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	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

References

1. Stanisław Gawlikowski Olimpiady szachowe 1924 - 1974 Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa 1978
2. "femminile". Archived from the original on 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
3. Campeonato Mundo femenino Hamburgo 1930
4. "1927-39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (Women)".