.-6. Ioseliani, Galliamova, Peng Zhaoqin, Marić 1202:Two 16–18 player, single round robin Interzonals 1120:Two 14–16 player, single round robin Interzonals 1041:Two 15–16 player, single round robin Interzonals 950:Two 17–18 player, single round robin Interzonals 873:Two 11–14 player, single round robin Interzonals 96:Introduction of the Championship cycle (1949–99) 1239:Ioseliani (won playoff against Akhmilovskaya) 26:The Championship before World War II (1927–39) 3404: 1285:Two 18 player, single round robin Interzonals 3411: 3397: 911:Chiburdanidze (beat Kushnir in the final) 216: 3431:List of Women's World Chess Championships 3021:Loser of the previous championship match. 2970:Loser of the previous championship match. 2508:2020-present: return to match-only format 2441:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 2311:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 2194:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 2079:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 1927:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 1873:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 1829:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 1776:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 1723:6 round, mini-match, knockout tournament 993:Alexandria (beat Ioseliani in the final) 211:last championship cycle using this format 3121:Arakhamia eliminated on tie-break score. 2930:FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 2799:FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 2724:October-December 2022, March-April 2023 847:Alexandria (beat Levitina in the final) 102:Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50 3221:The match was supposed to be played in 2866:8 player double round-robin tournament 2618:8 player double round-robin tournament 781:Kushnir (beat Alexandria in the final) 279:series of six tournaments. This format 3880: 3312:Highest rated player not yet qualified 1234:1.-2. Ioseliani, Akhmilovskaya 10 / 14 1077:Levitina (beat Semenova in the final) 251: 3392: 3332:International Chess Federation (FIDE) 3322: 3320: 3318: 3281: 3279: 3277: 3275: 3273: 3263: 3261: 3259: 3203:Loser of the last championship match. 3130:Loser of the last championship match. 2703:Women's Candidates Tournament 2022-23 2379:5 tournament series, winner qualified 2262:6 tournament series, winner qualified 2147:6 tournament series, winner qualified 2022:6 tournament series, winner qualified 1784:Kachiani-Gersinska beat Kovalevskaya, 270:Women's World Chess Championship 2013 266:Women's World Chess Championship 2012 262:Women's World Chess Championship 2011 258:Women's World Chess Championship 2010 239:Women's World Chess Championship 2008 235:Women's World Chess Championship 2006 231:Women's World Chess Championship 2004 227:Women's World Chess Championship 2001 223:Women's World Chess Championship 2000 174:Women's World Chess Championship 1999 170:Women's World Chess Championship 1996 166:Women's World Chess Championship 1993 162:Women's World Chess Championship 1991 158:Women's World Chess Championship 1988 154:Women's World Chess Championship 1986 150:Women's World Chess Championship 1984 146:Women's World Chess Championship 1981 142:Women's World Chess Championship 1978 138:Women's World Chess Championship 1975 134:Women's World Chess Championship 1972 130:Women's World Chess Championship 1969 126:Women's World Chess Championship 1965 122:Women's World Chess Championship 1962 118:Women's World Chess Championship 1959 114:Women's World Chess Championship 1958 110:Women's World Chess Championship 1956 106:Women's World Chess Championship 1953 64:Women's World Chess Championship 1939 52:Women's World Chess Championship 1935 48:Women's World Chess Championship 1934 44:Women's World Chess Championship 1933 40:Women's World Chess Championship 1931 36:Women's World Chess Championship 1930 32:Women's World Chess Championship 1927 3452:FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament‎ 3350:Runner-up of 2023 World Championship 3303:Runner-up of 2020 World Championship 3285:5 next highest rated players of 2018 1329:Xie Jun (won playoff against Marić) 13: 3384:"Chess and Women" by Edward Winter 3372:World Chess Championship for Women 3315: 3270: 3256: 3094:Semenova eliminated after playoff. 2862:Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 2614:Women's Candidates Tournament 2019 1583:3.