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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