Women's Candidates Tournament 1959

Women's Candidates Tournament 1959 was a 15-player tournament, 1–31 May 1959. Shared first: 15 players with 0. Last updated 24 Oct 2026, 23:12 UTC.

Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	Edith Keller-HerrmannEast Germany		0
1	Elfriede RinderWest Germany		0
1	Eva Ladanyike-KarakasHungary		0
1	Gisela Kahn GresserUSA		0
1	Kira ZvorykinaSoviet Union		0
1	Kveta EretovaCzechoslovakia		0
1	Larissa VolpertSoviet Union		0
1	Maria AlbulețRomania		0
1	Milunka LazarevićYugoslavia		0
1	Olga RubtsovaSoviet Union		0
1	Paunka TodorovaBulgaria		0
1	Salme RootareSoviet Union		0
1	Soledad Gonzalez de HuguetArgentina		0
1	Valentina BorisenkoSoviet Union		0
1	Verica NedeljkovićYugoslavia		0

Points counted from the games; the organisers' standings aren't available, so tiebreaks aren't applied (equal points share a place).

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pts
1	Kira Zvorykina		½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11½
2	Verica Nedeljković	½		½	1	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	10½
3	Larissa Volpert	½	½		½	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	9½
4	Salme Rootare	½	0	½		½	0	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	1	9
5	Edith Keller-Herrmann	½	0	½	½		0	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	9
6	Milunka Lazarević	0	0	1	1	1		0	1	0	1	0	½	½	1	1	8
7	Eva Ladanyike-Karakas	½	0	0	0	½	1		0	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	7½
8	Valentina Borisenko	0	½	½	½	0	0	1		0	½	½	1	1	1	½	7
9	Olga Rubtsova	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1		0	½	1	½	1	1	6½
10	Kveta Eretova	0	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	1		½	½	1	½	½	6
11	Gisela Kahn Gresser	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	½		½	½	0	1	5½
12	Elfriede Rinder	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½		0	½	0	4½
13	Maria Albuleț	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1		1	1	4½
14	Paunka Todorova	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	0		1	3½
15	Soledad Gonzalez de Huguet	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	0		2½

Each cell: the results against that opponent.