-4. Ioseliani, Chiburdanidze 11 1425:2.-3. Ioseliani, Chiburdanidze 9½ 1236:3.-4. Levitina, Letinskaya-Shul 8 14: 3904: 3888:Women's World Chess Championships 3420:Women's World Chess Championships 3112:Gurieli eliminated after playoff. 2671:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019-2021 2144:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012 2019:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011 906:Chiburdanidze beat Akhmilovskaya, 3861: 3852: 3851: 1737:Chiburdanidze beat Peng Zhaoqin, 1619:2000–2010: Knock-out tournaments 20:Women's World Chess Championship 3353: 3344: 3328:"FIDE World Championship Cycle" 3306: 3297: 3288: 3247: 3238: 3228: 3215: 3206: 3197: 3194:eliminated on tie-break scores. 3181: 3172: 3160: 3151: 3142: 3133: 3124: 3115: 3106: 3097: 3088: 3079: 3067: 3055: 2830:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022–23 2376:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16 2259:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–14 1801:Kovalevskaya beat Koneru Humpy, 1217:2.-3. Levitina, Gaprindashvili 1021:1.-2. Lematschko, Akhmilovskaya 914:Gaprindashvili (1975 champion) 850:Gaprindashvili (1972 champion) 784:Gaprindashvili (1969 champion) 724:Gaprindashvili (1965 champion) 676:Gaprindashvili (1962 champion) 3042: 3033: 3024: 3015: 3006: 2994: 2985: 2973: 2964: 1973:2011–2018: alternating formats 1332:Chiburdanidze (1988 champion) 1326:3.-4. Galliamova, Ioseliani 4 1242:Chiburdanidze (1986 champion) 1159:Chiburdanidze (1984 champion) 1080:Chiburdanidze (1981 champion) 996:Chiburdanidze (1978 champion) 990:Ioseliani beat Gaprindashvili 764:2.-3. Lazarević, Zatulovskaya 245:single-elimination tournaments 1: 3457:Women's Candidates Tournament 3365: 2707:8 player knockout tournament 1803:Stefanova beat Chiburdanidze 76:concurrently with one of the 2896:Women's Chess World Cup 2023 2763:Women's Chess World Cup 2021 1958:Hou Yifan beat Koneru Humpy 1901:Hou Yifan beat Koneru Humpy 1750:Zhu Chen beat Chiburdanidze 1472:3.-5. Chiburdanidze, Marić, 7: 2810:50-player Swiss tournament 2356:A. Muzychuk beat Kosteniuk 2237:M. Muzychuk beat Dronavalli 1842:Xu Yuhua beat Kovalevskaya 1834:Galliamova beat Khurtsidze, 1832:Čmilytė beat Chiburdanidze, 1324:1.-2. Xie Jun, Marić 4½ / 7 988:Alexandria beat Litinskaya, 10: 3909: 908:Kushnir beat Fatalibekova 844:Levitina beat Kozlovskaya 778:Alexandria beat Lazarević 776:Kushnir beat Zatulovskaya, 286: 255: 220: 99: 29: 3847: 3815: 3730: 3659: 3528: 3465: 3426: 3380:, Mark Weeks' chess pages 3374:, Mark Weeks' chess pages 3294:Replacement for Hou Yifan 3169:eliminated after playoff. 3076:eliminated after playoff. 3064:eliminated after playoff. 3052:eliminated after playoff. 3003:eliminated after playoff. 2982:eliminated after playoff. 2914:(Aleksandra Goryachkina) 2886: 2878: 2875: 2859: 2849: 2823: 2738: 2730: 2727: 2700: 2690: 2674:September 2019-June 2021 2664: 2659:won rapid play-off 2½-1½ 2561: 2452:Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova 2122:Stefanova beat Dronavalli 2003: 1996: 1991: 1984: 1697:Xie Jun beat Kovalevskaya 1647: 1642: 1637: 1630: 1390:3.-4. Ioseliani, Levitina 1334: 1331: 1328: 1314: 1309: 1284: 1279: 1244: 1241: 1238: 1224: 1219: 1201: 1196: 1161: 1158: 1155: 1139: 1119: 1114: 1082: 1079: 1076: 1072:Levitina beat Alexandria, 1065: 1060: 1040: 1035: 998: 995: 992: 981: 972: 949: 944: 916: 913: 910: 899: 894: 872: 867: 698: 638: 587: 536: 511: 454: 408: 360: 348: 338: 333: 323: 318: 3447:Women's Chess World Cup‎ 2958: 2833:September 2022-May 2023 2075:November – December 2012 1979: 1956:Ruan Lufei beat Zhao Xue 1899:Kosteniuk beat Cramling, 1882:Cramling beat Stefanova, 1847:Galliamova beat Čmilytė 1748:Kosteniuk beat Xu Yuhua, 1719:November – December 2001 1666:November – December 2000 1625: 1516:Xie Jun (1993 champion) 1438:Xie Jun (1991 champion) 1149:1. Akhmilovskaya 9½ / 14 1074:Semenova beat Ioseliani 952:3-4 qualified from each 485:Rudenko (1950 champion) 435:Rudenko (1950 champion) 343: 328: 313: 3442:FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2628:Aleksandra Goryachkina 2489:Lagno beat M. Muzychuk 2239:Pogonina beat Cramling 1869:August – September 2008 1845:Xu Yuhua beat Matveeva, 1699:Qin Kanying beat Marić 619:Bykova (1959 champion) 568:Bykova (1958 champion) 483:Bykova (1953 champion), 217:Knock-out Championships 86:first official Olympiad 74:round-robin tournaments 2938:October-November 2023 2845:Aleksandra Goryachkina 2807:October-November 2021 2692:Aleksandra Goryachkina 2607:Aleksandra Goryachkina 2531:Seeded into Candidates 1579:1. Galliamova 13½ / 18 1501:Chiburdanidze 10½ / 16 1435:Ioseliani won lottery 1385:1.