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.[1]
| Individual winner |
| Year | Name | Location | Prize money | Team winner | Score | Women top scorer | Score | Veterans top scorer | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | $75,000 | Veterans | 39–33 | 7½/12 | 8½/12 | |||||
| 1993 | ? | Women | 40½–31½ | 9/12 | 6½/12 | |||||
| 1994 | Palladienne | ? | Women | 37–35 | 7½/12 | 8/12 | ||||
| 1995 | ? | Women | 26½–23½ | 6½/10 | 5½/10 | |||||
| 1996 | ? | Veterans | 27½–22½ | 6½/10 | 6½/10 | |||||
| 1997 | Hostdans | ? | Veterans | 27–23 | 5½/10 | 6/10 | ||||
| 1998 | ? | Tie | 36–36 | 7/12 | 9/12 | |||||
| 1999 | ? | Veterans | 30½–19½ | 4½/10 | 7½/10 | |||||
| 2000 | ? | Women | 27–23 | 6½/10 | 7½/10 | |||||
| 2001 | ? | Veterans | 26–24 | 6/10 | 6½/10 |
| Player | Team | '92 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '96 | '97 | '98 | '99 | '00 | '01 | Total | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |