Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50 Poster
Period
1949, 1950Place
USSR
Category
Posters and caricaturesSubcategory
PostersThematic collections
World Championship Posters
Curious fact
Lyudmila Rudenko's round robin win in 1950 after the death of the previous champion Vera Menchik began an era of 41 years of Soviet domination in women's chess
The 8th Women's World Chess Championship took place from 20 December 1949 to 16 January 1950 in Moscow, USSR. Tournment line-up: Lyudmila Rudenko (Soviet Union), Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union), Elisaveta Bykova (Soviet Union), Valentina Belova (Soviet Union), Edith Keller (East Germany), Eileen Betsy Tranmer (England), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (France), Fenny Heemskerk (Netherlands), Clarice Benini (Italy), Jozsa Langos (Hungary), María Teresa Mora (Cuba), Gisela Kahn Gresser (USA), Nina Grushkova-Belska (Czechoslovakia), Mona May Karff (USA), Ingrid Larsen (Denmark), Róża Germanova (Poland). The title had been vacant since the death of Vera Menchik in 1944. The round-robin tournament was won by Lyudmila Rudenko.
