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.
Preliminaries
Group 1: Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + −
Points «A»
2 2 2 2
4 0 0 8 «A» 0
2 1 2
2 1 1 5 «B» 0 0
2 1½
2 2 0 3½ «B» 0 1 0
1½
1 2 1 2½ «C» 0 0 ½ ½
0 4 0 1
Group 2: Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + −
Points «A»
1 2 2 2
3 0 1 7 «A» 1
1 1½ 2
2 0 2 5½ «B» 0 1
2 2
2 1 1 5 «B» 0 ½ 0
1½
1 3 0 2 «C» 0 0 0 ½
0 4 0 ½
Group 3: Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + −
Points «A»
1½ 2 1½ 2
4 0 0 7 «A» ½
1 1½ 2
2 1 1 5 «B» 0 1
2 2
2 1 1 5 «B» ½ ½ 0
2
1 3 0 3 «C» 0 0 0 0
0 4 0 0
Group 4: Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + −
Points «A»
1 1½ 2 2
3 0 1 6½ «A» 1
1½ 1 2
2 0 2 5½ «B» ½ ½
1 2
1 2 1 4 «B» 0 1 1
1½
1 1 2 3½ «C» 0 0 0 ½
0 4 0 ½
Group 5: Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + −
Points «A»
1½ 2 2 2
4 0 0 7½ «A» ½
1½ 2 2
3 1 0 6 «B» 0 ½
1 2
1 2 1 3½ «B» 0 0 1
1½
1 2 1 2½ «C» 0 0 0 ½
0 4 0 ½
Finals
{| class="wikitable" |+ Final A ! # !! Country !! Players !! Averagerating !! Points !! MP !! Playoff score |- | style="background:gold;"|1 || || Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Irina Levitina || 2380 || 13½ || 14 || 3 |- | style="background:silver;"|2 || || Elisabeta Polihroniade, Gertrude Baumstark, Margareta Teodorescu || 2233 || 13½ || 14 || 1 |- | style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || || Tatjana Lematschko, Antonina Georgieva, Venka Asenova || 2233 || 13 || 14 || |- | 4 || || Mária Ivánka, Zsuzsa Verőci, Mária Porubszky-Angyalosine || 2300 || 13 || 13 || |- | 5 || || Corry Vreeken, Ada van der Giessen, Erika Belle || 2115 || 9½ || || |- | 6 || || Květa Eretová, Štěpánka Vokřálová, Margita Polanová || 2195 || 9 || || |- | 7 || || Milunka Lazarević, Katarina Jovanović, Vlasta Kalchbrenner || 2203 || 7½ || || |- | 8 || || Anne Sunnucks, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson || 2068 || 4 || 3 || |- | 9 || || Anni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky || 2103 || 4 || 3 || |- | 10 || || Smilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard || 2033 || 3 || ||
{| class="wikitable" |+ Final B ! # !! Country !! Players !! Averagerating !! Points !! MP |- | 11 || || Pepita Ferrer Lucas, María del Pino García Padrón, Nieves García Vicente || 1938 || 13½ || 16 |- | 12 || || Olga Podrazhanskaya, Lea Nudelman || 2105 || 13½ || 16 |- | 13 || || Ruth Cardoso, Ivone Moysés, Norma Snitkowsky || 2008 || 11 || |- | 14 || || Mona May Karff, Ruth Herstein, Ruth Haring || 2048|| 10½ || |- | 15 || || Solveig Haraldsson, Jolanta Dahlin, Ingrid Svensson || 2025 || 9½ || |- | 16 || || Ingeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Alfreda Hausner || 1965 || 8½ || |- | 17 || || Ilse Guggenberger, Rosalba Patiño, Lilith Velásquez || – || 8 || |- | 18 || || Johanna Tuomainen, Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Marjatta Palasto || 1880|| 6 || |- | 19 || || Hyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai || 1825 || 5 || |- | 20 || || Dorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice || 1830 || 4½ ||
{| class="wikitable" |+ Final C ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 21 || || Aida Camps de Ocampo, Gloria Vega, Catalina Batres || 7½ || |- | 22 || || Ruth Rodríguez Ramírez, Sara Castellón de Santana, Dyalma Flores Cortés || 7 || |- | 23 || || Z. A. Al-Hariry, Shemin Al-Soud, Suad Said Al-Sarraj || 5 || 5 |- | 24 || "B" || N. Betancur, Maria Idalia Zapata, Doris Soler || 5 || 5 |- | 25 || || Martine Cellario, Anne Maria Macia || 4 || |- | 26 || || Ana Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer || 1½ ||
Final «A» № Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + −
Points 1
1 1½ 1½ ½ 1 2 2 2 2
6 1 2 13½ 2 1
2 1 1 1 1½ 2 2 2
5 0 4 13½ 3 ½ 0
1½ 1½ 2 2 1½ 2 2
7 2 0 13 4 ½ 1 ½
2 2 1½ 1½ 2 2
6 2 1 13 5 1½ 1 ½ 0
0 1 2 1½ 2
4 3 2 9½ 6 1 1 0 0 2
1 1 1½ 1½
3 2 4 9 7 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1
2 1½ 1
2 4 3 7½ 8 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0
1 1
0 6 3 4 9 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
1½
1 7 1 4 10 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
1½ 1½ 1½ 2 1½ 1½ 1 2 1
7 0 2 13½ 12 ½
1 1½ 1 1½ 2 2 2 2
6 1 2 13½ 13 ½ 1
1 1 1 1 2 1½ 2
3 1 5 11 14 ½ ½ 1
0 1½ 1 2 2 2
4 3 2 10½ 15 0 1 1 2
1 2 0 1½ 1
3 2 4 9½ 16 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
½ 1½ 1½ 1½
3 4 2 8½ 17 ½ 0 1 1 0 1½
1 1½ 1½
3 3 3 8 18 1 0 0 0 2 ½ 1
1 ½
1 5 3 6 19 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1
2
1 7 1 5 20 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1½ 0
1 6 2 4½
Final «C» № Country 21 22 23 24 25 26 + −
Points 21
1 1½ 2 1 2
3 0 2 7½ 22 1
1 2 1 2
2 0 3 7 23 ½ 1
1 1½ 1
1 1 3 5 24 "B" 0 0 1
2 2
2 2 1 5 25 1 1 ½ 0
1½
1 2 2 4 26 0 0 1 0 ½
0 4 1 1½
Individual medals
Board 1: Nona Gaprindashvili 10 / 12 = 83.3% Board 2: Nana Alexandria 6½ / 8 = 81.3% Reserve: Irina Levitina 8 / 10 = 80.0%
References
External links Women's Chess Olympiad: Medellín 1974 OlimpBase