Women's Chess Olympiad
The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE since 1957, where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments.
The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in honor of the first Women's World Chess Champion. The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Before the break-up of the Soviet Union, it has also been won by Hungary led by three Polgár sisters and Israeli team fully composed of Soviet-born players. In the post-Soviet era, China have won the event six times, Georgia – four times, Russia – three times, Ukraine – two times and India – once.
Results
From 1957 to 1974 the Women's Olympiad was a separate event. Since 1976 it has been held in the same place and at the same time as the open event.| Year | Event | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | 1st Women's Chess Olympiad |  NetherlandsGaprindashvili CupThis trophy was created by FIDE in 1997 and named after Nona Gaprindashvili, the former women's World Champion. The trophy is awarded to the team that has the best overall performance across the open and women's divisions.Russia won this trophy six times, China – three times, India and Ukraine – two times each.
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Russia
Georgia|1990URS
Soviet Union