The finals of the 16th USSR Championship in Russian Drafts among women were held from 2 to 16 August 1972 in Yalta . 1 point was awarded for a victory, 0.5 points for a draw and 0 points for a loss.
The champions of the country were Nadezhda Markyavichene and Elena Mikhailovskaya , who scored the same number of points. Larisa Agafonova finished third.
Final position
| A place | Participant | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | sixteen | 17 | Glasses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Nadezhda Markevichene (Vilnius) | = | = | = | one | one | = | = | one | one | = | = | = | = | one | = | one | eleven | |
| 1-2 | Elena Mikhailovskaya (Moscow) | = | = | = | = | = | one | = | one | 0 | one | = | one | one | one | one | = | eleven | |
| 3 | Larisa Agafonova (Moscow) | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | one | one | one | = | one | = | = | ten | |
| four | Johanna Tsine (Riga) | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | one | = | = | = | = | one | = | 9 | |
| five | Alina Naumova (Kiev) | 0 | = | = | = | = | one | = | = | = | 0 | = | one | one | one | = | = | 9 | |
| 6 | Galina Glazova (Leningrad) | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | one | one | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | one | 9 | |
| 7 | Tamriko Gamkhitashvili (Tbilisi) | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | one | = | one | = | = | one | 9 | |
| eight | Dzintra Pudane (Moscow) | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | one | = | = | = | = | = | eight | |
| 9 | Galina Kuznetsova (Leningrad) | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | one | one | = | = | one | eight | |
| ten | Elena Sorkina (Minsk) | 0 | one | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | one | = | 7.5 | |
| eleven | Ioannina Augustinaite (Vilnius) | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | = | = | = | = | one | = | one | 0 | 0 | = | = | 7 | |
| 12 | Alevtina Lazarenko (Gorky) | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | one | 7 | |
| 13 | A. Mishkina (Ryazan) | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | one | 0 | = | = | = | one | one | 7 | |
| 14 | Alina Tikheeva (Leningrad) | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | one | = | = | = | = | = | 6.5 | |
| 15 | Elvira Braginskaya (Kharkov) | 0 | one | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | one | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | one | 6.5 | |
| sixteen | Margarita Yakovenko (Baku) | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | one | 6 | |
| 17 | Z. Bababekova (Samarkand) | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 0 | 4,5 |