1st Women's Chess Olympiad

International women's chess tournament thumb|Kira Zvorykina and Olga Rubtsova, the winning Soviet Union team. thumb|Ingrid Larsen, who played on the Danish team who finished 13th. thumb|Short news video on the Olympiad. The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.https://www.icu.ie/articles/223 Emmen Olympiad 1957 www.icu.iehttp://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1008618 1958 Men & 1957 Women Chess Olympiad www.chessgames.comhttps://books.google.com/books?id=tqwpAQAAIAAJ&q=Emmen+1957+womens+olympiad The Encyclopaedia of Chess 11 September 1970 St. Martin's Press Google Books 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» - 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 {| class="wikitable" |+ Final A ! # !!Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | style="background:gold;"|1 || URS 1955 || Olga Rubtsova, Kira Zvorykina || 10½ || 12 |- | style="background:silver;"|2 || ROM 1952 || Maria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu|| 10½ || 10 |- | style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || GDR 1949|| Edith Keller-Herrmann, Ursula Altrichter || 10 || |- | 4 || || Irén Hönsch, Éva Kertész || 8½ || |- | 5 || Bulgaria 1946 || Venka Asenova, Antonia Ivanova || 8 || |- | 6 || || Lidija Timofejeva, Tereza Štadler || 7½ || |- | 7 || || Elaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer|| 7 || |- | 8 || || Friedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser || 6 || |- | 9 || || Fenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen|| 4 || |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Final B ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 10 || USA 1912 || Gisela Kahn Gresser, Jacqueline Piatigorsky || 8 || 9 |- | 11 || || Nina Hrušková-Bělská, Květa Eretová || 8 || 8 |- | 12 || POL 1928 || Krystyna Hołuj, Mirosława Litmanowicz || 7½ || |- | 13 || || Ingrid Larsen, Merete Haahr || 4½ || |- | 14= || || Hilda Chater, Beth Cassidy || 1 || 1 |- | 14= || || Peggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie || 1 || 1 |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Final C ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points |- | 16 || FRA 1794 || Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Isabelle Choko || 8½ |- | 17 || || Alfreda Hausner, Berta Zebinger || 7½ |- | 18 || || Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Gunnel Jägerhorn || 6 |- | 19 || || Tora Mølman, Carthy Skjønsberg || 4½ |- | 20 || || Elisabeth Cuypers, Lilly Bollekens || 2½ |- | 21 || || Tresch, Welter || 1 |} Final «A» № 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» № 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» № 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 Board 1: POL 1928 Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8% Board 2: URS 1955 Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7% References External links 1st Women's Chess Olympiad: Emmen 1957 OlimpBase Category:Women's Chess Olympiads Olympiad w1 Olympiad w1 Chess Olympiad w1 Women's Chess Olympiad Category:Sports competitions in Emmen, Netherlands