1969 Women's World Chess Championship

Nona Gaprindashvili	Alla Kuschnir
World chess champion since 1962	Challenger
Winner of the 1965 World Cup	Winner of the 1967 Subotica Candidates Tournament

The 1969 Women's World Chess Championship was held in Moscow and Tbilisi in the spring of 1969 .

Candidates tournament

To determine the challenger, the candidate tournament with 18 participants took place in Subotica in September and October 1967 .

	Surname	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	total
1.	Alla Kuschnir		0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	13½
2.	Valentina Kozlovskaya	1		½	½	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	12½
3.	Tatiana Satulovskaya	½	½		1	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12½
4th	Tereza Štadler	0	½	0		1	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	12
5.	Alexandra Kislowa	0	0	1	0		½	0	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	11
6th	Verica Nedeljković	0	0	1	½	½		½	0	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	10½
7th	Alexandra Nicolau	0	0	½	0	1	½		1	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	10
8th.	Nana Alexandria	0	1	½	0	0	1	0		½	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	10
9.	Milunka Lazarevic	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
10.	Waltraud Nowarra	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	0		½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	8th
11.	Margareta Perevoznic	½	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	½		½	0	1	1	0	1	1	7th
12.	Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	½		0	½	1	½	1	1	7th
13.	Fenny Heemskerk	1	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	1		½	0	0	1	½	6½
14th	Gisela Gresser	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½		0	½	0	0	5½
15th	Venka Asenova	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	1		1	½	½	5½
16.	Marion McGrath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	½	0		½	1	4½
17th	Clara Friedman	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½		½	4th
18th	Eva Aronson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	½		3

World championship fight

The world championship match was held from April 8 to May 18, 1969 in Tbilisi and Moscow . The main referee was Nina Hrušková-Bělská from Czechoslovakia , supported by Tamara Strandstrem (Soviet Union). Given the superiority of defending champion Nona Gaprindashvili, 13 games were again enough to achieve the necessary 8½ points.

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

Web links

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

Individual references and sources

1. ↑ On the homepage of Mark Weeks a fourteenth game (identical to the eighth game with the exception of a half move) with another victory for Gaprindashvili is given and a final score of 9½: 4½ is noted. All other sources name only 13 games.