# 1st Women's Chess Olympiad

The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.

## Results
### Preliminaries

A total of 21 two-woman teams entered the competition and were divided into three preliminary groups of seven teams. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th–5th to Final B, and 6th–7th to Final C. All groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments.
Group 1 was won by the Soviet Union, well ahead of Netherlands and Romania.
East Germany took first place in group 2, ahead of Bulgaria and Hungary.
Group 3 was won by Yugoslavia, ahead of West Germany and England.
* Group 1:
| Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | + | − | = | Points |
| «A» | Soviet Union | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| «A» | Netherlands | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7½ |
| «A» | Romania | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| «B» | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| «B» | Ireland | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| «C» | France | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3½ |
| «C» | Finland | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
* Group 2:
| Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | + | − | = | Points |
| «A» | East Germany | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| «A» | Bulgaria | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| «A» | Hungary | 1 | ½ | - | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| «B» | United States | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| «B» | Scotland | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | - | ½ | 1½ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3½ |
| «C» | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| «C» | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1½ |
* Group 3:
| Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | + | − | = | Points |
| «A» | Yugoslavia | - | 1½ | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| «A» | West Germany | ½ | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8½ |
| «A» | England | 1½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| «B» | Poland | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| «B» | Denmark | ½ | 0 | 1½ | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| «C» | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| «C» | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |

### Final

    Final A #CountryPlayersPointsMP 1 Soviet UnionOlga Rubtsova, Kira Zvorykina10½12 2 RomaniaMaria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu10½10 3 East GermanyEdith Keller-Herrmann, Ursula Altrichter10 4 HungaryIrén Hönsch, Éva Kertész8½ 5 BulgariaVenka Asenova, Antonia Ivanova8 6 YugoslaviaLidija Timofejeva, Tereza Štadler7½ 7 EnglandElaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer7 8 West GermanyFriedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser6 9 NetherlandsFenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen4
    Final B #CountryPlayersPointsMP 10 United StatesGisela Kahn Gresser, Jacqueline Piatigorsky89 11 CzechoslovakiaNina Hrušková-Bělská, Květa Eretová88 12 PolandKrystyna Hołuj, Mirosława Litmanowicz7½ 13 DenmarkIngrid Larsen, Merete Haahr4½ 14= IrelandHilda Chater, Beth Cassidy11 14= ScotlandPeggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie11
    Final C #CountryPlayersPoints 16 FranceChantal Chaudé de Silans, Isabelle Choko8½ 17 AustriaAlfreda Hausner, Berta Zebinger7½ 18 FinlandSirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Gunnel Jägerhorn6 19 NorwayTora Mølman, Carthy Skjønsberg4½ 20 BelgiumElisabeth Cuypers, Lilly Bollekens2½ 21 LuxembourgTresch, Welter1

### Final «A»

| № | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | − | = | Points |
| 1 | Soviet Union | - | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10½ |
| 2 | Romania | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10½ |
| 3 | East Germany | ½ | 1 | - | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | ½ | - | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8½ |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 1½ | 2 | ½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7½ |
| 7 | England | ½ | 1½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | West Germany | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1½ | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 |

### Final «B»

| № | Country | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | + | − | = | Points |
| 10 | United States | - | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Poland | ½ | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 13 | Denmark | ½ | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4½ |
| 14= | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 14= | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |

### Final «C»

| № | Country | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | + | − | = | Points |
| 16 | France | - | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8½ |
| 17 | Austria | ½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7½ |
| 18 | Finland | ½ | ½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Norway | ½ | ½ | ½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4½ |
| 20 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2½ |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |

### Individual medals

* Board 1: Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska 9 / 11 = 71.8%
* Board 2: Kira Zvorykina 12 / 14 = 85.7%