The Women–Veterans chess tournaments, also known as the Ladies–Veterans chess tournaments or the Dance tournaments, was an annual series of Scheveningen team chess matches held from 1992 to 2001 between a team of top female chess players and a team of veteran former top players. The series was organized by the Max Euwe Association and sponsored by the association's co-founder Joop van Oosterom. It was referred to as the Dance tournaments because each tournament was named after a dance associated with the host city. The series was relatively balanced. The veterans teams' overall score was 6–3 with one tie. They generally had better ratings than the women's teams, but typically only by a relatively small margin under 50 Elo.

Results

+ Individual winner

YearNameLocationPrize moneyTeam winnerScoreWomen top scorerScoreVeterans top scorerScore 1992 Tumba Aruba $75,000 Veterans 39–33 Judit Polgar 7½/12 Lev Polugaevsky 8½/12 1993 Waltz Vienna ? Women 40½–31½ Maia Chiburdanidze 9/12 Vassily Smyslov 6½/12 1994 Palladienne Monte Carlo ? Women 37–35 Judit PolgarXie Jun 7½/12 Vassily Smyslov 8/12 1995 Polka Prague ? Women 26½–23½ Judit PolgarPia Cramling 6½/10 Viktor Korchnoi 5½/10 1996 Foxtrot London ? Veterans 27½–22½ Ketevan Arakhamia 6½/10 Lajos PortischVassily Smyslov 6½/10 1997 Hostdans Copenhagen ? Veterans 27–23 Ketevan Arakhamia 5½/10 Lajos Portisch 6/10 1998 Can-can Copenhagen ? Tie 36–36 Zhu Chen 7/12 Viktor Korchnoi 9/12 1999 Flamenco Marbella ? Veterans 30½–19½ Maia ChiburdanidzeXie Jun 4½/10 Viktor Korchnoi 7½/10 2000 Schuhplattler Munich ? Women 27–23 Nana IoselianiXie Jun 6½/10 Viktor Korchnoi 7½/10 2001 Klompendans Amsterdam ? Veterans 26–24 Zhu Chen 6/10 Lajos Portisch 6½/10

Scores Player Team'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01Total % V 8½ 8½/12 0.701 W 7½ 7½ 6½ 21½/34 0.632 V 7 7/12 0.583 W 6½ 7½ 7 4½ 25½/46 0.554 V 6½ 5 4½ 4½ 20½/46 0.446 V 6 6½ 8 5 6½ 5½ 4½ 4½ 5 5 56½/108 0.523 W 6 6½ 5½ 5 6½ 4 33½/64 0.523 V 6 6 12/24 0.500 V 5 5/12 0.417 W 5 5½ 2½ 6 4 23/54 0.426 W 4 9 5½ 6½ 4½ 29½/56 0.523 W 4 5½ 3 6½ 5½ 3½ 28/68 0.411 V 7½ 3½ 11/24 0.458 W 7 7½ 5 4½ 5 4½ 4½ 6½ 5½ 50/96 0.521 W 6 2 3 3½ 14½/42 0.345 V 4 4/12 0.333 V 2½ 2½/12 0.208 V 7½ 4½ 5½ 5½ 7 6½ 4½ 5½ 46½/84 0.554 W 6½ 4 4 3½ 5½ 6½ 5 35/74 0.473 V 6 5 5½ 4½ 7½ 5½ 34/64 0.531 V 5½ 3½ 6½ 6 5 6½ 6½ 39½/74 0.534 V 5½ 9 7½ 7½ 5½ 35/52 0.673 V 3½ 4½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 17½/52 0.337 W 4 7 4 5 6 26/52 0.500 V 2½ 2½/10 0.250

See also FIDE Women's Grand Prix

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