Women's World Chess Championship 1959
The 1959 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Elisabeth Bykova, who successfully defended her title in a match against challenger Kira Zvorykina.
1959 Candidates Tournament[]
The Candidates Tournament was held in Plovdiv in May 1959 and won by Zvorykina, who earned the right to challenge the reigning champion Bykova for the title.[1]
1959 Women's Candidates Tournament Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Tie break 1 Kira Zvorykina (Soviet Union)
- ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 2 Verica Nedeljković (Yugoslavia)
½ - ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 10½ 3 Larissa Volpert (Soviet Union)
½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9½ 4 Salme Rootare (Soviet Union)
½ 0 ½ - ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 54.00 5 Edith Keller-Herrmann (East Germany)
½ 0 ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 53.50 6 Milunka Lazarević (Yugoslavia)
0 0 1 1 1 - 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 8 7 Eva Ladanyike-Karakas (Hungary)
½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½ 8 Valentina Borisenko (Soviet Union)
0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 - 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 9 Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union)
0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 - 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 10 Kveta Eretova (Czechoslovakia)
0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 11 Gisela Kahn Gresser (USA)
0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 0 1 5½ 12 Elfriede Rinder (West Germany)
0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ - 0 ½ 0 4½ 33.75 13 Maria Pogorevici (Romania)
0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 - 1 1 4½ 20.50 14 Paunka Todorova (Bulgaria)
0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 - 1 3½ 15 Soledad Gonzalez de Huguet (Argentina)
0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 - 2½
1959 Championship Match[]
The championship match was played in Moscow in 1959. Bykova won comfortably and retained her title.[2]
Women's World Championship Match 1959 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Total Elisabeth Bykova (Soviet Union)
0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 8½ Kira Zvorykina (Soviet Union)
1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 4½
References[]
- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1959 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- ^ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1959 Bikova - Zvorikina". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
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