| 年分 | 主辦國 | 主辦城市 | 世界冠軍 | 亞軍 | 勝(+) | 負(−) | 和(=) | 規則 |
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| 女子世界西洋棋錦標賽 (1927–1944) |
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| 1927 |  英国 | 伦敦 |  Vera Menchik | 11 players | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12-player 循环赛 |
| 1930 |  Germany | 汉堡 |  Vera Menchik | 4 players | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5-player double round-robin tournament |
| 1931 | 捷克斯洛伐克 | 布拉格 | Vera Menchik | 4 players | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5-player double round-robin tournament |
| 1933 | 英国 | 福克斯通 | Vera Menchik | 7 players | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8-player double round-robin tournament |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1934 |  荷蘭 | 鹿特丹 | Vera Menchik |  Sonja Graf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1935 |  波蘭 | 华沙 | Vera Menchik | 9 players | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10-player round-robin tournament |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Stockholm olympiad) |  瑞典 | 斯德哥尔摩 | Vera Menchik | 25 players | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26-player 瑞士制 |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Menchik–Graf) |  奥地利 | 塞默灵 | Vera Menchik |  Sonja Graf | 9 | 2 | 5 | 16-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1939 |  阿根廷 | 布宜諾斯艾利斯 |  Vera Menchik | 19 players | 17 | 0 | 2 | 20-player round-robin tournament |
| Vera Menchik died in 1944 as reigning world champion. |
| 女子世界西洋棋錦標賽 (1944–1950) |
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| 空位時代 |
| 女子世界西洋棋錦標賽 (1950–1999) |
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| Women's World Chess Championship 1949–50 |  苏联 | 莫斯科 | 柳德米拉·鲁丹科 | 15 players | 11½ points out of 15 | 16-player round-robin tournament |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1953 |  苏联 | 莫斯科 | Elisaveta Bykova | 柳德米拉·鲁丹科 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1956 |  苏联 | 莫斯科 |  Olga Rubtsova | Elisaveta Bykova | 10 points out of 16 | 3-player (Olga Rubtsova, Elisaveta Bykova, 柳德米拉·鲁丹科) octuple round-robin |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1958 | 苏联 | 莫斯科 | Elisaveta Bykova | Olga Rubtsova | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1959 | 苏联 | 莫斯科 | Elisaveta Bykova | Kira Zvorykina | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1962 | 苏联 | 莫斯科 | 诺娜·加普林达什维利 | Elisaveta Bykova | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1965 | 苏联 | 里加 | 诺娜·加普林达什维利 | Alla Kushnir | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1969 | 苏联 | 第比利斯
莫斯科 | 诺娜·加普林达什维利 | Alla Kushnir | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1972 | 苏联 | 里加 | 诺娜·加普林达什维利 | Alla Kushnir | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1975 | 苏联 | 皮聰大
第比利斯 | 诺娜·加普林达什维利 | Nana Alexandria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1978 | 苏联 | 第比利斯 | 玛雅·齐布尔达尼泽 | 诺娜·加普林达什维利 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1981 |  苏联 | 博爾若米
第比利斯 |  玛雅·齐布尔达尼泽 | Nana Alexandria | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16-game match (draw) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1984 | 苏联 | 伏尔加格勒 | 玛雅·齐布尔达尼泽 | 列莉娜·列维蒂娜 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1986 |  Bulgaria | 索菲亞 | 玛雅·齐布尔达尼泽 | Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1988 | 苏联 | 泰拉維 | 玛雅·齐布尔达尼泽 | Nana Ioseliani | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1991 |  菲律賓 | 马尼拉 |  谢军 (棋手) | 玛雅·齐布尔达尼泽 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1993 |  摩納哥 | 摩纳哥 | 谢军 (棋手) |  Nana Ioseliani | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1996 |  西班牙 | 哈恩 (西班牙) |  波尔加·苏珊 | 谢军 (棋手) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 1999 |  俄羅斯
 中國 | 喀山
沈阳市 | 谢军 (棋手) | 阿莉萨·加利亚莫娃 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15-game match |
| W女子世界西洋棋錦標賽 (2000–2018) (addition of the knockout format) |
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| Women's World Chess Championship 2000 |  印度 | 新德里 | 谢军 (棋手) | 秦侃滢 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64-player 单败淘汰制 (4-game championship match) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2001 | 俄羅斯 | 莫斯科 | 諸宸 | 亚历山德拉·科斯坚纽克 | 2+3 | 2+1 | 0 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, plus tie-breaks) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2004 | 俄羅斯 | 埃利斯塔 |  安托阿内塔·斯坦芳诺娃 | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, won early) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2006 | 俄羅斯 | 葉卡捷琳堡 | 许昱华 | 阿莉萨·加利亚莫娃 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, won early) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2008 | 俄羅斯 | 納爾奇克 | 亚历山德拉·科斯坚纽克 | 侯逸凡 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2010 |  土耳其 | 哈塔伊省 | 侯逸凡 | 阮露斐 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, plus tie-breaks) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2011 |  阿尔巴尼亚 | 地拉那 | 侯逸凡 |  科内鲁·胡姆比 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10-game match, won early |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2012 | 俄羅斯 | 汉特-曼西斯克 |  安娜·乌什尼娜 | 安托阿内塔·斯坦芳诺娃 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, plus tie-breaks) |
| 2013年女子国际象棋世界冠军对抗赛 | 中國 | 泰州市 | 侯逸凡 | 安娜·乌什尼娜 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10-game match, won early |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2015 | 俄羅斯 | 索契 | 玛丽亚·穆兹丘克 | 纳塔利娅·波戈尼娜 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match) |
| 2016年国际象棋女子世界冠军赛 |  烏克蘭 | 利沃夫 | 侯逸凡 | 玛丽亚·穆兹丘克 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10-game match, won early |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2017 |  伊朗 | 德黑兰 | 谭中怡 | 安娜·穆兹丘克 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, plus tie-breaks) |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (match) | 中國 | 上海市
重庆市 | 居文君 | 谭中怡 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10-game match |
| Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (tournament) | 俄羅斯 | 汉特-曼西斯克 | 居文君 | 叶卡捷琳娜·拉格诺 | 1+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 64-player knock-out tournament (4-game championship match, plus tie-breaks) |
| Women's World Chess Championship (2020) (return to match format only) |
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| Women's World Chess Championship 2020 | 中國
俄羅斯 | Shanghai
海參崴 | 居文君 | 亚历山德拉·戈尔亚齐金娜 | 3+1 | 3 | 6+3 | 12-game match (plus tie-breaks) |
