Belgrade International Women's Grandmaster Chess Tournament
The Belgrade International Women's Grandmaster Chess Tournament is an annual women's round-robin chess tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia each March in honour of International Women's Day. The tournament was first staged in 1965 and has been held largely uninterrupted every year since. The tournament has had some prominent winners, most notably five-time Women's World Champions Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze. Gaprindashvilli won the tournament seven times, and in 1971 in particular she won with a perfect score of 13/13.[1][2]
Winners
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "March 8 International Women's Day". Chess News Blog. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Otvoren 55. Međunarodni Osmomartovski Turnir Šahistkinja" [55th International Women Chess Tournament Opened On The 8th Of March]. SOS Kanal (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 June 2024.