Gisela Harum
Gisela Harum (1903 – 1995) was an Austrian chess player. She played four times in the Women's World Championship. She took 7th at London 1927 (Vera Menchik won), 3rd (behind V. Menchik and Regina Gerlecka) at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th at Stockholm 1937 (V. Menchik won). She was unable to participate at the Women's World Chess Championship 1933 in Folkestone due to financial reasons. Even though she was set to play, the Austrian Chess Federation ''Österreichischer Schachverband'' was unable to pay her expenses. The Olympiad team members of Austria also had to travel on their own cost but were able to collect enough money.''Die Schacholympiade in Folkestone''. Wiener Schachzeitung ''Wiener Schachzeitung'' (or ''Wiener Schach-Zeitung'', "''Viennese Chess Bulletin''") was the name of several Austrian chess periodicals published in Vienna between 1855 and 1949. Original publications (1855 and 1887-1888) The original publicat ..., issue 12, June 1933, p. 177–1 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chess Player
This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. A * Jacob Aagaard (Denmark, Scotland, born 1973) * Manuel Aaron (India, born 1935) * Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan, born 1995) * István Abonyi (Hungary, 1886–1942) * Gerald Abrahams (England, 1907–1980) * Tatev Abrahamyan (Armenia, US, born 1988) * Hasan Abbasifar (Iran, born 1972) * Farid Abbasov (Azerbaijan, born 1979) * Jude Acers (US, born 1944) * Péter Ács (Hungary, born 1981) * Weaver W. Adams, Weaver Adams (US, 1901–1963) * Tanitoluwa Adewumi (Nigeria, US, born 2010) * Utut Adianto (Indonesia, born 1965) * András Adorján (Hungary, 1950–2023) * Vladimir Afromeev (Russia, born 1954) * Simen Agdestein (Norway, born 1967) * Evgeny Agrest (Belarus, Sweden, born 1966) * Georgy Agzamov (Uzbekistan, 1954–1986) * Carl Ahues (Germany, 1883–1968) * James Macrae Aitken (Scotland, 1908–1983) * Ralf Åkesson (Sweden, born 1961) * Anna Akhsharumo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's control in 1948. There have been three main eras in the history of the Women's World Championship: the Menchik era (1927–1944), the Soviet-dominated era (1950–1991), and the China-dominated era (1991–present). Vera Menchik won every Women's World Championship from 1927 to 1944. The Soviet Union won every Women's World Championship from 1950 until 1991, particularly Georgian champions Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze, who combined for ten titles in a row, five each in succession. From 1991 onwards, China has 16 of the last 21 titles, spread across six different champions, including two four-time champions Xie Jun and Hou Yifan, and the reigning five-time World Champion Ju Wenjun. The championship has not always used a matc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's World Chess Championship 1927
The first Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 1st Chess Olympiad, held from 18 to 30 July 1927 in London. It was organized by FIDE and was played as a full round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ... won the championship, conceding only half a point in her 11 games. The final results were as follows: ''mark-weeks.com'' : References {{Women's World Chess Championships W ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vera Menchik
Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Championship, Women's World Chess Champion from 1927 to 1944, winning the championship a record eight times primarily in round-robin tournament, round-robin tournaments. In an era when women primarily competed against other women, Menchik was the first and only woman competing in master-level tournaments with the world's best players. Menchik was born in Moscow to a Czech father and English mother. She began playing chess competitively in school at age 14 not long before the Russian Revolution led her family to leave Russia and move to England in 1921. She joined the Hastings Chess Club in 1923, where she began training with James Drewitt and Géza Maróczy. Menchik established herself as the best female player in the country in 1925 by defeati ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Regina Gerlecka
Regina Gerlecka (2 March 1913 – 12 March 1983) was a Polish chess player. In January 1935, she won the Warsaw championships. In June, Gerlecka won the inaugural Polish women's championship, which took place in Warsaw. Two months later, she finished second, behind Vera Menchik, in the 5th Women's World Chess Championship, held alongside the 6th Chess Olympiad (known as the International Team Tournament back then), also held in Warsaw. She tied for 5-7th places in the women's super-tournament at Semmering 1936, won by Sonja Graf. Gerlecka was again Polish women's champion in 1937, having shared 1st-2nd with Barbara Flerow-Bułhak. In August 1937, she tied for 10-16th in the Women's World Championship in Stockholm, which was won by Vera Menchik again. In 1939, Gerlecka tied for 1st-2nd with Róża Herman in the Warsaw championships. After World War II, she took 3rd at the three-player 1949 Polish women's championship in Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's World Chess Championship 1933
The 4th Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 5th Chess Olympiad, held in Folkestone, England from 12 to 23 June 1933. The competition was played as a double round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ... successfully defended her title. The final results were as follows: ''mark-weeks.com'' : References {{Women's World Chess Championships Women's World Chess Championships[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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5th Chess Olympiad
The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between June 12 and June 23, 1933, in Folkestone Folkestone ( ) is a coastal town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England. The town lies on the southern edge of the North Downs at a valley between two cliffs. It was an important harbour, shipping port, and fashionable coastal res ..., United Kingdom. The 4th Women's World Chess Championship also took place during the Olympiad. Results Team standings : The English team still went under the name of Great Britain, even though it only consisted of English players and Scotland participated with their own team. Estonia was supposed to participate, but the team never showed up. Team results Individual medals : References 5th C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wiener Schachzeitung
''Wiener Schachzeitung'' (or ''Wiener Schach-Zeitung'', "''Viennese Chess Bulletin''") was the name of several Austrian chess periodicals published in Vienna between 1855 and 1949. Original publications (1855 and 1887-1888) The original publication, the first Austrian chess magazine, was founded by Ernst Falkbeer in January 1855. He envisaged it as Austria's premier chess magazine,''Wiener Schach-Zeitung'', Januar 1855, S. 1 modeling it after the prestigious Berliner Schachzeitung. In July 1887 the Viennese player Josef Berger (not to be confused with Johann Berger) and Samuel Gold, best known as Carl Schlechter's chess teacher, established a new monthly magazine of the same name. Due to financial problems it lasted only 9 issues (January–September 1888).Anatoly Karpov (ed)''Шахматы. Энциклопедический Словарь''(''Encyclopedic Chess Dictionary''), Moscow 1990, p. 61 Die Wiener Schachzeitung (1898–1916) In 1898 editors Hugo Fähndrich, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1903 Births
Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 10 – The Aceh Sultanate was fully annexed by the Dutch East Indies, Dutch forces, deposing the last sultan, marking the end of the Aceh War that have lasted for almost 30 years. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been made in 1901#December, 1901). February * February 13 – Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03, Venezuelan crisis: After agreeing to arbitration in Washington, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy reach a settlement with Venezuela resulting in the Washington Protocols. The naval blockade that began in 1902 ends. * February 23 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". March * March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. * March 3 – The British Admir ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1995 Deaths
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Austrian Female Chess Players
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