2nd Women's Chess Olympiad

The 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 22 September and 12 October, 1963, in Split, SFR Yugoslavia.^[1][2][3]

Nona Gaprindashvili

Tatiana Zatulovskaya

Kira Zvorykina

The winning Soviet Union team

Results

A total of 15 two-woman teams entered the competition. It was played as a round-robin tournament.

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
1	Soviet Union	Nona Gaprindashvili, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Kira Zvorykina	25
2	Yugoslavia	Milunka Lazarević, Verica Nedeljković, Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević	24½
3	East Germany	Edith Keller-Herrmann, Waltraud Nowarra, Eveline Kraatz	21
4	Romania	Alexandra Nicolau, Margareta Teodorescu, Margareta Perevoznic	18½
5	Bulgaria	Venka Asenova, Antonia Ivanova, Paunka Todorova	17½
6	Hungary	Éva Karakas, Gyuláné Krizsán-Bilek, Judit Gombás	17
7	Netherlands	Corry Vreeken-Bouwman, Fenny Heemskerk, Hendrika Timmer	15½
8	Poland	Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov, Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska, Mirosława Litmanowicz	15
9	United States	Gisela Kahn Gresser, Mary Bain	12½
10	West Germany	Friedl Rinder, Anneliese Brandler, Marianne Kulke	10½	11
11	Mongolia	Ganginchugin Hulgana, Sandagdorj Handsuren	10½	10
12	Austria	Ingeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Hilde Kasperowski	8
13	Monaco	Anne Marie Renoy-Chevrier, Madeleine Cauquil	5	4
14	Belgium	Louise-Jeanne Loeffler, Elisabeth Cuypers, Simone Lancel	5	4
15	Scotland	Peggy Steedman, Nancy Elder	4½

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15		+	-	=	Points
1	Soviet Union	-	1	1	1½	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		12	0	2	25
2	Yugoslavia	1	-	1½	1	1½	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		12	0	2	24½
3	East Germany	1	½	-	1	2	½	1	2	2	2	2	1½	1½	2	2		9	2	3	21
4	Romania	½	1	1	-	0	1½	1½	1½	1	1½	2	2	2	1	2		8	2	4	18½
5	Bulgaria	½	½	0	2	-	1½	½	½	1	1½	2	2	1½	2	2		8	5	1	17½
6	Hungary	0	0	1½	½	½	-	1	1½	1½	2	1½	2	1½	2	1½		9	4	1	17
7	Netherlands	0	½	1	½	1½	1	-	1	1½	1½	1	1	2	1	2		5	3	6	15½
8	Poland	0	0	0	½	1½	½	1	-	1	½	2	2	2	2	2		6	6	2	15
9	United States	0	0	0	1	1	½	½	1	-	2	0	1½	2	1	2		4	6	4	12½
10	West Germany	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	1½	0	-	1	1½	2	1½	1½		5	8	1	10½
11	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	2	1	-	½	2	2	1½		4	8	2	10½
12	Austria	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	½	1½	-	1	1	2		2	9	3	8
13	Monaco	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	-	1½	1		1	11	2	5
14	Belgium	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	½	0	1	½	-	0		0	10	4	5
15	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	2	-		1	12	1	4½

Individual medals

• Board 1: Nona Gaprindashvili 11½ / 12 = 95.8%
• Board 2: Verica Nedeljković 12 / 12 = 100%
• Reserve Board: Hendrika Timmer 6½/ 9 = 72.2%

References

1. "1964 Men & 1963 Women Chess Olympiad". www.chessgames.com.
2. "SPLIT-AUTO,CARS- VIEW, WOMEN Chess Olympiad SPLIT 1963 - For sale on Delcampe". Delcampe - The Marketplace for collectors. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
3. "The Encyclopaedia of Chess". St. Martin's Press. 11 September 1970 – via Google Books.

External links

• 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad: Split 1963 OlimpBase