Women's World Chess Championship 1933
The World Chess Championship for women in 1933 was the tournament for the title of world champion in chess, which was held during the Chess Olympiad from 12 to 24 June 1933, the Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone.
They were approved by a motion Vera Menchiks at the previous event for the first time after 1927 again several participants from one country. The Austrian champion Gisela Harum was unable to attend due to financial reasons. By Hans Müller the financial position of the Austrian and Viennese chairman Kotek was criticized, who wanted to raise money for the feeding of the Chess Olympiad. Players, donors and the organizing British Chess Federation thus arrived at for many costs incurred by the Austrian Chess Olympiad team.
World champion Vera Menchik defended her title successfully with twelve points from twelve games. Even the runner- Price reached only seven points.
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1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937 ( duel ), 1937 (tournament ), 1939 ( Menchik ) • 1949/50 ( Rudenko ) • 1953 ( Bykova ) • 1956 ( Rubzowa ) • 1958 1959 ( Bykova ) • 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1975 ( Gaprindashvili ) • 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988 ( Tschiburdanidse ) • 1991, 1993 ( Xie Jun ) • 1996 ( Zsuzsa Polgár ) • 1999, 2000 ( Xie Jun ) • 2001 ( Zhu Chen ) • 2004 ( Stefanova ) • 2006 ( Xu Yuhua ) • 2008 ( Kosteniuk ) • 2010, 2011 ( Hou Yifan ) • 2012 ( Uschenina ) • 2013 ( Hou Yifan ) • 2014
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