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1st Women's Chess Olympiad

May 06, 2023

The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.[1][2][3]

Kira Zvorykina and Olga Rubtsova, the winning Soviet Union team.
Ingrid Larsen, who played on the Danish team who finished 13th.
Short news video on the Olympiad.

Results

Preliminaries

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»   Soviet Union - 1½ 1½ 2 2 2 2 6 0 0 11
«A»   Netherlands ½ - 1 1 2 1½ 1½ 3 1 2 7½
«A»   Romania ½ 1 - 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 1 2 7
«B»   Czechoslovakia 0 1 1 - ½ 2 1½ 2 2 2 6
«B»   Ireland 0 0 ½ 1½ - 1 2 2 3 1 5
«C»   France 0 ½ ½ 0 1 - 1½ 1 4 1 3½
«C»   Finland 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - 0 6 0 2
  • Group 2:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 + − = Points
«A»   East Germany - 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 0 2 10
«A»   Bulgaria 1 - 1½ 1 1½ 2 2 4 0 2 9
«A»   Hungary 1 ½ - 1½ 1 2 2 3 1 2 8
«B»   United States 0 1 ½ - 2 1½ 2 3 2 1 7
«B»   Scotland 0 ½ 1 0 - ½ 1½ 1 4 1 3½
«C»   Austria 0 0 0 ½ 1½ - 1 1 4 1 3
«C»   Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 - 0 5 1 1½
  • Group 3:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 + − = Points
«A»   Yugoslavia - 1½ ½ 2 1½ 1 2 4 1 1 8½
«A»   West Germany ½ - 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 8½
«A»   England 1½ 1 - 1 ½ 2 2 3 1 2 8
«B»   Poland 0 1 1 - 2 2 2 3 1 2 8
«B»   Denmark ½ 0 1½ 0 - 2 2 3 3 0 6
«C»   Norway 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 1 4 1 3
«C»   Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 0

Final

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»

№ Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + − = Points
1   Soviet Union - 1 1½ 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 4 0 4 10½
2   Romania 1 - 1 1 1 2 ½ 2 2 3 1 4 10½
3   East Germany ½ 1 - 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 1½ 5 1 2 10
4   Hungary 1 1 ½ - ½ 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 2 3 8½
5   Bulgaria 1 1 ½ 1½ - 1 1 0 2 2 2 4 8
6   Yugoslavia 1 0 ½ 1 1 - 1½ 2 ½ 2 3 3 7½
7   England ½ 1½ ½ ½ 1 ½ - 1 1½ 2 4 2 7
8   West Germany ½ 0 1 ½ 2 0 1 - 1 1 4 3 6
9   Netherlands 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1½ ½ 1 - 1 6 1 4

Final «B»

№ Country 10 11 12 13 14 15 + − = Points
10   United States - 1 1½ 1½ 2 2 4 0 1 8
11   Czechoslovakia 1 - 1 2 2 2 3 0 2 8
12   Poland ½ 1 - 2 2 2 3 1 1 7½
13   Denmark ½ 0 0 - 2 2 2 3 2 4½
14=   Ireland 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 4 1 1
14=   Scotland 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 4 1 1

Final «C»

№ Country 16 17 18 19 20 21 + − = Points
16   France - 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 2 5 0 0 8½
17   Austria ½ - 1½ 1½ 2 2 4 1 0 7½
18   Finland ½ ½ - 1½ 2 1½ 3 2 0 6
19   Norway ½ ½ ½ - 1½ 1½ 2 3 0 4½
20   Belgium 0 0 0 ½ - 2 1 4 0 2½
21   Luxembourg 0 0 ½ ½ 0 - 0 5 0 1

Individual medals

References

  1. ^ "Emmen Olympiad 1957". www.icu.ie.
  2. ^ "1958 Men & 1957 Women Chess Olympiad". www.chessgames.com.
  3. ^ "The Encyclopaedia of Chess". St. Martin's Press. 11 September 1970 – via Google Books.

External links

  • 1st Women's Chess Olympiad: Emmen 1957 OlimpBase

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