Women's World Chess Championship 1956

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The 1956 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Olga Rubtsova, who became the fourth women's champion.

1955 Candidates Tournament

The Candidates Tournament was held in Moscow in October 1955. Rubtsova won narrowly, only half a point ahead of her closest competitor.^[1]

1955 Women's Candidates Tournament
	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	Tie break
1	Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union)	-	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	15
2	Larissa Volpert (Soviet Union)	1	-	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	14½
3	Edith Keller-Herrmann (East Germany)	1	½	-	1	1	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	14
4	Kira Zvorykina (Soviet Union)	0	½	0	-	1	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	13½
5	Valentina Borisenko (Soviet Union)	½	½	0	0	-	1	½	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	13
6	Verica Nedeljković (Yugoslavia)	½	0	½	0	0	-	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	12½
7	Milunka Lazarević (Yugoslavia)	0	½	1	0	½	½	-	0	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	12
8	Antonia Ivanova (Bulgaria)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	-	1	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	11½
9	Fenny Heemskerk (Netherlands)	½	0	1	1	½	0	1	0	-	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	10
10	Olga Ignatieva (Soviet Union)	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	-	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	½	9½	84.25
11	Gisela Kahn Gresser (USA)	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	-	½	½	1	½	0	1	1	1	1	9½	70.50
12	Chantal Chaudé de Silans (France)	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	½	-	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	9½	67.75
13	Sonja Graf-Stevenson (USA)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½	63.75
14	Eva Kertesz (Hungary)	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	-	1	0	½	0	½	1	7
15	Josefa Gurfinkel (Soviet Union)	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	½	0	0	-	0	½	0	1	1	6½	53.75
16	Krystyna Hołuj (Poland)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	-	0	½	1	1	6½	43.25
17	Mona May Karff (USA)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	-	1	0	½	5½
18	Celia Baudot de Moschini (Argentina)	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	-	1	½	4½
19	Ruzena Sucha (Czechoslovakia)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	0	-	1	4
20	Berna Carrasco (Chile)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	-	2

1956 Championship Tournament

The championship tournament was held in Moscow in 1956. The three players each played 8-game mini-matches against each other, with Rubtsova eventually clinching the title.^[2]

Women's World Championship Tournament 1956
	Player	1	2	3	Total
1	Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union)	-	4½	5½	10
2	Elisabeth Bykova (Soviet Union)	3½	-	6	9½
3	Lyudmila Rudenko (Soviet Union)	2½	2	-	4½

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References

↑ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1955 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
↑ "World Chess Championship (women) : 1956 Triangular Title Match". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.

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[1] "World Chess Championship (women) : 1955 Candidates Tournament". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2012-02-06.

[2] "World Chess Championship (women) : 1956 Triangular Title Match". Mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 2014-12-10.

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List of Women's World Chess Championships Development FIDE Women's Grand Prix
Tournament format	1927, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, Jul 1937, Aug 1937, 1939 (Menchik) 1949–50 (Rudenko)
Match format	1953 (Bykova) 1956 (Rubtsova) 1958, 1959 (Bykova) 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1975 (Gaprindashvili) 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988 (Chiburdanidze) 1991, 1993 (Xie) 1996 (Polgar) 1999 (Xie)
Knock-out format	2000 (Xie) 2001 (Zhu) 2004 (Stefanova) 2006 (Xu) 2008 (Kosteniuk) 2010 (Hou)
Alternating format	2011 (Hou) 2012 (Ushenina) 2013 (Hou) 2015 (Muzychuk) 2016 (Hou) 2017 (Tan) May 2018, Nov 2018 (Ju)
Match format	2020 (Ju) 2023
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Women's World Chess Championship 1956

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1955 Candidates Tournament

1956 Championship Tournament

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