6th Women's Chess Olympiad

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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Preliminaries

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  • Group 1:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + = Points
«A»   Soviet Union - 2 2 2 2 4 0 0 8
«A»   Canada 0 - 2 1 2 2 1 1 5
«B»   Austria 0 0 - 2 2 2 0
«B»   Colombia 0 1 0 - 1 2 1
«C»   Puerto Rico 0 0 ½ ½ - 0 4 0 1
  • Group 2:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + = Points
«A»   Romania - 1 2 2 2 3 0 1 7
«A»   Netherlands 1 - 1 2 2 0 2
«B»   United States 0 1 - 2 2 2 1 1 5
«B»   Japan 0 ½ 0 - 1 3 0 2
«C»   Panama 0 0 0 ½ - 0 4 0 ½
  • Group 3:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + = Points
«A»   Hungary - 2 2 4 0 0 7
«A»   England ½ - 1 2 2 1 1 5
«B»   Israel 0 1 - 2 2 2 1 1 5
«B»   Brazil ½ ½ 0 - 2 1 3 0 3
«C»   Monaco 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0
  • Group 4:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + = Points
«A»   Yugoslavia - 1 2 2 3 0 1
«A»   Bulgaria 1 - 1 2 2 0 2
«B»   Spain ½ ½ - 1 2 1 2 1 4
«B»   Finland 0 1 1 - 1 1 2
«C»   Mexico 0 0 0 ½ - 0 4 0 ½
  • Group 5:
Final Country 1 2 3 4 5 + = Points
«A»   Czechoslovakia - 2 2 2 4 0 0
«A»   West Germany ½ - 2 2 3 1 0 6
«B»   Sweden 0 ½ - 1 2 1 2 1
«B»   Ireland 0 0 1 - 1 2 1
«C»   Iraq 0 0 0 ½ - 0 4 0 ½

Finals

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Final A
# Country Players Average
rating
Points MP Playoff score
1   Soviet Union Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Irina Levitina 2380 13½ 14 3
2   Romania Elisabeta Polihroniade, Gertrude Baumstark, Margareta Teodorescu 2233 13½ 14 1
3   Bulgaria Tatjana Lematschko, Antonina Georgieva, Venka Asenova 2233 13 14
4   Hungary Mária Ivánka, Zsuzsa Verőci, Mária Porubszky-Angyalosine 2300 13 13
5   Netherlands Corry Vreeken, Ada van der Giessen, Erika Belle 2115
6   Czechoslovakia Květa Eretová, Štěpánka Vokřálová, Margita Polanová 2195 9
7   Yugoslavia Milunka Lazarević, Katarina Jovanović, Vlasta Kalchbrenner 2203
8   England Anne Sunnucks, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson 2068 4 3
9   West Germany Anni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky 2103 4 3
10   Canada Smilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard 2033 3
Final B
# Country Players Average
rating
Points MP
11   Spain Pepita Ferrer Lucas, María del Pino García Padrón, Nieves García Vicente 1938 13½ 16
12   Israel Olga Podrazhanskaya, Lea Nudelman 2105 13½ 16
13   Brazil Ruth Cardoso, Ivone Moysés, Norma Snitkowsky 2008 11
14   United States Mona May Karff, Ruth Herstein, Ruth Haring 2048 10½
15   Sweden Solveig Haraldsson, Jolanta Dahlin, Ingrid Svensson 2025
16   Austria Ingeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Alfreda Hausner 1965
17   Colombia Ilse Guggenberger, Rosalba Patiño, Lilith Velásquez 8
18   Finland Johanna Tuomainen, Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Marjatta Palasto 1880 6
19   Japan Hyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai 1825 5
20   Ireland Dorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice 1830
Final C
# Country Players Points MP
21   Mexico Aida Camps de Ocampo, Gloria Vega, Catalina Batres
22   Puerto Rico Ruth Rodríguez Ramírez, Sara Castellón de Santana, Dyalma Flores Cortés 7
23   Iraq Z. A. Al-Hariry, Shemin Al-Soud, Suad Said Al-Sarraj 5 5
24   Colombia "B" N. Betancur, Maria Idalia Zapata, Doris Soler 5 5
25   Monaco Martine Cellario, Anne Maria Macia 4
26   Panama Ana Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer

Final «A»

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Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + = Points
1   Soviet Union - 1 ½ 1 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 13½
2   Romania 1 - 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 5 0 4 13½
3   Bulgaria ½ 0 - 2 2 2 2 7 2 0 13
4   Hungary ½ 1 ½ - 2 2 2 2 6 2 1 13
5   Netherlands 1 ½ 0 - 0 1 2 2 4 3 2
6   Czechoslovakia 1 1 0 0 2 - 1 1 3 2 4 9
7   Yugoslavia 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 - 2 1 2 4 3
8   England 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 - 1 1 0 6 3 4
9   West Germany 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 1 7 1 4
10   Canada 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»

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Country 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 + = Points
11   Spain - 2 1 2 1 7 0 2 13½
12   Israel ½ - 1 1 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 13½
13   Brazil ½ 1 - 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 5 11
14   United States ½ ½ 1 - 0 1 2 2 2 4 3 2 10½
15   Sweden 0 1 1 2 - 1 2 0 1 3 2 4
16   Austria ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 - ½ 3 4 2
17   Colombia ½ 0 1 1 0 - 1 3 3 3 8
18   Finland 1 0 0 0 2 ½ 1 - 1 ½ 1 5 3 6
19   Japan 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 - 2 1 7 1 5
20   Ireland 1 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 - 1 6 2

Final «C»

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Country 21 22 23 24 25 26 + = Points
21   Mexico - 1 2 1 2 3 0 2
22   Puerto Rico 1 - 1 2 1 2 2 0 3 7
23   Iraq ½ 1 - 1 1 1 1 3 5
24   Colombia "B" 0 0 1 - 2 2 2 2 1 5
25   Monaco 1 1 ½ 0 - 1 2 2 4
26   Panama 0 0 1 0 ½ - 0 4 1

Individual medals

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References

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