The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.
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 || || Olga Rubtsova, Kira Zvorykina || 10½ || 12 |- | style="background:silver;"|2 || || Maria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu|| 10½ || 10 |- | style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || || Edith Keller-Herrmann, Ursula Altrichter || 10 || |- | 4 || || Irén Hönsch, Éva Kertész || 8½ || |- | 5 || || 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 || || Gisela Kahn Gresser, Jacqueline Piatigorsky || 8 || 9 |- | 11 || || Nina Hrušková-Bělská, Květa Eretová || 8 || 8 |- | 12 || || 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 || || 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: Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8% Board 2: Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7%
References
External links 1st Women's Chess Olympiad: Emmen 1957 OlimpBase