-2. Gaprindashvili, 1287:3 qualified from each 1204:3 qualified from each 1122:3 qualified from each 1043:3 qualified from each 875:3 qualified from each 673:Kushnir (won playoff) 330:Seeded into Candidates 196:Candidates Tournaments 2813:Top player qualifies 2307:February – March 2017 2124:Ushenina beat Wenjun 1670:6 round, mini-match, 1423:1. S. Polgar 12½ / 16 842:Alexandria beat Shul, 325:Interzonal Qualifiers 256:Further information: 221:Further information: 100:Further information: 30:Further information: 2541:Candidates Winner(s) 2521:Qualification format 2497:beat Kateryna Lagno 2151:2. Humpy Koneru 415 340:Candidates Winner(s) 2782:Alexandra Kosteniuk 2570:Alexandra Kosteniuk 2457:Alexandra Kosteniuk 2392:2. Humpy Koneru 335 2354:Tan beat Dronavalli 2344:Alexandra Kosteniuk 2339:Antoaneta Stefanova 2266:2. Humpy Koneru 380 2107:Nadezhda Kosintseva 2085:Antoaneta Stefanova 2026:2. Humpy Koneru 398 1795:Chiburdanidze beat 1672:knockout tournament 1577:2 advanced to final 1511:S. Polgar won final 1497:2 advanced to final 1421:2 advanced to final 1208:Smederevska Palanka 718:, Zatulovskaya 12½ 712:1. Kushnir 13½ / 17 492:Octuple round-robin 465:1. Rubtsova 15 / 19 363:After the death of 252:Alternating formats 3731:Alternating format 2910:Top three qualify 2777:Top three qualify 2551:Championship Final 2486:Ju beat Kosteniuk 2470:Zhansaya Abdumalik 2190:March – April 2015 1950:Koneru Humpy beat 1893:Koneru Humpy beat 1595:) (1996 champion) 1575:Double round-robin 1553:Kachiani-Gersinska 1495:Double round-robin 1419:Double round-robin 1322:Single round-robin 1232:Double round-robin 1147:Double round-robin 1068:8 players, matches 984:8 players, matches 902:8 players, matches 838:4 players, matches 811:Single round robin 772:4 players, matches 754:Single round robin 710:Single round robin 650:Single round robin 599:Single round robin 548:Single round robin 463:Single round robin 419:1. Bykova 11½ / 15 417:Single round robin 375:Single round robin 350:Championship Final 184:Alexander Alekhine 3875: 3874: 3466:Tournament format 3074:Klimova-Richtrova 2956: 2955: 2904:July-August 2023 2771:July-August 2021 2536:Candidates Format 2505: 2504: 2326:Harika Dronavalli 2209:Harika Dronavalli 2098:Harika Dronavalli 1970: 1969: 1942:beat Skripchenko, 1935:Dronavalli Harika 1809:beat Kovalevskaya 1729:beat Skripchenko, 1686:Qin Kanying beat 1684:beat Peng Zhaoqin 1616: 1615: 1433:Final ended 6 - 6 1355:1. Gaprindashvili 1351:Genting Highlands 1306:Klimova-Richtrova 1051:1. Gaprindashvili 666:4.-5. Zvorykina, 335:Candidates Format 320:Interzonal Format 3900: 3893:History of chess 3865: 3855: 3854: 3660:Knock-out format 3413: 3406: 3399: 3390: 3389: 3360: 3357: 3351: 3348: 3342: 3341: 3339: 3338: 3324: 3313: 3310: 3304: 3301: 3295: 3292: 3286: 3283: 3268: 3265: 3254: 3251: 3245: 3242: 3236: 3232: 3226: 3219: 3213: 3210: 3204: 3201: 3195: 3185: 3179: 3176: 3170: 3164: 3158: 3155: 3149: 3146: 3140: 3137: 3131: 3128: 3122: 3119: 3113: 3110: 3104: 3101: 3095: 3092: 3086: 3083: 3077: 3071: 3065: 3059: 3053: 3046: 3040: 3037: 3031: 3028: 3022: 3019: 3013: 3010: 3004: 2998: 2992: 2989: 2983: 2977: 2971: 2968: 2941:Top two qualify 2917:Nurgyul Salimova 2883:(2023 Champion) 2836:Top two qualify 2735:(2020 Champion) 2677:Top two qualify 2635:(2018 Champion) 2624:, May-June 2019 2602:Valentina Gunina 2512: 2511: 2445:Quarter-finals: 2405:(2017 champion) 2390: 2389: 2385: 2381:1. Ju Wenjun 413 2363:beat A. Muzychuk 2279:(2015 champion) 2264:1. Hou Yifan 465 2218:Natalia Pogonina 2167:Taizhou, Jiangsu 2163:(2012 champion) 2149:1. Hou Yifan 480 2048:(2010 champion) 2035: 2034: 2030: 2024:1. Hou Yifan 410 1977: 1705:beat Qin Kanying 1623: 1544:52 players Swiss 1507:Saint Petersburg 1499:1.-2. S. Polgar, 1477:6.