1st Women's Chess Olympiad
Appearance
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/IngridLarsen1957.jpg/220px-IngridLarsen1957.jpg)
The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.[1][2][3]
Results
[edit]Preliminaries
[edit]A total of 21 two-woman teams entered the competition and were divided into three preliminary groups of seven teams. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th–5th to Final B, and 6th–7th to Final C. All groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments.
Group 1 was won by the Soviet Union, well ahead of Netherlands and Romania.
East Germany took first place in group 2, ahead of Bulgaria and Hungary.
Group 3 was won by Yugoslavia, ahead of West Germany and England.
- Group 1:
Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
«A» | ![]() |
- | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
«A» | ![]() |
½ | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7½ | |
«A» | ![]() |
½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
«B» | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
«B» | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
«C» | ![]() |
0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3½ | |
«C» | ![]() |
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
- Group 2:
Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
«A» | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
«A» | ![]() |
1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
«A» | ![]() |
1 | ½ | - | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
«B» | ![]() |
0 | 1 | ½ | - | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
«B» | ![]() |
0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 1½ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3½ | |
«C» | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
«C» | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1½ |
- Group 3:
Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
«A» | ![]() |
- | 1½ | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | |
«A» | ![]() |
½ | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8½ | |
«A» | ![]() |
1½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
«B» | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
«B» | ![]() |
½ | 0 | 1½ | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
«C» | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
«C» | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Final
[edit]Final A # Country Players Points MP 1 Soviet Union
Olga Rubtsova, Kira Zvorykina 10½ 12 2 Romania
Maria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu 10½ 10 3 East Germany
Edith Keller-Herrmann, Ursula Altrichter 10 4 Hungary
Irén Hönsch, Éva Kertész 8½ 5 Bulgaria
Venka Asenova, Antonia Ivanova 8 6 Yugoslavia
Lidija Timofejeva, Tereza Štadler 7½ 7 England
Elaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer 7 8 West Germany
Friedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser 6 9 Netherlands
Fenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen 4
Final B # Country Players Points MP 10 United States
Gisela Kahn Gresser, Jacqueline Piatigorsky 8 9 11 Czechoslovakia
Nina Hrušková-Bělská, Květa Eretová 8 8 12 Poland
Krystyna Hołuj, Mirosława Litmanowicz 7½ 13 Denmark
Ingrid Larsen, Merete Haahr 4½ 14= Ireland
Hilda Chater, Beth Cassidy 1 1 14= Scotland
Peggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie 1 1
Final C # Country Players Points 16 France
Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Isabelle Choko 8½ 17 Austria
Alfreda Hausner, Berta Zebinger 7½ 18 Finland
Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Gunnel Jägerhorn 6 19 Norway
Tora Mølman, Carthy Skjønsberg 4½ 20 Belgium
Elisabeth Cuypers, Lilly Bollekens 2½ 21 Luxembourg
Tresch, Welter 1
Final «A»
[edit]№ | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10½ | |
2 | ![]() |
1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10½ | |
3 | ![]() |
½ | 1 | - | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8½ | |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | ½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 1½ | 2 | ½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7½ | |
7 | ![]() |
½ | 1½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
8 | ![]() |
½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
9 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1½ | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
Final «B»
[edit]№ | Country | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | ![]() |
- | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
11 | ![]() |
1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
12 | ![]() |
½ | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | |
13 | ![]() |
½ | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4½ | |
14= | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
14= | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Final «C»
[edit]№ | Country | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | + | − | = | Points | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | ![]() |
- | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8½ | |
17 | ![]() |
½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7½ | |
18 | ![]() |
½ | ½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
19 | ![]() |
½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4½ | |
20 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2½ | |
21 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Individual medals
[edit]- Board 1:
Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8%
- Board 2:
Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7%
References
[edit]- ^ "Emmen Olympiad 1957". www.icu.ie.
- ^ "1958 Men & 1957 Women Chess Olympiad". www.chessgames.com.
- ^ "The Encyclopaedia of Chess". St. Martin's Press. 11 September 1970 – via Google Books.
External links
[edit]- 1st Women's Chess Olympiad: Emmen 1957 OlimpBase