6th Women's Chess Olympiad

Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria
Irina Levitina
Irina Levitina
The winning Soviet Union team

The 6th Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, took place on 15 September to 7 October 1974 in Medellín, Colombia.

Twenty-five nations took part in the women's Olympiad. From five preliminary groups the teams were split into three finals.

The Soviet Union won.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Preliminaries

  • Group 1:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + − = Points
«A»  Soviet Union - 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 8
«A»  Canada 0 - 2 1 2 2 1 1 5
«B»  Austria 0 0 - 2 1½ 2 2 0 3½
«B»  Colombia 0 1 0 - 1½ 1 2 1 2½
«C»  Puerto Rico 0 0 ½ ½ - 0 4 0 1
  • Group 2:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + − = Points
«A»  Romania - 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 7
«A»  Netherlands 1 - 1 1½ 2 2 0 2 5½
«B»  United States 0 1 - 2 2 2 1 1 5
«B»  Japan 0 ½ 0 - 1½ 1 3 0 2
«C»  Panama 0 0 0 ½ - 0 4 0 ½
  • Group 3:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + − = Points
«A»  Hungary - 1½ 2 1½ 2 4 0 0 7
«A»  England ½ - 1 1½ 2 2 1 1 5
«B»  Israel 0 1 - 2 2 2 1 1 5
«B»  Brazil ½ ½ 0 - 2 1 3 0 3
«C»  Monaco 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0
  • Group 4:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + − = Points
«A»  Yugoslavia - 1 1½ 2 2 3 0 1 6½
«A»  Bulgaria 1 - 1½ 1 2 2 0 2 5½
«B»  Spain ½ ½ - 1 2 1 2 1 4
«B»  Finland 0 1 1 - 1½ 1 1 2 3½
«C»  Mexico 0 0 0 ½ - 0 4 0 ½
  • Group 5:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + − = Points
«A»  Czechoslovakia - 1½ 2 2 2 4 0 0 7½
«A»  West Germany ½ - 1½ 2 2 3 1 0 6
«B»  Sweden 0 ½ - 1 2 1 2 1 3½
«B»  Ireland 0 0 1 - 1½ 1 2 1 2½
«C»  Iraq 0 0 0 ½ - 0 4 0 ½

Finals

Final A
# Country Players Average
rating		 Points MP Playoff score
1  Soviet Union Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Irina Levitina 2380 13½ 14 3
2  Romania Elisabeta Polihroniade, Gertrude Baumstark, Margareta Teodorescu 2233 13½ 14 1
3  Bulgaria Tatjana Lematschko, Antonina Georgieva, Venka Asenova 2233 13 14
4  Hungary Mária Ivánka, Zsuzsa Verőci, Mária Porubszky-Angyalosine 2300 13 13
5  Netherlands Corry Vreeken, Ada van der Giessen, Erika Belle 2115 9½
6  Czechoslovakia Květa Eretová, Štěpánka Vokřálová, Margita Polanová 2195 9
7  Yugoslavia Milunka Lazarević, Katarina Jovanović, Vlasta Kalchbrenner 2203 7½
8  England Anne Sunnucks, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson 2068 4 3
9  West Germany Anni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky 2103 4 3
10  Canada Smilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard 2033 3
Final B
# Country Players Average
rating		 Points MP
11  Spain Pepita Ferrer Lucas, María del Pino García Padrón, Nieves García Vicente 1938 13½ 16
12  Israel Olga Podrazhanskaya, Lea Nudelman 2105 13½ 16
13  Brazil Ruth Cardoso, Ivone Moysés, Norma Snitkowsky 2008 11
14  United States Mona May Karff, Ruth Herstein, Ruth Haring 2048 10½
15  Sweden Solveig Haraldsson, Jolanta Dahlin, Ingrid Svensson 2025 9½
16  Austria Ingeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Alfreda Hausner 1965 8½
17  Colombia Ilse Guggenberger, Rosalba Patiño, Lilith Velásquez – 8
18  Finland Johanna Tuomainen, Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Marjatta Palasto 1880 6
19  Japan Hyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai 1825 5
20  Ireland Dorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice 1830 4½
Final C
# Country Players Points MP
21  Mexico Aida Camps de Ocampo, Gloria Vega, Catalina Batres 7½
22  Puerto Rico Ruth Rodríguez Ramírez, Sara Castellón de Santana, Dyalma Flores Cortés 7
23  Iraq Z. A. Al-Hariry, Shemin Al-Soud, Suad Said Al-Sarraj 5 5
24  Colombia "B" N. Betancur, Maria Idalia Zapata, Doris Soler 5 5
25  Monaco Martine Cellario, Anne Maria Macia 4
26  Panama Ana Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer 1½

Final «A»

№ Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + − = Points
1  Soviet Union - 1 1½ 1½ ½ 1 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 13½
2  Romania 1 - 2 1 1 1 1½ 2 2 2 5 0 4 13½
3  Bulgaria ½ 0 - 1½ 1½ 2 2 1½ 2 2 7 2 0 13
4  Hungary ½ 1 ½ - 2 2 1½ 1½ 2 2 6 2 1 13
5  Netherlands 1½ 1 ½ 0 - 0 1 2 1½ 2 4 3 2 9½
6  Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 2 - 1 1 1½ 1½ 3 2 4 9
7  Yugoslavia 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 - 2 1½ 1 2 4 3 7½
8  England 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 - 1 1 0 6 3 4
9  West Germany 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 1½ 1 7 1 4
10  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ - 0 7 2 3
  • Play-off for gold: Soviet Union-Romania 3-1 (2-0, 1-1)

Final «B»

№ Country 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 + − = Points
11  Spain - 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 1½ 1½ 1 2 1 7 0 2 13½
12  Israel ½ - 1 1½ 1 1½ 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 13½
13  Brazil ½ 1 - 1 1 1 1 2 1½ 2 3 1 5 11
14  United States ½ ½ 1 - 0 1½ 1 2 2 2 4 3 2 10½
15  Sweden 0 1 1 2 - 1 2 0 1½ 1 3 2 4 9½
16  Austria ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - ½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 3 4 2 8½
17  Colombia ½ 0 1 1 0 1½ - 1 1½ 1½ 3 3 3 8
18  Finland 1 0 0 0 2 ½ 1 - 1 ½ 1 5 3 6
19  Japan 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 2 1 7 1 5
20  Ireland 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1½ 0 - 1 6 2 4½

Final «C»

№ Country 21 22 23 24 25 26 + − = Points
21  Mexico - 1 1½ 2 1 2 3 0 2 7½
22  Puerto Rico 1 - 1 2 1 2 2 0 3 7
23  Iraq ½ 1 - 1 1½ 1 1 1 3 5
24  Colombia "B" 0 0 1 - 2 2 2 2 1 5
25  Monaco 1 1 ½ 0 - 1½ 1 2 2 4
26  Panama 0 0 1 0 ½ - 0 4 1 1½

Individual medals

References

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