7th Women's Chess Olympiad: Haifa 1976

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Basic data

7th Women's Chess Olympiad
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 26th October - 10th November 1976
City: Haifa, Israel
Venue: Dan Carmel hotel
Chairman of Organizing Committee: Mr. Israel Eshel (ISR)
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 23
Players participating: 90 (incl. 1 WGM and 6 WIMs)
Eastern bloc teams did not arrive hence decrease of titled players.
Games played: 396 (incl. 1 forfeit)
Competition format: Teams were split info four preliminary groups (three board round robin). Top 2 teams qualified to the championship final, teams ranked 3rd-4th were set to play in the final B, teams ranked 5th-6th entered final C.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours 30 minutes, then 1 hour for each next 16 moves
Official logo: HAIFA 1976
Downloadable game file: 76olw.zip
Special thanks to Carlos E. A. Drake for all kind of help on the topic.

Tournament review

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Individual medals

1st Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. WGM Kushnir, Alla Israel ISR A 7½ 8 93.8
2. WIM Hartston, Jana England ENG A 9 11 81.8
3. Vujosevic, Smilja Canada CAN B 7½ 11 68.2

2nd Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. Shterenberg, Nava Canada CAN B 9 10 90.0
2. García Vicente, Nieves Spain ESP A 9½ 11 86.4
3. Veprek, Vanda Switzerland SUI C 7½ 10 75.0
3. Kristol, Luba Israel ISR A 7½ 10 75.0

3rd Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. Maeda, Hyroko Japan JPN C 6½ 8 81.3
2. Cazón, Matilde Argentina ARG B 7 10 70.0
3. Wettstein, Carla Switzerland SUI C 6½ 10 65.0

Reserve Board
no. name flag code fin. pts gms %
1. Nudelman, Lea Israel ISR A 6½ 7 92.9
2. Van der Giessen, Ada Netherlands NED A 6½ 9 72.2
3. Orton, Ruth United States USA A 5 8 62.5

Interesting games


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