World Women's Chess Championship 1956

For the women's chess world championship in 1956 , a candidates tournament with 20 participants was initially held. Then the tournament winner, the current and the previous world champion determined the new title holder.

Candidates tournament

The candidates' tournament took place in Moscow in October 1955 .

	Surname	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	total
1.	Olga Rubzowa		0	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15th
2.	Larissa Volpert	1		½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	14½
3.	Edith Keller-Herrmann	1	½		1	1	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	14th
4th	Kira Sworykina	0	½	0		1	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	13½
5.	Valentina Borisenko	½	½	0	0		1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	13
6th	Verica Nedeljković	½	0	½	0	0		½	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	12½
7th	Milunka Lazarevic	0	½	1	0	½	½		0	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	12
8th.	Antonia Ivanova	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		1	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	11½
9.	Fenny Heemskerk	½	0	1	1	½	0	1	0		½	½	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	10
10.	Olga Ignatieva	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	9½
11.	Gisela Gresser	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	9½
12.	Chantal Chaudé de Silans	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½		½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	9½
13.	Sonja Graf	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
14th	Éva Kertész	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	0		1	0	½	0	½	1	7th
15th	Josefa Gurfinkel	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	½	0	0		0	½	0	1	1	6½
16.	Krystyna Hołuj	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1		0	½	1	1	6½
17th	Mona May Karff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	½	1		1	0	½	5½
18th	Celia Baudot de Moschini	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0		1	½	4½
19th	Růžena Suchá	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0		1	4th
20th	Berna Carrasco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0		2

World Championship

The world championship took place in Moscow from August 21 to September 25, 1956. The main referee was Fritz Andersson ( Sweden ), supported by Wera Tichomirowa ( Soviet Union ). In addition to the winner of the candidates' tournament and the defending champion, the previous world champion was also invited. The three players completed a tournament in which each participant played eight games against each of the others. The following table shows the results of these individual comparisons.

	Surname	1	2	3	total
1.	Olga Rubzowa		4½	5½	10
2.	Yelisaveta Bykova	3½		6th	9½
3.	Lyudmila Rudenko	2½	2		4½

Web links

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