The 1958 Women's World Chess Championship was a rematch between defending champion Olga Rubtsova and ex-champion Elisabeth Bykova, who she had won the title from in 1956.
The match was played in Moscow from 4 February to 12 March. It was a 16-game event (the first player to reach 8.5 points will be the winner.) Bykova won the match convincingly, regaining the title.
Women's World Championship Match 1958 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total 
Elisaveta Bykova (Soviet Union)
0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 8½ Olga Rubtsova (Soviet Union)
1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 5½
References
- "Only 14 games were played (16 games, in all, were to be played under the rules).", The Soviet School of Chess, by Alexandr Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich, 1983, page 139.
- "1958 Bikova - Rubtsova : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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