[ Competition summary || West European subzonal 1A | West European subzonal 1B | West European subzonal 1C | Central European zonal 2 | Nordic zonal 3 | East European zonal 4 | Mediterranean zonal 5 | Soviet zonal 6 |
| US zonal 7 | Canadian zonal 8 | Central American zonal 9 | South American zonal 10 | West Asian zonal 11 | South-East Asian zonal 12 | Chinese zonal 13 | North African zonal 14 | South-Central African zonal 15 ||
|| interzonal || Candidates tournament | Candidates challenge match || WCh match ]

pos.	name	Elo	flag	pts
⇑ Q	WIM Peng Zhaoqin	2335
⇑ Q	WIM Wang Pin	2295
⇑ Q	WIM Qin Kanying	2270
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