Women's World Chess Championship 1930
The 2nd Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg. The tournament was played as a double round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik successfully defended her title. She lost her only ever Women's World Championship game to Wally Henschel. The final results were as follows:[1][2][3][4]
Player 1 2 3 4 5 Total 1 
Vera Menchik (TCH)- ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2 
Paula Wolf-Kalmar (AUT)½ 0 - 1 0 1 1 1 1 5½ 3 .svg.png.webp)
Wally Henschel (GER)1 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 ½ 4½ 4 
Katarina Beskow (SWE)0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 2 5 
Agnes Stevenson (ENG)0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 - 1½
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References
- Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
- femminile
- Campeonato Mundo femenino Hamburgo 1930
- "1927-39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (Women)".
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