Susan Polgar’s Trophy from the 1996 Jaen, Spain, Women’s World Chess Championship

Made of silver, the 1996 Women’s World Chess Championship trophy is modeled after an olive tree—a tribute to the olive oil for which Jaen, Spain, the city in which the 1996 Women’s World Chess Championship was held, is famous. The wood from which the trophy’s base is made also comes from an olive tree.

This trophy was loaned to the World Chess Hall of Fame by Susan Polgar.