1st Women's Chess Olympiad
International women's chess tournament
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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
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 A # Country Players Points MP 1 
Soviet UnionOlga Rubtsova, Kira Zvorykina 10½ 12 2 
RomaniaMaria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu 10½ 10 3 
East GermanyEdith Keller-Herrmann, Ursula Altrichter 10 4 
HungaryIrén Hönsch, Éva Kertész 8½ 5 
BulgariaVenka Asenova, Antonia Ivanova 8 6 
YugoslaviaLidija Timofejeva, Tereza Štadler 7½ 7 
EnglandElaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer 7 8 West GermanyFriedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser 6 9 
NetherlandsFenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen 4
Final B # Country Players Points MP 10 
United StatesGisela Kahn Gresser, Jacqueline Piatigorsky 8 9 11 
CzechoslovakiaNina Hrušková-Bělská, Květa Eretová 8 8 12 
PolandKrystyna Hołuj, Mirosława Litmanowicz 7½ 13 
DenmarkIngrid Larsen, Merete Haahr 4½ 14= 
IrelandHilda Chater, Beth Cassidy 1 1 14= 
ScotlandPeggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie 1 1
Final C # Country Players Points 16 
FranceChantal Chaudé de Silans, Isabelle Choko 8½ 17 
AustriaAlfreda Hausner, Berta Zebinger 7½ 18 
FinlandSirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Gunnel Jägerhorn 6 19 
NorwayTora Mølman, Carthy Skjønsberg 4½ 20 
BelgiumElisabeth Cuypers, Lilly Bollekens 2½ 21 
LuxembourgTresch, 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»
Individual medals
- Board 1: Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8%
- Board 2: Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7%