Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska
Krystyna Radzikowska
Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931, Lwów – 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was nine times Polish Champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969).[1]
Krystyna tied for 15–16th at the Moscow 1955 Candidates Tournament which was won by Olga Rubtsova. She tied for 7–8th at the Ohrid 1971 Candidates Tournament won by Nana Alexandria.[2]
She played for Poland five times in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- in 1957, at 1st board in the 1st WChOlympiad in Emmen (+9 −2 =0);
- in 1963, at 2nd board in the 2nd WChOlympiad in Split (+2 −4 =2);
- in 1966, at 1st board in the 3rd WChOlympiad in Oberhausen (+3 −6 =2);
- in 1969, at 1st board in the 4th WChOlympiad in Lublin (+3 −3 =4);
- in 1972, at 1st board in the 5th WChOlympiad in Skopje (+5 −1 =3).
Krystyna won two individual medals: gold (Emmen 1957) and bronze (Skopje 1972).[3] She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1955 and the WGM title in 1984.
References
- ↑ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-X (2. N-Z). Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-plwo.htm World Chess Championship for Women
- ↑ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
External links
- Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview with Krystyna Radzikowska (in Polish)