World Women's Chess Championship 1965

Nona Gaprindashvili	Alla Kuschnir
World chess champion since 1962	Challenger
1962 World Cup winner	Winner of the Sukhumi Candidates Tournament in 1964 after a tie-break

The 1965 World Chess Championship for women was the duel between defending champion Nona Gaprindashvili and her challenger Alla Kuschnir, which took place in Riga from September 18 to October 23, 1965 for the title of world chess champion .

Candidates tournament

To determine the challenger, the candidate tournament with 18 participants took place in Sukhumi in September and October 1964 . Since there were three players tied at the top, a playoff was then necessary.

	Surname	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	total
1.	Milunka Lazarevic		1	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	1	12½
2.	Alla Kuschnir	0		0	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	12½
3.	Tatiana Satulovskaya	0	1		0	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	12½
4th	Kira Sworykina	½	0	1		½	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	0	1	11
5.	Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević	½	½	½	½		½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	11
6th	Maaja Ranniku	0	0	0	0	½		½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10½
7th	Valentina Borisenko	1	0	½	½	1	½		1	0	0	½	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	10
8th.	Henryka Konarkowska	½	0	1	0	½	0	0		1	1	1	1	1	0	1	½	½	1	10
9.	Verica Nedeljković	0	1	0	0	½	½	1	0		1	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	½	9
10.	Květa Eretová	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	0	0		0	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	8½
11.	Yelisaveta Bykova	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	1		1	½	½	0	1	1	1	8th
12.	Lisa Lane	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	½	1	½	1	1	7th
13.	Éva Ladanyike-Karakas	0	½	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0		½	0	½	1	1	6½
14th	Gisela Gresser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	½	½		0	½	1	1	6½
15th	Margareta Teodorescu	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	1		½	1	1	6½
16.	Antonia Ivanova	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	6th
17th	Tumenbayar Tsend	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½		1	4th
18th	Celia Baudot de Moschini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0		1

Playoff

To determine the challenger, a playoff was required, which took place in Moscow in December 1964 . The three participants each played two games against each other.

Surname	1		2		3		total
Alla Kuschnir			0	1	1	½	2½
Milunka Lazarevic	1	0			1	0	2
Tatiana Satulovskaya	0	½	0	1			1½

World championship fight

The duel between world champion Nona Gaprindashvili and Alla Kuschnir began in Riga on September 18, 1965. Nina Hrušková-Bělská from Czechoslovakia acted as the main referee . After Black's victory in the first game, Kuschnir also equalized with the black pieces. A draw in the third game was followed by two wins for the world champion. With another draw and two subsequent wins, Gaprindashvili extended the lead and, despite Kuschnir's vehement resistance, finally brought her lead to bear, so that she won with 8.5 to 4.5 points. The competition ended on October 23, 1965. It is worth mentioning the high number of wins with the black stones .

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	Total
Nona Gaprindashvili	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	0	1	8½
Alla Kuschnir	0	1	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	4½

Web links

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

Individual references and sources

1. ↑ Ken Whyld: Chess: The records . Guinness 1986. Listed on chessgames.com , accessed April 14, 2015.
2. ↑ table at mark-weeks.com , accessed on April 14, 2015.