2nd Women's Chess Olympiad
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The 2nd Women's
Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...
, organized by the
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, took place between 22 September and 12 October 1963, in
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Results

A total of 15 two-woman teams entered the competition. It was played as a
round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
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Individual medals

* Board 1:
Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili ( ka, ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978, and in 1978 ...
11½ / 12 = 95.8% * Board 2: Verica Nedeljković 12 / 12 = 100% * Reserve Board: Hendrika Timmer 6½/ 9 = 72.2%


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2nd Women's Chess Olympiad: Split 1963
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