Women's Chess Olympiad 1957

I Women's Chess Olympiad
	Details
Location	Netherlands , Emmen
Member countries	21
Number of chess players	43
Number of parties	258
The opening ceremony	September 2, 1957
Closing ceremony	September 21, 1957
Champion	the USSR

The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad was held from September 2 to September 21, 1957 in the city of Emmen ( Netherlands ).

21 teams took part in the Olympics. 43 chess players played 258 games.

Content

Rules

Competitions were held in a circular system in two rounds. Teams were divided into three semifinal groups. The first three teams from each group made it to the main final “A”, the next two to the final “B” and the last two to the final “C”.

Semifinals

Group A

Points - the sum of points scored by all chess players (1 for a chess player’s victory, ½ for a draw, 0 for a defeat);
KO - unofficial team points ( KPob - team victory, KNich - draw, Korp - defeat) scored by the whole team (2 for the team victory, 1 - draw, 0 - defeat).
B - Berger coefficient .

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	Glasses	KO	B	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	the USSR	×	1½	1½	2	2	2	2	eleven	12	31	6	0	0
2	Netherlands	½	×	one	one	2	1½	1½	7½	eight	17	3	2	one
3	Romania	½	one	×	one	1½	1½	1½	7	eight	17.25	3	2	one
four	Czechoslovakia	0	one	one	×	½	2	1½	6	6	12.75	2	2	2
five	Ireland	0	0	½	1½	×	one	2	five	five	9.75	2	one	3
6	France	0	½	½	0	one	×	1½	3½	3	4.5	one	one	four
7	Finland	0	½	½	½	0	½	×	2	0	0	0	0	6

Group B

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	Glasses	KO	B	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	GDR	×	one	one	2	2	2	2	ten	ten	23.5	four	2	0
2	Bulgaria	one	×	1½	one	1½	2	2	9	ten	24.5	four	2	0
3	Hungary	one	½	×	1½	one	2	2	eight	eight	18.25	3	2	one
four	USA	0	one	½	×	2	1½	2	7	7	12.5	3	one	2
five	Scotland	0	½	one	0	×	½	1½	3½	3	5.5	one	one	four
6	Austria	0	0	0	½	1½	×	one	3	3	4.25	one	one	four
7	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	½	one	×	1½	one	1.5	0	one	five

Group C

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	Glasses	KO	B	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	Yugoslavia	×	1½	½	2	1½	one	2	8½	9	24	four	one	one
2	Germany	½	×	one	one	2	2	2	8½	eight	17	3	2	one
3	England	1½	one	×	one	½	2	2	eight	eight	19.75	3	2	one
four	Poland	0	one	one	×	2	2	2	eight	eight	17.25	3	2	one
five	Denmark	½	0	1½	0	×	2	2	6	6	eleven	3	0	3
6	Norway	one	0	0	0	0	×	2	3	3	4.25	one	one	four
7	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	×	0	0	0	0	0	6

Finals

Final A

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	Glasses	KO	B	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	the USSR	×	one	1½	one	one	one	1½	1½	2	10½	12	44.25	four	four	0
2	Romania	one	×	one	one	one	2	½	2	2	10½	ten	36	3	four	one
3	GDR	½	one	×	1½	1½	1½	1½	one	1½	ten	12	43.25	five	2	one
four	Hungary	one	one	½	×	½	one	1½	1½	1½	8½	9	31.25	3	3	2
five	Bulgaria	one	one	½	1½	×	one	one	0	2	eight	eight	30.25	2	four	2
6	Yugoslavia	one	0	½	one	one	×	1½	2	½	7½	7	26.5	2	3	3
7	England	½	1½	½	½	one	½	×	one	1½	7	6	21.5	2	2	four
eight	Germany	½	0	one	½	2	0	one	×	one	6	five	18.5	one	3	four
9	Netherlands	0	0	½	½	0	1½	½	one	×	four	3	10.5	one	one	6

Final B

A place	Team	ten	eleven	12	13	14	14	Glasses	KO	B	Kpob	Knich	Korp
ten	USA	×	one	1½	1½	2	2	eight	9	18	four	one	0
eleven	Czechoslovakia	one	×	one	2	2	2	eight	eight	14.25	3	2	0
12	Poland	½	one	×	2	2	2	7½	7	10.5	3	one	one
13	Denmark	½	0	0	×	2	2	4½	four	2	2	0	3
14	Ireland	0	0	0	0	×	one	one	one	0.5	0	one	four
14	Scotland	0	0	0	0	one	×	one	one	0.5	0	one	four

Final C

A place	Team	sixteen	17	18	nineteen	20	21	Glasses	KO	B	Kpob	Korp
sixteen	France	×	1½	1½	1½	2	2	8½	ten	21.5	five	0
17	Austria	½	×	1½	1½	2	2	7½	eight	14	four	one
18	Finland	½	½	×	1½	2	1½	6	6	eight	3	2
nineteen	Norway	½	½	½	×	1½	1½	4½	four	3.5	2	3
20	Belgium	0	0	0	½	×	2	2½	2	one	one	four
21	Luxembourg	0	0	½	½	0	×	one	0	0	0	five

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I Women's Chess Olympiad

Details
Location	Netherlands , Emmen
Member countries	21
Number of chess players	43
Number of parties	258
The opening ceremony	September 2, 1957
Closing ceremony	September 21, 1957
Champion	the USSR