-8. Cramling, 1153:3. Litinskaya 8 1132:2. Akhmilovskaya 1002:and Tbilisi 1981 856:and Tbilisi 1975 613:3. Zvorykina 10 311: 281:ended after 2018 3908: 3907: 3903: 3902: 3901: 3899: 3898: 3897: 3878: 3877: 3876: 3871: 3843: 3811: 3726: 3655: 3524: 3461: 3438: 3422: 3417: 3368: 3363: 3358: 3354: 3349: 3345: 3336: 3334: 3326: 3325: 3316: 3311: 3307: 3302: 3298: 3293: 3289: 3284: 3271: 3266: 3257: 3252: 3248: 3243: 3239: 3233: 3229: 3220: 3216: 3211: 3207: 3202: 3198: 3186: 3182: 3177: 3173: 3165: 3161: 3156: 3152: 3147: 3143: 3138: 3134: 3129: 3125: 3120: 3116: 3111: 3107: 3102: 3098: 3093: 3089: 3084: 3080: 3072: 3068: 3060: 3056: 3050:Terescenco-Nutu 3047: 3043: 3038: 3034: 3029: 3025: 3020: 3016: 3011: 3007: 2999: 2995: 2990: 2986: 2978: 2974: 2969: 2965: 2961: 2696:Mariya Muzychuk 2575:Mariya Muzychuk 2546:Seeded in Final 2510: 2466:Mariya Muzychuk 2434:Khanty-Mansiysk 2429:2018 (November) 2419: 2417: 2415: 2404: 2393: 2391: 2387: 2383: 2382: 2380: 2378: 2364: 2362: 2355: 2353: 2342: 2333: 2324: 2315: 2314:Quarter-finals: 2310: 2308: 2294: 2289: 2287: 2285: 2278: 2276:Mariya Muzychuk 2267: 2265: 2263: 2261: 2247: 2245: 2238: 2236: 2225: 2216: 2207: 2200:Mariya Muzychuk 2198: 2197:Quarter-finals: 2193: 2191: 2173: 2171: 2169: 2162: 2150: 2148: 2146: 2132: 2130: 2123: 2121: 2110: 2101: 2092: 2083: 2082:Quarter-finals: 2078: 2076: 2073:Khanty Mansiysk 2058: 2056: 2054: 2047: 2036: 2032: 2028: 2027: 2025: 2023: 2021: 2006: 1999: 1987: 1975: 1965: 1964:beat Ruan Lufei 1957: 1949: 1944:Hou Yifan beat 1943: 1938: 1926: 1924: 1922: 1908: 1900: 1892: 1883: 1881: 1876:Kosteniuk beat 1872: 1870: 1868: 1854: 1853:beat Galliamova 1846: 1841: 1835: 1833: 1828: 1826: 1824: 1810: 1802: 1794: 1785: 1783: 1775: 1773: 1772:May – June 2004 1771: 1757: 1749: 1738: 1736: 1730: 1722: 1720: 1718: 1706: 1698: 1690: 1685: 1680: 1669: 1667: 1665: 1650: 1633: 1621: 1608: 1606: 1587: 1582: 1580: 1578: 1576: 1574: 1572: 1564: 1562: 1557: 1555: 1550: 1545: 1543: 1525: 1523: 1512: 1510: 1503:3. Cramling 8½ 1502: 1500: 1498: 1496: 1494: 1492: 1484: 1476: 1471: 1469: 1464: 1459: 1444: 1442: 1434: 1432: 1424: 1422: 1420: 1418: 1416: 1406: 1405: 1403: 1391: 1389: 1381: 1376: 1361: 1356: 1354: 1341: 1339: 1325: 1323: 1321: 1319: 1311: 1303: 1294: 1286: 1271: 1266: 1264: 1251: 1249: 1235: 1233: 1231: 1229: 1221: 1216: 1214:Litinskaya-Shul 1211: 1203: 1188: 1183: 1181: 1168: 1166: 1152: 1151:2. Alexandria 8 1150: 1148: 1146: 1144: 1133: 1131: 1129: 1121: 1106: 1104: 1099: 1089: 1087: 1073: 1071: 1069: 1067: 1062: 1057: 1052: 1050: 1042: 1027: 1022: 1020: 1011:retained title 1007: 1005: 1003: 989: 987: 985: 983: 974: 973:Gaprindashvili, 969: 967:Verőci-Petronić 964: 959: 951: 935: 930: 920: 918: 907: 905: 903: 901: 896: 888: 882: 874: 859: 857: 843: 841: 839: 837: 817: 812: 810: 808: 790: 788: 777: 775: 773: 771: 763: 755: 753: 751: 733: 731: 730:and Moscow 1969 713: 711: 709: 685: 683: 665: 651: 649: 625: 623: 616:Gaprindashvili 612: 606: 600: 598: 574: 572: 561: 555: 549: 547: 523: 521: 516: 501: 499: 493: 491: 489: 484: 475:Keller-Herrmann 472: 466: 464: 462: 441: 439: 420: 418: 416: 390: 384: 376: 374: 362: 345:Seeded in Final 309: 289: 272: 254: 241: 219: 176: 98: 78:Chess Olympiads 66: 28: 12: 11: 5: 3906: 3896: 3895: 3890: 3873: 3872: 3870: 3869: 3859: 3848: 3845: 3844: 3842: 3841: 3834: 3819: 3817: 3813: 3812: 3810: 3809: 3795: 3785: 3775: 3765: 3755: 3745: 3734: 3732: 3728: 3727: 3725: 3724: 3714: 3704: 3694: 3684: 3674: 3663: 3661: 3657: 3656: 3654: 3653: 3643: 3633: 3619: 3593: 3590:Gaprindashvili 3567: 3553: 3543: 3532: 3530: 3526: 3525: 3523: 3522: 3512: 3469: 3467: 3463: 3462: 3460: 3459: 3454: 3449: 3444: 3439: 3433: 3427: 3424: 3423: 3416: 3415: 3408: 3401: 3393: 3387: 3386: 3381: 3375: 3367: 3364: 3362: 3361: 3352: 3343: 3314: 3305: 3296: 3287: 3269: 3255: 3246: 3237: 3227: 3214: 3205: 3196: 3180: 3171: 3159: 3150: 3141: 3132: 3123: 3114: 3105: 3096: 3087: 3078: 3066: 3054: 3048:Ioseliani and 3041: 3032: 3023: 3014: 3005: 2993: 2984: 2972: 2962: 2960: 2957: 2954: 2953: 2943: 2926: 2925: 2912: 2892: 2891: 2889:12-game match 2885: 2877: 2874: 2858: 2848: 2841:Kateryna Lagno 2838: 2827: 2821: 2820: 2815: 2795: 2794: 2779: 2759: 2758: 2750:12-game match 2737: 2729: 2726: 2699: 2689: 2686:Kateryna Lagno 2679: 2668: 2662: 2661: 2650:12-game match 2637: 2629: 2626: 2610: 2597:Nana Dzagnidze 2566:Kateryna Lagno 2563: 2560: 2554: 2553: 2548: 2543: 2538: 2533: 2528: 2523: 2518: 2509: 2506: 2503: 2502: 2491: 2482: 2475:Kateryna Lagno 2443: 2436:November 2018 2431: 2425: 2424: 2406: 2399: 2394: 2373: 2367: 2366: 2357: 2350: 2330:Nana Dzagnidze 2312: 2302: 2296: 2295: 2280: 2273: 2268: 2256: 2250: 2249: 2240: 2233: 2195: 2185: 2179: 2178: 2170:September 2013 2164: 2157: 2152: 2141: 2135: 2134: 2131:beat Stefanova 2125: 2118: 2080: 2070: 2064: 2063: 2049: 2042: 2037: 2016: 2010: 2009: 2002: 1995: 1990: 1983: 1974: 1971: 1968: 1967: 1959: 1954: 1928: 1917: 1911: 1910: 1907:beat Hou Yifan 1902: 1897: 1874: 1863: 1857: 1856: 1848: 1843: 1836:Matveeva beat 1830: 1819: 1813: 1812: 1804: 1799: 1782:beat Xu Yuhua, 1777: 1766: 1760: 1759: 1756:beat Kosteniuk 1751: 1746: 1724: 1715: 1709: 1708: 1700: 1695: 1674: 1660: 1654: 1653: 1646: 1641: 1639:Quarter-finals 1636: 1629: 1620: 1617: 1614: 1613: 1596: 1589: 1584: 1581:2. Xie Jun 12½ 1566: 1563:Chiburdanidze, 1559: 1558:7.