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===Soviet domination=== |
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* 1950: [[Lyudmila Rudenko]] becomes the new [[Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50|Women's World Chess Champion]], ending the interregnum after Menchik's death.<ref name=wc-list>{{Cite book| last1=Tanner |first1 = Robert | title=Vera Menchik: A Biography of the First Women's World Chess Champion, with 350 Games |pages=280| publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina | year=2016 | isbn=978-0786496020}}</ref> |
* 1950: [[Lyudmila Rudenko]] becomes the new [[Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50|Women's World Chess Champion]], ending the interregnum after Menchik's death.<ref name=wc-list>{{Cite book| last1=Tanner |first1 = Robert | title=Vera Menchik: A Biography of the First Women's World Chess Champion, with 350 Games |pages=280| publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, North Carolina | year=2016 | isbn=978-0786496020}}</ref> |
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* 1950: FIDE establishes the International Woman Master (WM or IWM) title, the precursor to the modern [[Woman International Master]] (WIM) title, as one of their original [[FIDE title]]s along with the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (GM) and [[International Master]] (IM) titles. |
* 1950: FIDE establishes the International Woman Master (WM or IWM) title, the precursor to the modern [[Woman International Master]] (WIM) title, as one of their original [[FIDE title]]s along with the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (GM) and [[International Master]] (IM) titles.<ref name="Felice2018"/> |
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* 1950: Lyudmila Rudenko, as Women's World Champion, is the lone woman among the inaugural class of players to receive the International Master (IM) title.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gino Di Felice|title=Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=16 January 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-3361-9|page=280}}</ref> |
* 1950: Lyudmila Rudenko, as Women's World Champion, is the lone woman among the inaugural class of players to receive the International Master (IM) title.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gino Di Felice|title=Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dBHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=16 January 2018|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-3361-9|page=280}}</ref> |
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* 1950: [[Chantal Chaudé de Silans]] of France becomes the first woman to compete in the [[9th Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad]].<ref name="olympiad">{{cite web |title=Women at the men's Olympiads 1950-2012 |url=https://olimpbase.org/index.php?https%3A%2F%2Folimpbase.org%2Farticles%2Fwomen.html |website=Olimpbase |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> |
* 1950: [[Chantal Chaudé de Silans]] of France becomes the first woman to compete in the [[9th Chess Olympiad|Chess Olympiad]].<ref name="olympiad">{{cite web |title=Women at the men's Olympiads 1950-2012 |url=https://olimpbase.org/index.php?https%3A%2F%2Folimpbase.org%2Farticles%2Fwomen.html |website=Olimpbase |access-date=7 July 2025}}</ref> |
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