Paula Wolf-Kalmar
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Paula Wolf-Kalmar was an Austria
n chess master
, born in Agram (now Zagreb
).
She took 5th at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women’s championship won by Helene Cotton and Edith Holloway
). After the tournament three of the participants (Holloway, Cotton and Agnes Stevenson
) defeated three others (Kalmar, Gülich and Pohlner) in a double-round London vs. Vienna match.
She was thrice a Women's World Championship
Challenger. She took 3rd, behind Vera Menchik
and Katarina Beskow
at London 1927
, took 2nd at Hamburg 1930, and took 2nd at Prague 1931, both behind V. Menchik.
She died in 1931 in Vienna
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n chess master
Chess master
A chess master is a chess player of such skill that he/she can usually beat chess experts, who themselves typically prevail against most amateurs. Among chess players, the term is often abbreviated to master, the meaning being clear from context....
, born in Agram (now Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
).
She took 5th at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women’s championship won by Helene Cotton and Edith Holloway
Edith Holloway
Edith Martha Holloway was one of the brightest names in British women's chess. She was the daughter of sculptor John Denton Crittenden , who exhibited at the Royal Academy....
). After the tournament three of the participants (Holloway, Cotton and Agnes Stevenson
Agnes Stevenson
Agnes Lawson-Stevenson was a British chess master. She was four-time British Ladies' Champion , and married to Rufus Stevenson, editor of the British Chess Magazine....
) defeated three others (Kalmar, Gülich and Pohlner) in a double-round London vs. Vienna match.
She was thrice a Women's World Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
Challenger. She took 3rd, behind Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, defeating many of them, including future World Champion Max Euwe.The daughter of a Czech father...
and Katarina Beskow
Katarina Beskow
Katarina Beskow Froeken was a Swedish chess master.She was four-time Women's World Chess Championship Challenger. She took 2nd, behind Vera Menchik at the first Women's World Championship in London 1927, 4th at Hamburg 1930, 4th at Prague 1931, and 23rd at Stockholm 1937.-References:...
at London 1927
Women's World Chess Championship 1927
The 1st Women's World Chess Championship took place during the 1st Chess Olympiad 1927 in London. It was organized by FIDE and was played as a full round-robin tournament. Vera Menchik won the championship, the first of all her 7 championships. The final results were as follows:...
, took 2nd at Hamburg 1930, and took 2nd at Prague 1931, both behind V. Menchik.
She died in 1931 in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.