1st Women's Chess Olympiad explained

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»		-	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	- style="border-top:2px solid grey;" !«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	- style="border-top:2px solid grey;" !«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	- style="border-top:2px solid grey;" !«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	- style="border-top:2px solid grey;" !«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	- style="border-top:2px solid grey;" !«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	- style="border-top:2px solid grey;" !«C»		0	0	0	0	0	0	- !	0	6	0	0

Final

Final A! # !!Country !! Players !! Points !! MP

1			10½	12
2		Maria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu	10½	10
3			10
4			8½
5			8
6			7½
7		Elaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer	7
8		Friedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser	6
9		Fenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen	4

Final B! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP

10			8	9
11			8	8
12			7½
13			4½
14=		Hilda Chater, Beth Cassidy	1	1
14=		Peggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie	1	1

Final C! # !! Country !! Players !! Points

16			8½
17			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	align=left bgcolor="gold"		-	1	1½	1	1	1	1½	1½	2		4	0	4	10½	-	2	align=left bgcolor="silver"		1	-	1	1	1	2	½	2	2		3	1	4	10½	-	3	align=left bgcolor="CC9966"		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: Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8%
• Board 2: Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7%

External links

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

Notes and References

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