1959-60 World (women) chess championship

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1959-60 World (women) chess championship
Compiled by gauer

The tournament awaits days and months (1*) in the pgn.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 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

* The cross-table (above - from wikipedia (1)) does not describe the colour pairings for the rounds - it is backwards. Bykova started and finished the match with the black pieces, according to the kibitzing.

Bykova successfully defended her title in 13 games.

* K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959 (kibitz #2) and below suggests that the match went from 1959 and onwards into 1960 at Moscow, Russia. This was played in the Christmas break between December 4th and January 4th.

References: (1) http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/s... , (2) Wikipedia article: Women's World Chess Championship 1959 , (3) Dates from Ken Whyld's <Chess: The records> 1986, Guinness (courtesy of look-up by User: crawfb5 ).

Round 1 - see kibitzing
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(B07) Pirc, 38 moves, 1-0
Round 2 or 4 or 10 or 12
E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959
(E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
3 or 13 ?! - probably the table is colour-reversed at wikipedia
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(C11) French, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2 or 4 or 10 or 12
E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
Round 5 - inferred from cross-table and kibitzing of round 1
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 77 moves, 1-0
Round 6 or 8
E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 or 11
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(C16) French, Winawer, 44 moves, 0-1
Round 6 or 8
E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 - see kibitzing
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2 or 4 or 10 or 12
E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
Round 7 or 11
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 25 moves, 0-1
Round 2 or 4 or 10 or 12
E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959
(A04) Reti Opening, 69 moves, 1-0
3 or 13 ?! - probably the table is colour-reversed at wikipedia
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
13 games

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