1953 Women's World Chess Championship

At the 1953 World Chess Championship for women , defending champion Lyudmila Rudenko from the Soviet Union met a challenger. This was first determined in October and November 1952 in Moscow during the candidates' tournament. Her compatriot Jelisaveta Bykowa prevailed and later also won the World Cup.

Candidates tournament

The tournament began on October 21st and ended on November 20th, 1952.

	Participant	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	Tie-break
01	Yelisaveta Bykova		0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	11.5	75.00
02	Fenny Heemskerk	1		1	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.5	69.00
03	Olga Ignatieva	0	0		½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	10.5	67.25
04	Valentina Belowa	1	0	½		1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	10.0	69.75
05	Edith Keller-Herrmann	0	1	½	0		1	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	62.75
06	Kira Sworykina	0	1	0	½	0		1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10.0	61.00
07	Eileen Tranmer	1	½	0	½	½	0		0	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	9.0	60.00
08	Olga Rubzowa	0	1	1	½	1	½	1		0	0	0	0	½	½	1	1	8.0	58.50
09	Chantal Chaudé de Silans	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	1		1	0	½	½	1	1	1	8.0	49.00
10	Józsa Lángos	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	0		1	0	1	1	1	1	8.0	48.50
11	Mona Karff	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	0		1	1	1	0	1	7.0	40.00
12	Rowena Bruce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	0		½	1	0	1	5.0	27.25
13	Nina Hrušková-Bělská	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½		0	1	1	4.5	24.75
14th	Mary Bain	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1		½	½	3.5	20.75
15th	María Berea de Montero	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	0	½		0	3.0	18.25
16	Salome Reischer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1		1.5	4.75

World Cup competition

The competition for the world championship took place from August 15 to September 20, 1953 in Leningrad . The main referee was Fritz Andersson from Sweden . In the event of a tie, Rudenko should keep her title. Bykowa won 8: 6, with only two of the 14 games ending in a draw.

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Total
Lyudmila Rudenko	1	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	1	0	6th
Yelisaveta Bykova	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	0	0	1	1	0	1	8th

Web links

• Final table of the candidates tournament on mark-weeks.com (English)