-9. Gurieli 1547: 1537: 1531: 1530: 1517: 1514: 1504: 1486: 1481: 1466: 1456: 1450: 1449: 1439: 1436: 1426: 1410: 1402:Chiburdanidze, 1400: 1383: 1373: 1367: 1366: 1347: 1346: 1333: 1330: 1327: 1313: 1312:Akhmilovskaya 1308: 1288: 1283: 1277: 1276: 1257: 1256: 1243: 1240: 1237: 1223: 1220:Akhmilovskaya, 1218: 1205: 1200: 1194: 1193: 1174: 1173: 1160: 1157: 1156:Akhmilovskaya 1154: 1138: 1123: 1118: 1112: 1111: 1095: 1094: 1081: 1078: 1075: 1064: 1059: 1058:3. Lematschko 1044: 1039: 1033: 1032: 1013: 1012: 997: 994: 991: 980: 971: 970:3. Alexandria 956:Rio de Janeiro 953: 948: 942: 941: 940:, Kozlovskaya 926: 925: 915: 912: 909: 898: 893: 876: 871: 865: 864: 861:Gaprindashvili 851: 848: 845: 834: 827: 816:1. Kozlovskaya 814: 802: 796: 795: 792:Gaprindashvili 785: 782: 779: 768: 765: 757: 745: 739: 738: 735:Gaprindashvili 725: 722: 719: 703: 700: 697: 691: 690: 687:Gaprindashvili 677: 674: 671: 643: 640: 637: 631: 630: 627:Gaprindashvili 620: 617: 614: 603:Gaprindashvili 595:Vrnjačka Banja 592: 589: 586: 580: 579: 569: 566: 563: 562:3. Volpert 9½ 541: 538: 535: 529: 528: 518: 513: 510: 504: 503: 502:3. Rudenko 4½ 486: 481: 478: 459: 456: 453: 447: 446: 436: 433: 430: 413: 410: 407: 401: 400: 373:Moscow 1949–50 371: 368: 359: 353: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 327: 322: 317: 308: 305: 288: 285: 253: 250: 218: 215: 97: 94: 27: 24: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3905: 3894: 3891: 3889: 3886: 3885: 3883: 3868: 3864: 3860: 3858: 3850: 3849: 3846: 3840: 3839: 3835: 3832: 3828: 3824: 3821: 3820: 3818: 3814: 3807: 3803: 3799: 3796: 3793: 3789: 3786: 3783: 3779: 3776: 3773: 3769: 3766: 3763: 3759: 3756: 3753: 3749: 3746: 3743: 3739: 3736: 3735: 3733: 3729: 3722: 3718: 3715: 3712: 3708: 3705: 3702: 3698: 3695: 3692: 3688: 3685: 3682: 3678: 3675: 3672: 3668: 3665: 3664: 3662: 3658: 3651: 3647: 3644: 3641: 3637: 3634: 3631: 3627: 3623: 3620: 3617: 3616:Chiburdanidze 3613: 3609: 3605: 3601: 3597: 3594: 3591: 3587: 3583: 3579: 3575: 3571: 3568: 3565: 3561: 3557: 3554: 3551: 3547: 3544: 3541: 3537: 3534: 3533: 3531: 3527: 3520: 3516: 3513: 3510: 3506: 3502: 3498: 3494: 3490: 3486: 3482: 3478: 3474: 3471: 3470: 3468: 3464: 3458: 3455: 3453: 3450: 3448: 3445: 3443: 3440: 3437: 3434: 3432: 3429: 3428: 3425: 3421: 3414: 3409: 3407: 3402: 3400: 3395: 3394: 3391: 3385: 3382: 3379: 3376: 3373: 3370: 3369: 3356: 3347: 3333: 3329: 3323: 3321: 3319: 3309: 3300: 3291: 3282: 3280: 3278: 3276: 3274: 3264: 3262: 3260: 3250: 3241: 3231: 3224: 3218: 3209: 3200: 3193: 3189: 3184: 3175: 3168: 3163: 3154: 3145: 3136: 3127: 3118: 3109: 3100: 3091: 3082: 3075: 3070: 3063: 3058: 3051: 3045: 3036: 3027: 3018: 3009: 3002: 2997: 2988: 2981: 2976: 2967: 2963: 2952: 2951: 2947: 2944: 2942: 2939: 2936: 2935: 2931: 2928: 2927: 2924: 2923: 2922:Anna Muzychuk 2919: 2918: 2913: 2911: 2908: 2905: 2902: 2901: 2897: 2894: 2893: 2890: 2884: 2881: 2873: 2872:, April 2024 2871: 2867: 2864: 2863: 2857: 2856: 2852: 2847: 2846: 2842: 2839: 2837: 2834: 2831: 2828: 2826: 2822: 2819: 2816: 2814: 2811: 2808: 2805: 2804: 2800: 2797: 2796: 2793: 2792: 2791:Anna Muzychuk 2788: 2787: 2783: 2780: 2778: 2775: 2772: 2769: 2768: 2764: 2761: 2760: 2757: 2755: 2751: 2748: 2745: 2741: 2736: 2733: 2725: 2722: 2720: 2716: 2712: 2708: 2705: 2704: 2698: 2697: 2693: 2688: 2687: 2683: 2680: 2678: 2675: 2672: 2669: 2667: 2663: 2660: 2658: 2654: 2651: 2648: 2647:January 2020 2645: 2641: 2638: 2636: 2633: 2630: 2627: 2625: 2623: 2619: 2616: 2615: 2611: 2609: 2608: 2604: 2603: 2599: 2598: 2594: 2593: 2589: 2588: 2587:Anna Muzychuk 2584: 2582: 2577: 2576: 2572: 2571: 2567: 2564: 2559: 2556: 2555: 2552: 2549: 2547: 2544: 2542: 2539: 2537: 2534: 2532: 2529: 2527: 2524: 2522: 2519: 2517: 2514: 2513: 2501: 2498: 2495: 2492: 2490: 2487: 2484:Semi-finals: 2483: 2481: 2480: 2476: 2472: 2471: 2467: 2463: 2462: 2461:Anna Muzychuk 2458: 2454: 2453: 2449: 2444: 2442: 2439: 2435: 2432: 2430: 2427: 