Cover Photo: Vera Menchik (Left), Edith Price, Martha Daunke (top), Paula Kalmar, Edith Holloway, Edith Michell (bottom), Sources: Various, but mostly the fantastic website BritBase by John Saunders In order to track the origin of the Women’s World Chess Championship, we have to go back all the way to the year 1924. Namely, in June 1924, a chess tournament was held in Paris, alongside the … Continue reading 1927 Women’s World Chess Championship