Women's World Chess Championship 1972
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The 1972 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Nona Gaprindashvili, who successfully defended her title against challenger Alla Kushnir. This was the third (and last) consecutive title match between the two strongest female players of their time.
For the first time, the women's championship cycle consisted of all the same stages as the open cycle. An Interzonal tournament was held in Ohrid in May 1971, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone, for a total of 18 participants. The top three would qualify for the Candidates Tournament.[1]
1971 Women's Interzonal Tournament Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points Tie break 1 
Nana Alexandria (Soviet Union)- 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 2 
Milunka Lazarević (Yugoslavia)1 - 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 12 91.75 3 Tatiana Zatulovskaya (Soviet Union)½ 1 - 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12 91.25 4 Natalia Konopleva (Soviet Union)0 ½ 1 - 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 11 87.50 5 
Mária Ivánka (Hungary)0 1 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 82.00 6 Valentina Kozlovskaya (Soviet Union)½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 10½ 7 
Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (Poland)½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 9½ 77.50 8 
Elisabeta Polihroniade (Romania)0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9½ 75.50 9 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević (Yugoslavia)½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 9 10 Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union)1 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 - 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 8½ 11 Ružica Jovanović (Yugoslavia)0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 7½ 59.25 12 Tanja Belamarić (Yugoslavia)0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ 54.00 13 Tereza Štadler (Yugoslavia)0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ 14 
Corry Vreeken (Netherlands)0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - 1 ½ 0 ½ 5½ 41.50 15 
Mona May Karff (USA)0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 5½ 40.75 16 Gertrude Baumstark (Romania)0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ - ½ 1 5 37.00 17 
Ruth Volgl Cardoso (Brazil)0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ - 0 5 36.25 18 Gisela Kahn Gresser (USA)0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 - 4½
