Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska
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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).
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
.
She played for Poland five times in the Women's Chess Olympiads
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Krystyna won two individual medals: gold (Emmen 1957) and bronze (Skopje 1972). She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1955 and the WGM title in 1984.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was nine times Polish Champion
Polish Chess Championship
Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament , the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequently the olympiad team.The first men's championship took...
(1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969).
Krystyna tied for 15–16th at the Moscow 1955 Candidates Tournament
Candidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship...
which was won by Olga Rubtsova
Olga Rubtsova
Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...
. She tied for 7–8th at the Ohrid 1971 Candidates Tournament won by Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter . She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship....
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She played for Poland five times in the Women's Chess Olympiads
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
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- 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). She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1955 and the WGM title in 1984.