2426: 2422: 2418:10 game match 2414: 2410: 2407: 2403: 2400: 2398: 2395: 2377: 2374: 2372: 2369: 2368: 2361: 2358: 2351: 2349: 2345: 2340: 2336: 2335:Anna Muzychuk 2331: 2327: 2322: 2318: 2313: 2306: 2303: 2301: 2298: 2297: 2292: 2288:10 game match 2284: 2281: 2277: 2274: 2272: 2269: 2260: 2257: 2255: 2252: 2251: 2246:beat Pogonina 2244: 2241: 2234: 2232: 2231:Anna Muzychuk 2228: 2223: 2219: 2214: 2213:Meri Arabidze 2210: 2205: 2201: 2196: 2189: 2186: 2184: 2181: 2180: 2176: 2172:10 game match 2168: 2165: 2161: 2160:Anna Ushenina 2158: 2156: 2153: 2145: 2142: 2140: 2137: 2136: 2129: 2126: 2119: 2117: 2113: 2108: 2104: 2103:Anna Ushenina 2099: 2095: 2090: 2086: 2081: 2074: 2071: 2069: 2066: 2065: 2061: 2057:10 game match 2055:November 2011 2053: 2050: 2046: 2043: 2041: 2038: 2020: 2017: 2015: 2012: 2011: 2008: 2001: 1994: 1989: 1986:Qualification 1982: 1978: 1963: 1960: 1955: 1953: 1947: 1941: 1936: 1932: 1929: 1923:December 2010 1921: 1918: 1916: 1913: 1912: 1906: 1903: 1898: 1896: 1890: 1886: 1879: 1875: 1867: 1864: 1862: 1859: 1858: 1852: 1849: 1844: 1839: 1831: 1823: 1820: 1818: 1815: 1814: 1808: 1805: 1800: 1798: 1792: 1788: 1781: 1778: 1770: 1767: 1765: 1762: 1761: 1755: 1752: 1747: 1745: 1741: 1734: 1728: 1725: 1716: 1714: 1711: 1710: 1704: 1701: 1696: 1694: 1689: 1683: 1679: 1676:Xie Jun beat 1675: 1673: 1664: 1661: 1659: 1656: 1655: 1652: 1645: 1640: 1635: 1628: 1624: 1611: 1607:15 game match 1604: 1600: 1597: 1594: 1590: 1585: 1570: 1567: 1560: 1554: 1548: 1541: 1538: 1536: 1533: 1532: 1528: 1524:13 game match 1521: 1518: 1515: 1508: 1505: 1490: 1487: 1482: 1480: 1475: 1470:2. Galliamova 1467: 1463: 1457: 1455: 1452: 1451: 1447: 1443:11 game match 1440: 1437: 1430: 1427: 1414: 1411: 1409: 1401: 1399: 1395: 1388: 1384: 1380: 1375:Subotica 1991 1374: 1372: 1369: 1368: 1365: 1360: 1352: 1349: 1348: 1344: 1340:15 game match 1337: 1317: 1307: 1302: 1298: 1292: 1289: 1282: 1278: 1275: 1270: 1262: 1259: 1258: 1254: 1253:Chiburdanidze 1250:16 game match 1247: 1227: 1215: 1209: 1206: 1199: 1195: 1192: 1187: 1182:1. Litinskaya 1179: 1176: 1175: 1171: 1170:Chiburdanidze 1167:14 game match 1164: 1142: 1137: 1130:1. Alexandria 1127: 1124: 1117: 1113: 1110: 1103: 1097: 1096: 1092: 1091:Chiburdanidze 1088:14 game match 1085: 1056: 1048: 1047:Bad Kissingen 1045: 1038: 1034: 1031: 1026: 1018: 1015: 1014: 1010: 1009:Chiburdanidze 1004:16 game match 1001: 978: 968: 963: 957: 954: 947: 943: 939: 938:Chiburdanidze 934: 928: 927: 923: 922:Chiburdanidze 919:15 game match 892: 886: 885:Akhmilovskaya 880: 877: 870: 866: 862: 858:12 game match 855: 852: 849: 846: 835: 832: 828: 826:, Alexandria 825: 821: 815: 806: 803: 801: 798: 797: 793: 789:16 game match 786: 783: 780: 769: 766: 762: 758: 749: 746: 744: 741: 740: 736: 732:14 game match 729: 726: 723: 720: 717: 707: 704: 701: 696: 693: 692: 688: 684:13 game match 681: 678: 675: 672: 669: 663: 659: 655: 647: 644: 641: 636: 633: 632: 628: 624:11 game match 621: 618: 615: 610: 604: 596: 593: 590: 585: 582: 581: 577: 573:13 game match 570: 567: 564: 559: 553: 545: 542: 539: 534: 531: 530: 526: 522:14 game match 519: 514: 509: 506: 505: 497: 487: 482: 479: 476: 470: 460: 457: 452: 449: 448: 444: 440:14 game match 437: 434: 431: 428: 424: 414: 411: 406: 403: 402: 398: 394: 388: 382: 381: 372: 369: 366: 358: 355: 354: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 312: 304: 300: 298: 294: 284: 282: 278: 271: 267: 263: 259: 249: 246: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 214: 212: 208: 203: 199: 197: 193: 189: 185: 181: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 155: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 93: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 70: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 23: 21: 16: 3837: 3816:Match format 3529:Match format 3435: 3355: 3346: 3335:. 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Arakhamia 1546:7 qualified 1526: 1474:Peng Zhaoqin 1468:1. Arakhamia 1465:7 qualified 1458:Jakarta 1993 1445: 1387:Peng Zhaoqin 1382:6 qualified 1342: 1265:1. Ioseliani 1252: 1178:Zeleznovodsk 1169: 1098:Tbilisi 1982 1090: 1070:Semi-finals: 1008: 986:Semi-finals: 976: 933:Fatalibekova 929:Tbilisi 1976 921: 917:Tbilisi 1978 904:Semi-finals: 860: 840:Semi-finals: 830: 813:4 qualified 791: 774:Semi-finals: 756:3 qualified 734: 686: 662:Zatulovskaya 626: 575: 524: 500:2. Bykova 9½ 495: 442: 378: 365:Vera Menchik 349: 344: 339: 334: 329: 324: 319: 314: 303:privileges. 