World Women's Chess Championship 1962

For the women's chess world championship in 1962 , a candidates tournament with 17 participants was initially held. The tournament winner and the current world champion then contested the match for the world championship.

Candidates tournament

The candidates' tournament took place in Vrnjačka Banja in October and November 1961 .

	Surname	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	total
1.	Nona Gaprindashvili		1	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	13
2.	Valentina Borisenko	0		0	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	11
3.	Kira Sworykina	½	1		½	1	0	0	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	10
4th	Verica Nedeljković	½	½	½		0	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	9½
5.	Milunka Lazarevic	0	0	0	1		1	0	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	9½
6th	Tatiana Satulovskaya	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
7th	Alexandra Nicolau	0	0	1	½	1	0		1	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	9
8th.	Larissa Volpert	0	½	0	½	½	1	0		1	1	½	0	1	1	0	1	1	9
9.	Éva Ladanyike-Karakas	½	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	9
10.	Elisabeta Polihroniade	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0		1	1	½	1	0	1	1	8th
11.	Henryka Konarkowska	0	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	0		½	0	½	½	½	½	7th
12.	Chantal Chaudé de Silans	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	½		1	0	½	0	½	6th
13.	Gisela Gresser	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	0		1	1	½	0	6th
14th	Lisa Lane	½	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	1	0		1	0	1	6th
15th	Fenny Heemskerk	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	½	½	0	0		0	1	5½
16.	Friedl cattle	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	1		1	5½
17th	Sandagdorj Handsuren	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	0		2½

World Championship

The match for the world championship took place in Moscow from September 18 to October 17, 1962 . The main referee was Nina Hrušková-Bělská from Czechoslovakia . In view of the clear superiority of the new world champion Nona Gaprindashvili, only eleven of the planned 16 games were required

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Total
Yelisaveta Bykova	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	2
Nona Gaprindashvili	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	9

Web links

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