1972 Women's World Chess Championship

At the 1972 women's chess world championship , Georgian world champion Nona Gaprindashvili successfully defended her title. For the third time in a row she met Alla Kuschnir in the World Cup match .

Interzonal tournament

For the first time, an interzonal tournament was held in the run-up to the World Cup . Eighteen players who had qualified through regional zone tournaments worldwide took part. The tournament took place in May 1971 in Ohrid . The players in places 1 to 3 qualified for the first time in the KO mode the candidates tournament.

→ Main article : Ohrid Interzonal Tournament 1971

Candidates tournament

The candidates tournament was played in the form of matches over a maximum of 10 games. The first three of the interzonal tournament as well as Alla Kuschnir, who lost in the previous World Championship fight, were eligible to participate .

Semi-finals Kuschnir - Satulovskaya, August / September 1971 in Minsk

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Points
Alla Kuschnir	1	1	1	0	0	½	1	0	1	0	5½
Tatiana Satulovskaya	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	0	1	4½

Semi-finals Lazarević - Alexandria, August / September 1971 in Bladel

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	Points
Milunka Lazarevic	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	4½
Nana Alexandria	1	1	½	0	½	½	1	0	½	½	5½

Candidate finals Kuschnir - Alexandria, November / December 1971 in Kislovodsk

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	Points
Alla Kuschnir	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	6½
Nana Alexandria	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	½	0	2½

World championship fight

The world championship match was held from May 10 to June 26, 1972 in Riga . The main referee was Vladas Mikėnas , supported by Tamara Strandstrem (both from the Soviet Union).

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Total
Nona Gaprindashvili	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	8½
Alla Kuschnir	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	7½

Web links

Candidate competitions at mark-weeks.com World Cup competition at mark-weeks.com