1st Women's Chess Olympiad

The 1st Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place between 2 and 21 September 1957, in Emmen, Netherlands.

[1][2][3] A total of 21 two-woman teams entered the competition and were divided into three preliminary groups of seven teams.

Group 1 was won by the Soviet Union, well ahead of Netherlands and Romania.

East Germany took first place in group 2, ahead of Bulgaria and Hungary.

Group 3 was won by Yugoslavia, ahead of West Germany and England.

Kira Zvorykina and Olga Rubtsova , the winning Soviet Union team.
Ingrid Larsen, who played on the Danish team who finished 13th.
Short news video on the Olympiad.