3rd Women's Chess Olympiad

Nona Gaprindashvili

Valentina Kozlovskaya

Tatiana Zatulovskaya

The winning Soviet Union team

The 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place in 1966 in Oberhausen, West Germany.

Results

A total of 14 two-woman teams entered the competition. It was played as a round-robin tournament.

#	Country	Players	Points	MP
1	Soviet Union	Nona Gaprindashvili, Valentina Kozlovskaya, Tatiana Zatulovskaya	22
2	Romania	Alexandra Nicolau, Elisabeta Polihroniade, Margareta Perevoznic	20½
3	East Germany	Edith Keller-Herrmann, Waltraud Nowarra, Gabriele Just	17
4	Yugoslavia	Milunka Lazarević, Verica Nedeljković, Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević	16½
5	Netherlands	Corry Vreeken-Bouwman, Hendrika Timmer, Fenny Heemskerk	16
6	Czechoslovakia	Květa Eretová, Jana Malypetrová, Marta Poláková	15	16
7	Hungary	Éva Karakas, Gyuláné Krizsán-Bilek, Zsuzsa Verőci	15	16
8	Bulgaria	Venka Asenova, Evelina Trojanska, Antonina Georgieva	14
9	England	Anne Sunnucks, Rowena Mary Bruce, Dinah Dobson	12
10	United States	Gisela Kahn Gresser, Lisa Lane, Eva Aronson	9½
11	Poland	Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska, Mirosława Litmanowicz, Danuta Samolewicz-Owczarek	9
12	West Germany	Friedl Rinder, Ottilie Stibaner, Irmgard Kärner	6½
13	Denmark	Ingrid Larsen, Antonina Enevoldsen	5
14	Austria	Ingeborg Kattinger, Maria Ager, Alfreda Hausner	4

Place	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		+	-	=	Points
1	Soviet Union	-	0	1	2	2	1½	2	2	1½	2	2	2	2	2		11	1	1	22
2	Romania	2	-	1	2	2	1½	1	1½	1½	0	2	2	2	2		10	1	2	20½
3	East Germany	1	1	-	½	1	½	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2		5	2	6	17
4	Yugoslavia	0	0	1½	-	1½	1	1	1	1½	1½	1½	2	2	2		8	2	3	16½
5	Netherlands	0	0	1	½	-	1	1½	2	1½	1½	2	1½	1½	2		8	3	2	16
6	Czechoslovakia	½	½	1½	1	1	-	1	1	1½	1½	1	1½	1	2		5	2	6	15
7	Hungary	0	1	1	1	½	1	-	1	1	2	2	1½	1½	1½		5	2	6	15
8	Bulgaria	0	½	1	1	0	1	1	-	1	2	1	1½	2	2		4	3	6	14
9	England	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	-	1½	1	1½	1	1½		3	5	5	12
10	United States	0	2	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	-	1	2	1½	1		3	8	2	9½
11	Poland	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	1	1	-	½	2	2		2	7	4	9
12	West Germany	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	1½	-	2	½		2	11	0	6½
13	Denmark	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	0	-	1½		1	10	2	5
14	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	1½	½	-		1	11	1	4

Individual medals

• Board 1: Nona Gaprindashvili 9 / 11 = 81.8%
• Board 2: Elisabeta Polihroniade 7½ / 9 = 83.3%
• Reserve Board: Tatiana Zatulovskaya 8½/ 9 = 94.4%

External links

• 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad: Oberhausen 1966 OlimpBase