The 6th Women's
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...
, organized by
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...
, took place on 15 September to 7 October 1974 in
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
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.
Preliminaries
* Group 1:
* Group 2:
* Group 3:
* Group 4:
* Group 5:
Finals
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Final «A»
* Play-off for gold: Soviet Union-Romania 3-1 (2-0, 1-1)
Final «B»
Final «C»
Individual medals
* Board 1:
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a former Soviet Union, Soviet and Georgia (country), Georgian chess player, and the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title Grandmaster (ch ...
10 / 12 = 83.3%
* Board 2:
Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria ( ka, ნანა გიორგის ასული ალექსანდრია, ''Nana Giorgis asuli Aleksandria''; born 13 October 1949) is a Georgian chess player. A three-time Soviet women's champion, she was the ch ...
6½ / 8 = 81.3%
* Reserve:
Irina Levitina
Irina Solomonovna Levitina (born June 8, 1954) is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate in 1984 and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has won five world champio ...
8 / 10 = 80.0%
References
External links
Women's Chess Olympiad: Medellín 1974OlimpBase
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