The 1962 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Nona Gaprindashvili, who beat the reigning champion Elisabeth Bykova in the title match.
1961 Candidates Tournament
[edit]The Candidates Tournament was held in Vrnjačka Banja in October–November 1961 and utterly dominated by rising star Gaprindashvili, who went through the event undefeated and finished a full two points ahead of her closest competitor.[1]
1961 Women's Candidates Tournament Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Points Tie break 1 Nona Gaprindashvili (Soviet Union)
- 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 13 2 Valentina Borisenko (Soviet Union)
0 - 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11 3 Kira Zvorykina (Soviet Union)
½ 1 - ½ 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 10 4 Verica Nedeljković (Yugoslavia)
½ ½ ½ - 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9½ 68.00 5 Milunka Lazarević (Yugoslavia)
0 0 0 1 - 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 67.75 6 Tatiana Zatulovskaya (Soviet Union)
0 0 1 1 0 - 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 64.00 7 Alexandra Nicolau (Romania)
0 0 1 ½ 1 0 - 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 9 66.50 8 Larissa Volpert (Soviet Union)
0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 - 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 9 65.00 9 Eva Ladanyike-Karakas (Hungary)
½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9 63.25 10 Elisabeta Polihroniade (Romania)
0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 - 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 8 11 Henrijeta Konarkowska (Poland)
0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 - ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 12 Chantal Chaudé de Silans (France)
½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ - 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 6 48.75 13 Gisela Kahn Gresser (USA)
½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 - 1 1 ½ 0 6 46.50 14 Lisa Lane (USA)
½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - 1 0 1 6 42.25 15 Fenny Heemskerk (Netherlands)
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 - 0 1 5½ 40.50 16 Elfriede Rinder (West Germany)
0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 - 1 5½ 31.00 17 Sandagdorj Handsuren (Mongolia)
0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 - 2½
1962 Championship Match
[edit]The championship match was played in Moscow in 1962. A 21-year-old Gaprindashvili crushed the defending champion Bykova by 9–2, not losing a single game, to become the fifth - and by far youngest - Women's World Champion.[2]
Women's World Championship Match 1962 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Elisaveta Bykova (Soviet Union)
½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 2 Nona Gaprindashvili (Soviet Union)
½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9
References
[edit]- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1961 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1962 Gaprindashvili - Bikova". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.