title: 6th Women's Chess Olympiad
text: # 6th Women's Chess Olympiad
  
  The 6th Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, took place on 15 September to 7 October 1974 in Medellín, Colombia.
  
  Twenty-five nations took part in the women's Olympiad. From five preliminary groups the teams were split into three finals.
  
  The Soviet Union won.
  
  ## Preliminaries
  
  * Group 1:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Soviet Union | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | «A» | Canada | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | «B» | Austria | 0 | 0 | - | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3½ |
  | «B» | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2½ |
  | «C» | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
  
  * Group 2:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Romania | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
  | «A» | Netherlands | 1 | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5½ |
  | «B» | United States | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | «B» | Japan | 0 | ½ | 0 | - | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
  | «C» | Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | ½ |
  
  * Group 3:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Hungary | - | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
  | «A» | England | ½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | «B» | Israel | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | «B» | Brazil | ½ | ½ | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | «C» | Monaco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
  
  * Group 4:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Yugoslavia | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6½ |
  | «A» | Bulgaria | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5½ |
  | «B» | Spain | ½ | ½ | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | «B» | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3½ |
  | «C» | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | ½ |
  
  * Group 5:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Czechoslovakia | - | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7½ |
  | «A» | West Germany | ½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
  | «B» | Sweden | 0 | ½ | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3½ |
  | «B» | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2½ |
  | «C» | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | ½ |
  
  ## Finals
  
      Final A #CountryPlayersAverage ratingPointsMPPlayoff score 1 Soviet UnionNona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Irina Levitina238013½143 2 RomaniaElisabeta Polihroniade, Gertrude Baumstark, Margareta Teodorescu223313½141 3 BulgariaTatjana Lematschko, Antonina Georgieva, Venka Asenova22331314 4 HungaryMária Ivánka, Zsuzsa Verőci, Mária Porubszky-Angyalosine23001313 5 NetherlandsCorry Vreeken, Ada van der Giessen, Erika Belle21159½ 6 CzechoslovakiaKvěta Eretová, Štěpánka Vokřálová, Margita Polanová21959 7 YugoslaviaMilunka Lazarević, Katarina Jovanović, Vlasta Kalchbrenner22037½ 8 EnglandAnne Sunnucks, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson206843 9 West GermanyAnni Laakmann, Ursula Wasnetsky210343 10 CanadaSmilja Vujosevic, Claire Demers, Marie Bernard20333
      Final B #CountryPlayersAverage ratingPointsMP 11 SpainPepita Ferrer Lucas, María del Pino García Padrón, Nieves García Vicente193813½16 12 IsraelOlga Podrazhanskaya, Lea Nudelman210513½16 13 BrazilRuth Cardoso, Ivone Moysés, Norma Snitkowsky200811 14 United StatesMona May Karff, Ruth Herstein, Ruth Haring204810½ 15 SwedenSolveig Haraldsson, Jolanta Dahlin, Ingrid Svensson20259½ 16 AustriaIngeborg Kattinger, Wilma Samt, Alfreda Hausner19658½ 17 ColombiaIlse Guggenberger, Rosalba Patiño, Lilith Velásquez–8 18 FinlandJohanna Tuomainen, Sirkka-Liisa Vuorenpää, Marjatta Palasto18806 19 JapanHyroko Maeda, Kyoto Watanabe, Miyoko Watai18255 20 IrelandDorren O'Siochrú, Aileen Noonan, Ann Shouldice18304½
      Final C #CountryPlayersPointsMP 21 MexicoAida Camps de Ocampo, Gloria Vega, Catalina Batres7½ 22 Puerto RicoRuth Rodríguez Ramírez, Sara Castellón de Santana, Dyalma Flores Cortés7 23 IraqZ. A. Al-Hariry, Shemin Al-Soud, Suad Said Al-Sarraj55 24 Colombia "B"N. Betancur, Maria Idalia Zapata, Doris Soler55 25 MonacoMartine Cellario, Anne Maria Macia4 26 PanamaAna Ríos Planes, Elzebir Castillo, Lidia Ferrer1½
  
  ### Final «A»
  
  | № | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union | - | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13½ |
  | 2 | Romania | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13½ |
  | 3 | Bulgaria | ½ | 0 | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
  | 4 | Hungary | ½ | 1 | ½ | - | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
  | 5 | Netherlands | 1½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9½ |
  | 6 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
  | 7 | Yugoslavia | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7½ |
  | 8 | England | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
  | 9 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
  | 10 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | - | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
  
  * Play-off for gold: Soviet Union-Romania 3-1 (2-0, 1-1)
  
  ### Final «B»
  
  | № | Country | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 11 | Spain | - | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13½ |
  | 12 | Israel | ½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13½ |
  | 13 | Brazil | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
  | 14 | United States | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 0 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10½ |
  | 15 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1½ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9½ |
  | 16 | Austria | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8½ |
  | 17 | Colombia | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1½ | - | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
  | 18 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
  | 19 | Japan | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 |
  | 20 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 0 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4½ |
  
  ### Final «C»
  
  | № | Country | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 21 | Mexico | - | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7½ |
  | 22 | Puerto Rico | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
  | 23 | Iraq | ½ | 1 | - | 1 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
  | 24 | Colombia "B" | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
  | 25 | Monaco | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | - | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 26 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | - | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1½ |
  
  ## Individual medals
  
  * Board 1: Nona Gaprindashvili 10 / 12 = 83.3%
  * Board 2: Nana Alexandria 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
  * Reserve: Irina Levitina 8 / 10 = 80.0%
  