The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.[1][2][3]
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Results
editPreliminaries
editA 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
editFinal 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 | 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»
edit№ | 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»
edit№ | 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
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