Country Poland | Name Anna Jurczynska | |
Born 4 May 1926
Wieliczka, Poland ( 1926-05-04 ) Died 19 October 2009(2009-10-19) (aged 83)
Poland Title Woman International Master (1981) | ||
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Anna Jurczyńska (4 May 1926 – 19 October 2009), was a Polish chess player who five times won the Polish Women's Chess Championship. FIDE Woman International Master (1981).
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Dzi kczynienie w rodzinie romuald spychalski i anna jurczy ska
Chess career
Since the beginning of 1950s to the end of 1970s Anna Jurczyńska was one of the leading Polish women chess player. From 1953 to 1983 she played 28 times in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals. Anna Jurczyńska won ten medals: 5 gold (1962, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1978), 2 silver (1956, 1970) and 3 bronze (1955, 1964, 1968). Also she won 3 gold medals (1957, 1962, 1966) in Polish Team Chess Championships.
Anna Jurczyńska played for Poland in Women's Chess Olympiads:
In 1968 Anna Jurczyńska shared first place in an international women's chess tournament in Piotrków Trybunalski, and in 1974 she shared the second place in the international women's chess tournament in Lublin.
Apart from playing in tournaments classic, Anna Jurczyńska also took part in Correspondence chess competitions and participated in the Sixth Ladies World Championship final (2000–2005). She was awarded the Ladies International Correspondence Chess Master title in 1977.
Since 2006 she has been an honorary member of Polish Chess Federation.