Chess Olympiad 1966 (women)
The 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad took place in October 1966 in Oberhausen ( Federal Republic of Germany ).
The 17th 1966 Men's Chess Olympiad was also held in Havana in 1966 .
Overview
14 teams with a total of 41 players, including one IM (international men's master) and 21 international female champions, took part in the competition. The 14 teams played a round-robin tournament . The time to consider was two and a half hours for 40 trains, then one hour for 16 trains each time. The placement was determined based on the board points (BP), team points (MP) and a special Berger rating (SB). The venue was the newly built Oberhausen sports hall.
Final result as a cross table
Rg team code 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th BP MP SB + = - 1 Soviet Union URS ● 0 1 2 2 1½ 2 2 1½ 2 2 2 2 2 22nd 23 131.00 11 1 1 2 Romania ROME 2 ● 1 2 2 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 0 2 2 2 2 20½ 22nd 136.00 10 2 1 3 GDR GDR 1 1 ● ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 17th 16 83.75 5 6th 2 4th Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1½ ● 1½ 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 2 2 16½ 19th 101.00 8th 3 2 5 Netherlands NED 0 0 1 ½ ● 1 1½ 2 1½ 1½ 2 1½ 1½ 2 16 18th 91.00 8th 2 3 6th Czechoslovakia CSR ½ ½ 1½ 1 1 ● 1 1 1½ 1½ 1 1½ 1 2 15th 16 86.75 5 6th 2 7th Hungary HUN 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ● 1 1 2 2 1½ 1½ 1½ 15th 16 81.50 5 6th 2 8th Bulgaria BUL 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ● 1 2 1 1½ 2 2 14th 14th 67.25 4th 6th 3 9 England CLOSELY ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ● 1½ 1 1½ 1 1½ 12 11 50.00 3 5 5 10 United States United States 0 2 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ● 1 2 1½ 1 38.50 3 2 8th 11 Poland POLE 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 ● ½ 2 2 34.25 2 4th 7th 12 BR Germany GER 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1½ ● 2 ½ 14.00 2 0 11 13 Denmark THE 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ● 1½ 17.50 1 2 10 14th Austria AUT 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1½ ½ ● 11.25 1 1 11
Best percentage results
Board, place Name first Name code Result percent Board 1 1 Gaprindashvili, Nona URS 9 out of 11 81.8 2 Nicolau, Alexandra ROME 8 out of 10 80.0 3 Asenova, Venka BUL 9½ from 13 73.1 Board 2 1 Polihroniad, Elisabeta ROME 7½ out of 9 83.3 2 Timmer, Hendrika NED 5 out of 8 62.5 2 Krizsán-Bilek, Gyuláné HUN 5 out of 8 62.5 2 Bruce, Rowena CLOSELY 7½ from 12 62.5 2 Malypetrová, Jana CSR 7½ from 12 62.5 reserve 1 Zatulovskaya, Tatiana URS 8½ out of 9 94.4 2 Just, Gabriele GDR 8 out of 9 88.9 3 Jovanović, Katarina YUG 7 out of 9 77.8
Team of the Soviet Union (Olympic Champion)
board Name first Name Result percent space 1 Gaprindashvili, Nona 9 out of 11 81.8 1. 2 Kozlovskaya, Valentina 4½ out of 6 75.0 reserve Zatulovskaya, Tatiana 8½ out of 9 94.4 1.
Results of the German players
board Country Name first Name Result percent space 1 GDR Keller-Herrmann, Edith 7 out of 11 63.6 5. BR Germany Cattle, Frieda 3 out of 10 30.0 12. 2 GDR Nowarra, Waltraud 2 of 6 33.3 BR Germany Stibaner, Ottilie 3 out of 10 30.0 7th reserve GDR Just, Gabriele 8 out of 9 88.9 2. BR Germany Karner, Irmgard ½ from 6 8.3
Team lineups
Web links
- 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad: Oberhausen 1966 on Olimpbase (English)
- The forgotten Chess Olympiad , message from the German Chess Federation