301: 296: 292: 290: 273: 242: 207:Swiss system 204: 200: 177: 82:Vera Menchik 71: 67: 17: 15: 3792:Tan Zhongyi 3772:M. Muzychuk 3436:Development 2950:Tan Zhongyi 2934:Isle of Man 2851:Lei Tingjie 2818:Lei Tingjie 2786:Tan Zhongyi 2644:Vladivostok 2592:Tan Zhongyi 2479:Lei Tingjie 2438:64 players 2402:Tan Zhongyi 2360:Tan Zhongyi 2317:Tan Zhongyi 2243:M. Muzychuk 2089:Marie Sebag 1693:Skripchenko 1691:Marić beat 1644:Semi-finals 1588:Galliamova 1460:39 players 1441:Monaco 1993 1398:Qin Kanying 1377:35 players 1222:Alexandria 1186:Wu Mingqian 1105:2. Levitina 1061:Alexandria, 895:Alexandria, 716:Kozlovskaya 702:18 players 642:18 players 622:Moscow 1962 591:17 players 571:Moscow 1959 558:Nedeljković 540:15 players 520:Moscow 1958 488:Moscow 1956 461:Moscow 1955 458:20 players 438:Moscow 1953 415:Moscow 1952 412:16 players 370:16 players 69:beginning. 3882:Categories 3640:Su. Polgar 3366:References 3337:2024-01-03 3235:finalists. 2946:R Vaishali 2756:won 6½-5½ 2747:July 2023 2653:drawn 6-6 2526:Qualifiers 2423:won 5½-4½ 2371:2018 (May) 2309:64 players 2286:March 2016 2192:64 players 2177:won 5½–1½ 2112:Huang Qian 2077:64 players 2062:won 5½–2½ 2000:into Final 1993:Qualifiers 1931:Ruan Lufei 1925:64 players 1871:64 players 1827:64 players 1825:March 2006 1774:64 players 1744:Khurtsidze 1721:64 players 1668:61 players 1632:Tournament 1573:10 players 1529:won 8½–4½ 1485:S. Polgar 1483:Ioseliani, 1448:won 8½–2½ 1345:won 8½–6½ 1310:Ioseliani, 1301:Galliamova 1255:won 8½–7½ 1172:won 8½–5½ 1109:Liu Shilan 1093:won 8½–5½ 1063:Ioseliani 1030:Litinskaya 924:won 8½–6½ 891:Lematschko 879:Roosendaal 863:won 8½–3½ 809:20 players 794:won 8½–7½ 761:Alexandria 752:18 players 737:won 9½–4½ 689:won 8½–4½ 578:won 8½–4½ 565:Zvorykina 527:won 8½–5½ 490:3 players, 277:Grand Prix 192:Interzonal 90:Sonja Graf 3831:Ju Wenjun 3806:Ju Wenjun 3782:Hou Yifan 3762:Hou Yifan 3742:Hou Yifan 3721:Hou Yifan 3711:Kosteniuk 3691:Stefanova 3188:Mišanović 2980:Konopleva 2880:Ju Wenjun 2754:Ju Wenjun 2744:Chongqing 2732:Ju Wenjun 2719:Chongqing 2657:Ju Wenjun 2632:Ju Wenjun 2581:Hou Yifan 2494:Ju Wenjun 2448:Ju Wenjun 2421:Ju Wenjun 2413:Chongqing 2397:Ju Wenjun 2348:Ni Shiqun 2321:Ju Wenjun 2291:Hou Yifan 2271:Hou Yifan 2175:Hou Yifan 2155:Hou Yifan 2116:Ju Wenjun 2060:Hou Yifan 2045:Hou Yifan 1962:Hou Yifan 1952:Ju Wenjun 1905:Kosteniuk 1895:Shen Yang 1889:Mkrtchian 1885:Hou Yifan 1807:Stefanova 1791:Dzagnidze 1787:Stefanova 1727:Kosteniuk 1663:New Delhi 1593:S. Polgar 1569:Groningen 1565:Cramling 1527:S. Polgar 1493:9 players 1417:9 players 1408:S. Polgar 1320:8 players 1269:Arakhamia 1230:8 players 1226:Tsqaltubo 1145:8 players 1084:Volgograd 1006:Drawn 8–8 962:Ioseliani 897:Levitina 887:, Kushnir 787:Riga 1972 668:Jovanović 654:Lazarević 609:Borisenko 552:Zvorykina 515:Rubtsova, 480:Rubtsova 427:Ignatieva 423:Heemskerk 3857:Category 3802:Nov 2018 3798:May 2018 3752:Ushenina 3701:Xu Yuhua 3681:Zhu Chen 3550:Rubtsova 3501:Aug 1937 3497:Jul 1937 3223:Shenyang 3192:Matveeva 3062:Zaitseva 2740:Shanghai 2640:Shanghai 2416:May 2018 2409:Shanghai 2293:won 6–3. 2222:Zhao Xue 2128:Ushenina 2094:Zhao Xue 1940:Zhao Xue 1878:Ushenina 1851:Xu Yuhua 1754:Zhu Chen 1740:Zhu Chen 1733:Xu Yuhua 1603:Shenyang 1586:Xie Jun, 1561:Xie Jun, 1540:Chişinău 1413:Shanghai 1394:Wang Pin 1297:Kachiani 1274:Brustman 1191:Brustman 1136:Cramling 1055:Semenova 1017:Alicante 854:Pitsunda 824:Levitina 767:Kushnir 721:Kushnir 706:Subotica 664:12½ / 17 629:won 9–2 554:11½ / 14 512:Rematch 496:Rubtsova 445:won 8–6 387:Rubtsova 383:11½ / 15 3671:Xie Jun 3650:Xie Jun 3630:Xie Jun 3519:Rudenko 3515:1949–50 3509:Menchik 3167:Sofieva 2870:Toronto 2386:⁄ 2031:⁄ 1866:Nalchik 1797:Čmilytė 1703:Xie Jun 1678:Zhukova 1610:Xie Jun 1535:1995–99 1489:Tilburg 1454:1993–96 1446:Xie Jun 1371:1991–93 1359:Xie Jun 1343:Xie Jun 1316:Borzomi 1281:1990–91 1198:1987–88 1116:1985–86 1102:Mureșan 1066:1983–84 1037:1982–84 1025:Gurieli 1000:Borjomi 982:1980–81 977:Kushnir 946:1979–81 900:1977–78 869:1976–78 836:1974–75 831:Kushnir 805:Menorca 800:1973–75 743:1971–72 728:Tbilisi 695:1967–69 658:Kushnir 646:Sukhumi 635:1964–65 605:13 / 16 584:1961–62 544:Plovdiv 517:Bykova 498:10 / 16 469:Volpert 451:1955–56 432:Bykova 405:1952–53 380:Rudenko 357:1949–50 293:Kushnir 287:Results 180:Menchik 3867:Portal 3564:Bykova 3540:Bykova 2717:, and 2711:Monaco 2365:3½–2½ 2305:Tehran 2248:2½–1½ 2133:3½–2½ 2052:Tirana 1998:Seeded 1988:Format 1909:2½–1½ 1769:Elista 1717:Moscow 1707:2½–1½ 1688:Peptan 1634:Format 1513:5½-1½ 1479:Foisor 1429:Monaco 1392:5.