Women's Chess Olympiad
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The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess
Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals.
The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, China
and Georgia
have won the event four times each. It has also been won by Hungary (its team consisted of the three Polgar
sisters and Ildikó Mádl
), Ukraine
, and Israel
(one year when it was boycotted by the Eastern Bloc).
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals.
The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
and Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
have won the event four times each. It has also been won by Hungary (its team consisted of the three Polgar
Polgár
Polgár is a Hungarian word meaning "citizen" .- Family names :Polgár, Polgar are the Hungarian-origin surname and may refer to:* Alfred Polgar , Jewish Austrian writer...
sisters and Ildikó Mádl
Ildiko Madl
Ildikó Mádl is a Hungarian chess player.Madl learned to play chess from her father. In 1978 she became a pupil of the chess school Mereszjev that helped to promote talented Hungarian children and teenagers....
), Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, and Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
(one year when it was boycotted by the Eastern Bloc).