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.

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:


 * Group 2:


 * Group 3:

Final

 * {| class="wikitable"

! # !!Country !! Players !! Points !! MP
 * + Final A
 * style="background:gold;"|1 ||  undefined || Olga Rubtsova, Kira Zvorykina || 10½ || 12
 * style="background:silver;"|2 || undefined || Maria Pogorevici, Margareta Teodorescu|| 10½ || 10
 * style="background:#cc9966;"|3 || undefined|| Edith Keller-Herrmann, Ursula Altrichter || 10 ||
 * 4 || 🇭🇺 || Irén Hönsch, Éva Kertész || 8½ ||
 * 5 || 🇧🇬 Bulgaria || Venka Asenova, Antonia Ivanova || 8 ||
 * 6 || || Lidija Timofejeva, Tereza Štadler || 7½ ||
 * 7 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 || Elaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer|| 7 ||
 * 8 || || Friedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser || 6 ||
 * 9 || || Fenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen|| 4 ||
 * }
 * 6 || || Lidija Timofejeva, Tereza Štadler || 7½ ||
 * 7 || 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 || Elaine Pritchard, Eileen Betsy Tranmer|| 7 ||
 * 8 || || Friedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser || 6 ||
 * 9 || || Fenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen|| 4 ||
 * }
 * 8 || || Friedl Rinder, Ruth Landmesser || 6 ||
 * 9 || || Fenny Heemskerk, Catharina Roodzant, A. van der Veen|| 4 ||
 * }
 * }
 * }


 * {| class="wikitable"

! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP
 * + Final B
 * 10 || 🇺🇸 united states || Gisela Kahn Gresser, Jacqueline Piatigorsky || 8 || 9
 * 11 || || Nina Hrušková-Bělská, Květa Eretová || 8 || 8
 * 12 || 🇵🇱 poland || Krystyna Hołuj, Mirosława Litmanowicz || 7½ ||
 * 13 || || Ingrid Larsen, Merete Haahr || 4½ ||
 * 14= || 🇮🇪 || Hilda Chater, Beth Cassidy || 1 || 1
 * 14= || || Peggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie || 1 || 1
 * }
 * 13 || || Ingrid Larsen, Merete Haahr || 4½ ||
 * 14= || 🇮🇪 || Hilda Chater, Beth Cassidy || 1 || 1
 * 14= || || Peggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie || 1 || 1
 * }
 * 14= || || Peggy Steedman, R. P. Foggie || 1 || 1
 * }


 * {| class="wikitable"

! # !! Country !! Players !! Points
 * + Final C
 * 16 || 🇫🇷 france || Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Isabelle Choko || 8½
 * 17 || 🇦🇹 || Alfreda Hausner, Berta Zebinger || 7½
 * 18 || 🇫🇮 || Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Gunnel Jägerhorn || 6
 * 19 || 🇳🇴 || Tora Mølman, Carthy Skjønsberg || 4½
 * 20 || 🇧🇪 || Elisabeth Cuypers, Lilly Bollekens || 2½
 * 21 || 🇱🇺 || Tresch, Welter || 1
 * }
 * 19 || 🇳🇴 || Tora Mølman, Carthy Skjønsberg || 4½
 * 20 || 🇧🇪 || Elisabeth Cuypers, Lilly Bollekens || 2½
 * 21 || 🇱🇺 || Tresch, Welter || 1
 * }
 * 21 || 🇱🇺 || Tresch, Welter || 1
 * }

Individual medals

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