-7. 1362:3.-4. 1336:Manila 1295:1.-2. 1272:3.-4. 1246:Telavi 1189:3.-4. 1134:3.-5. 1126:Havana 936:2.-3. 889:3.-4. 883:1.-2. 818:2.-5. 714:2.-3. 652:1.-3. 576:Bykova 525:Bykova 443:Bykova 421:2.-3. 397:Belova 393:Bykova 391:3.-4. 268:, and 237:, and 209:. The 194:, and 172:, and 62:, and 2959:Notes 2767:Sochi 2715:Khiva 2622:Kazan 2562:none 2516:Years 2477:beat 2468:beat 2459:beat 2450:beat 2346:beat 2337:beat 2328:beat 2319:beat 2229:beat 2220:beat 2211:beat 2202:beat 2188:Sochi 2114:beat 2105:beat 2096:beat 2087:beat 2007:Final 1981:Years 1946:Lahno 1933:beat 1920:Hatay 1887:beat 1855:2½–½ 1838:Sebag 1811:2½–½ 1789:beat 1742:beat 1651:Final 1627:Years 1599:Kazan 1462:Swiss 1404:Marić 1379:Swiss 1364:Marić 1261:Tuzla 1163:Sofia 1141:Malmö 748:Ohrid 699:None 639:None 588:None 537:None 455:None 409:None 361:None. 315:Years 297:after 188:Zonal 3838:2025 3827:2023 3823:2020 3788:2017 3778:2016 3768:2015 3758:2013 3748:2012 3738:2011 3717:2010 3707:2008 3697:2006 3687:2004 3677:2001 3667:2000 3646:1999 3636:1996 3626:1993 3622:1991 3612:1988 3608:1986 3604:1984 3600:1981 3596:1978 3586:1975 3582:1972 3578:1969 3574:1965 3570:1962 3560:1959 3556:1958 3546:1956 3536:1953 3505:1939 3493:1935 3489:1934 3485:1933 3481:1931 3477:1930 3473:1927 3190:and 2900:Baku 2887:TBD 2825:2025 2803:Riga 2742:and 2666:2023 2642:and 2558:2020 2500:5-3 2411:and 2300:2017 2283:Lviv 2254:2016 2183:2015 2139:2013 2068:2012 2014:2011 1966:5–3 1915:2010 1861:2008 1817:2006 1764:2004 1758:5–3 1713:2001 1658:2000 1605:1997 1601:and 1571:1997 1542:1995 1522:1996 1520:Jaén 1509:1995 1491:1994 1431:1993 1415:1992 1353:1990 1338:1991 1318:1991 1293:1990 1291:Azov 1263:1987 1248:1988 1228:1988 1210:1987 1180:1985 1165:1986 1143:1986 1128:1985 1086:1984 1049:1982 1019:1979 958:1979 881:1976 820:Shul 807:1973 770:1971 750:1971 708:1967 682:1965 680:Riga 648:1964 597:1961 546:1959 533:1959 508:1958 429:10½ 18:The 1551:2. 1357:2. 1304:3. 1267:2. 1212:1. 1184:2. 1107:3. 1100:1. 1053:2. 1028:4. 1023:3. 965:2. 960:1. 931:1. 759:1. 670:11 607:2. 601:1. 560:10½ 556:2. 550:1. 494:1. 477:14 473:3. 471:14½ 467:2. 399:10 389:10½ 385:2. 377:1. 3884:: 3825:, 3800:, 3624:, 3610:, 3606:, 3602:, 3598:, 3584:, 3580:, 3576:, 3572:, 3558:, 3503:, 3499:, 3495:, 3491:, 3487:, 3483:, 3479:, 3475:, 3330:. 3317:^ 3272:^ 3258:^ 2721:, 2713:, 2583:) 1396:, 1299:, 979:) 833:) 822:, 660:, 656:, 611:11 425:, 395:, 264:, 260:, 233:, 229:, 225:, 190:, 168:, 164:, 160:, 156:, 152:, 148:, 144:, 140:, 136:, 132:, 128:, 124:, 120:, 116:, 112:, 108:, 104:, 58:, 54:, 50:, 46:, 42:, 38:, 34:, 3833:) 3829:( 3808:) 3804:( 3794:) 3790:( 3784:) 3780:( 3774:) 3770:( 3764:) 3760:( 3754:) 3750:( 3744:) 3740:( 3723:) 3719:( 3713:) 3709:( 3703:) 3699:( 3693:) 3689:( 3683:) 3679:( 3673:) 3669:( 3652:) 3648:( 3642:) 3638:( 3632:) 3628:( 3618:) 3614:( 3592:) 3588:( 3566:) 3562:( 3552:) 3548:( 3542:) 3538:( 3521:) 3517:( 3511:) 3507:( 3412:e 3405:t 3398:v 3340:. 2579:( 2388:3 2384:1 2341:, 2332:, 2323:, 2224:, 2215:, 2206:, 2109:, 2100:, 2091:, 2033:3 2029:1 1948:, 1937:, 1891:, 1880:, 1840:, 1793:, 1735:, 1591:( 975:( 829:(

Index

Women's World Chess Championship
Women's World Chess Championship 1927
Women's World Chess Championship 1930
Women's World Chess Championship 1931
Women's World Chess Championship 1933
Women's World Chess Championship 1934
Women's World Chess Championship 1935
Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Stockholm olympiad)
Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Menchik–Graf)
Women's World Chess Championship 1939
round-robin tournaments
Chess Olympiads
Vera Menchik
first official Olympiad
Sonja Graf
Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50
Women's World Chess Championship 1953
Women's World Chess Championship 1956
Women's World Chess Championship 1958
Women's World Chess Championship 1959
Women's World Chess Championship 1962
Women's World Chess Championship 1965
Women's World Chess Championship 1969
Women's World Chess Championship 1972
Women's World Chess Championship 1975
Women's World Chess Championship 1978
Women's World Chess Championship 1981
Women's World Chess Championship 1984
Women's World Chess Championship 1986
Women's World Chess Championship 1988

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