Back أولمبياد الشطرنج للسيدات Arabic Olimpíades d'escacs femenines Catalan Naiste maleolümpia Estonian ქალთა საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა Georgian Moterų šachmatų olimpiada Lithuanian Olimpíada de xadrez para mulheres Portuguese 女子国际象棋奥林匹克 Chinese
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. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympiad has been incorporated within Chess Olympiad events, with simultaneous women's and open tournaments.
The Soviet Union has won it the most often: 11 times. Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, China have won the event six times, Georgia – four times, Russia – three times and Ukraine – two times. It has also been won by Hungary led by three Polgár sisters (twice) and Israeli team fully composed of Soviet-born players (once in 1976 when it was boycotted by the Eastern Bloc).