Women's Chess Olympiad 1972

V Women's Chess Olympiad
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Location	North Macedonia , Skopje
Number of chess players	63
Number of parties	264
The opening ceremony	September 18, 1972
Opened	-
Closing ceremony	October 13, 1972
Champion (Women)	-

The 5th Women's Chess Olympiad lasted from September 18 to October 13, 1972 in the Yugoslav city of Skopje (now the Republic of Macedonia ).

The Fifth Women's Chess Olympiad for the first time held simultaneously with the Twentieth Men's Chess Olympiad .

The competition was attended by 63 chess players from 23 teams who played 264 games.

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Rules

The tournament was held in a circular system in two rounds. All teams were divided into 4 semifinal groups, the first two teams from each group made up the final “A”. The next two are the final “B”. Those who ranked below 4 made it to the C finals. Places were determined by the number of game points scored, with their equality - team points (KOs) were taken into account.

Results

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).

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	Glasses	Kpob	Korp
one	the USSR	×	2	2	2	1½	7½	four	0
2	GDR	0	×	1½	1½	2	five	3	one
3	Netherlands	0	½	×	1½	2	four	2	2
four	Australia	0	½	½	×	2	3	one	3
five	Ireland	½	0	0	0	×	½	0	four

Group B

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	Glasses	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	England	×	one	1½	2	2	2	8½	four	one	0
2	Czechoslovakia	one	×	one	2	2	2	eight	3	2	0
3	Yugoslavia	½	one	×	2	2	2	7½	3	one	one
four	Austria	0	0	0	×	1½	2	3½	2	0	3
five	Scotland	0	0	0	½	×	1½	2	one	0	four
6	Japan	0	0	0	0	½	×	½	0	0	five

Group C

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	Glasses	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	Romania	×	one	2	2	1½	1½	eight	four	one	0
2	Bulgaria	one	×	1½	1½	2	2	eight	four	one	0
3	Mongolia	0	½	×	one	one	2	4½	one	2	2
four	Brazil	0	½	one	×	1½	one	four	one	2	2
five	Israel	½	0	one	½	×	one	3	0	2	3
6	Switzerland	½	0	0	one	one	×	2½	0	2	3

Group D

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	Glasses	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	Hungary	×	one	one	2	2	2	eight	3	2	0
2	Germany	one	×	one	2	1½	2	7½	3	2	0
3	Poland	one	one	×	one	2	2	7	2	3	0
four	Sweden	0	0	one	×	one	2	four	one	2	2
five	Finland	0	½	0	one	×	one	2½	0	2	3
6	Singapore	0	0	0	0	one	×	one	0	one	four

Finals

Final A

A place	Team	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	Glasses	Kpob	Knich	Korp
one	the USSR	×	2	1½	1½	one	2	1½	2	11½	6	one	0
2	Romania	0	×	2	one	one	2	one	one	eight	2	four	one
3	Hungary	½	0	×	one	1½	one	2	2	eight	3	2	2
four	Bulgaria	½	one	one	×	one	½	2	1½	7½	2	3	2
five	Czechoslovakia	one	one	½	one	×	one	one	1½	7	one	five	one
6	Germany	0	0	one	1½	one	×	½	1½	5½	2	2	3
7	GDR	½	one	0	0	one	1½	×	½	4½	one	2	four
eight	England	0	one	0	½	½	½	1½	×	four	one	one	five

Final B

A place	Team	9	ten	eleven	12	13	14	15	sixteen	Glasses	Kpob	Knich	Korp
9	Poland	×	1½	1½	2	one	1½	1½	1½	10½	6	one	0
ten	Yugoslavia	½	×	one	½	1½	2	1½	1½	8½	four	one	2
eleven	Austria	½	one	×	1½	2	one	0	one	7	2	3	2
12	Netherlands	0	1½	½	×	one	one	2	one	7	2	3	2
13	Sweden	one	½	0	one	×	one	one	2	6½	one	four	2
14	Brazil	½	0	one	one	one	×	1½	one	6	one	four	2
15	Mongolia	½	½	2	0	one	½	×	one	5½	one	2	four
sixteen	Australia	½	½	one	one	0	one	one	×	five	0	four	3

Final C

A place	Team	17	18	nineteen	20	21	22	23	Glasses	Kpob	Knich	Korp
17	Switzerland	×	one	2	1½	2	½	2	9	four	one	one
18	Israel	one	×	one	1½	1½	1½	2	8½	four	2	0
nineteen	Singapore	0	one	×	one	1½	1½	one	6	2	3	one
20	Ireland	½	½	one	×	1½	1½	½	5½	2	one	3
21	Finland	0	½	½	½	×	2	2	5½	2	0	four
22	Scotland	1½	½	½	½	0	×	1½	4½	2	0	four
23	Japan	0	0	one	1½	0	½	×	3	one	one	four

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V Women's Chess Olympiad

Details
Location	North Macedonia , Skopje
Number of chess players	63
Number of parties	264
The opening ceremony	September 18, 1972
Opened	-
Closing ceremony	October 13, 1972
Champion (Women)	-