Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE.
| Tournament | Year | Location | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2023 | 2023 | Shanghai/Chongqing |
Ju Wenjun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2020 | 2020 | Shanghai/Vladivostok (China/Russia) |
Ju Wenjun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2018 May | 2018 | Shanghai/Chongqing (China) |
Ju Wenjun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2018 Nov | 2018 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Ju Wenjun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2017 | 2017 | Tehran (Iran) |
Tan Zhongyi
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2016 | 2016 | Lviv (Ukraine) |
Hou Yifan
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2015 | 2015 | Sochi (Russia) |
Mariya Muzychuk
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2013 | 2013 | Taizhou (China) |
Hou Yifan
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2012 | 2012 | Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) |
Anna Ushenina
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2011 | 2011 | Tirana (Albania) |
Hou Yifan
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2010 | 2010 | Hatay (Turkey) |
Hou Yifan
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2008 | 2008 | Nalchik (Russia) |
Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2006 | 2006 | Yekaterinburg (Russia) |
Xu Yuhua
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2004 | 2004 | Elista (Russia) |
Antoaneta Stefanova
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2001 | 2001 | Moscow (Russia) |
Chen Zhu
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 2000 | 2000 | New Delhi (India) |
Xie Jun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1999 | 1999 | Kazan/Shenyang (Russia/China) |
Xie Jun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1996 | 1996 | Jaén (Spain) |
Zsuzsa Polgar
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1993 | 1993 | Monaco (Monaco) |
Xie Jun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1991 | 1991 | Manila (Philippines) |
Xie Jun
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1988 | 1988 | Telavi (Soviet Union) |
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1986 | 1986 | Sofia (People's Republic of Bulgaria) |
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1984 | 1984 | Volgograd (Soviet Union) |
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1981 | 1981 | Borjomi/Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1978 | 1978 | Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
Maia Chiburdanidze
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1975 | 1975 | Pitsunda/Tbilisi (Soviet Union) |
Nona Gaprindashvili
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1972 | 1972 | Riga (Soviet Union) |
Nona Gaprindashvili
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1969 | 1969 | Tbilisi/Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Nona Gaprindashvili
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1965 | 1965 | Riga (Soviet Union) |
Nona Gaprindashvili
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1962 | 1962 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Nona Gaprindashvili
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1959 | 1959 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Elisaveta Bykova
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1958 | 1958 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Elisaveta Bykova
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1956 | 1956 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Olga Rubtsova
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1953 | 1953 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Elisaveta Bykova
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1950 | 1950 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
Lyudmilla Rudenko
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1939 | 1939 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1937 Jul | 1937 | Semmering (Austria) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1937 Aug | 1937 | Stockholm (Sweden) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1935 | 1935 | Warsaw (Poland) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1934 | 1934 | Rotterdam (Netherlands) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1933 | 1933 | Folkestone (United Kingdom) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1931 | 1931 | Prague (Czechoslovakia) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1930 | 1930 | Hamburg (Weimar Republic) |
Vera Menchik
|
| Women's World Chess Championship 1927 | 1927 | London (United Kingdom) |
Vera Menchik
|