Tournament for the title of World Chess Champion 1927

The first tournament for the title of world chess champion was held in July 1927 in London .

12 participants from 7 countries - Austria, England, Germany, Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, as well as a representative of Scotland. The tournament ended with a convincing victory for V. Menchik - 10½ points (without defeat), who became the first world champion in chess history. One and a half points behind the winner K. Beskov . 3rd place went to P. Wolf-Kalmar - 7 points.

Table

No.	Participant	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	+	-	=	Glasses	A place
one	Menchik, Vera	Czechoslovakia		one	one	½	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	ten	0	one	10½	one
2	Beskov, Katarina	Sweden	0		0	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	9	2	0	9	2
3	Wolf Squid, Paula	Austria	0	one		one	one	one	0	½	one	½	0	one	6	3	2	7	3
four	Mitchell, Edith	England	½	0	0		½	0	one	0	one	one	one	one	five	four	2	6	4-5
five	Holloway, Edith	England	0	0	0	½		one	½	one	one	one	½	½	four	3	four	6	4-5
6	Price, Edith	England	0	0	0	one	0		one	one	0	½	one	one	five	five	one	5½	6
7	Garum, Gisela	Austria	0	0	one	0	½	0		0	0	one	one	one	four	6	one	4½	7
eight	Hutchison Stirling Florence	Scotland	0	0	½	one	0	0	one		one	0	0	½	3	6	2	four	eight
9	Stevenson, Agnes	England	0	0	0	0	0	one	one	0		½	one	0	3	7	one	3½	9-11
ten	Syunnevog, S.	Norway	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	one	½		0	one	2	6	3	3½	9-11
eleven	Frigard, Marie Jeanne	France	0	0	one	0	½	0	0	one	0	one		0	3	7	one	3½	9-11
12	Downe, Marta	Germany	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	one	0	one		2	7	2	3	12

Literature

Chess Dictionary / Ch. ed. L. Ya. Abramov ; comp. G.M. Geyler . - M .: Physical education and sport , 1964. - S. 155. - 120,000 copies.
Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990 .-- S. 411, 594. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .

Tournament for the title of World Chess Champion 1927

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