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Country
  
Poland

Name
  
Miroslawa Litmanowicz

Miroslawa Litmanowicz
Born
  
6 September 1928 (age 95) Warsaw, Poland (
1928-09-06
)

Title
  
Woman International Master (1967)

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Mirosława Litmanowicz (born 6 September 1928), née Kałęcka, is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1968. FIDE Woman International Master (1967).

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Chess career

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Since the mid of 1950s to the start of 1970s Mirosława Litmanowicz was one of the leading Polish women chess player. From 1951 to 1972 she played 16 times in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals. Mirosława Litmanowicz won ten medals: gold (1968), 5 silver (1957, 1958, 1964, 1969, 1972) and 2 bronze (1961, 1967). Also she won 7 gold medals (1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1972) in Polish Team Chess Championships.

Mirosława Litmanowicz played for Poland in Women's Chess Olympiads:

  • In 1957, at second board in the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad in Emmen (+6, =1, -4),
  • In 1963, won individual silver medal at first reserve board in the 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad in Split (+5, =3, -2),
  • In 1966, at second board in the 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad in Oberhausen (+1, =0, -6),
  • In 1969, at second board in the 4th Women's Chess Olympiad in Lublin (+5, =4, -2),
  • In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Women's Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+3, =1, -2).

    • Mirosława Litmanowicz appeared in many international tournaments, including four Women's World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments. She won or shared first place in international chess tournaments in Bled (1957), Portorož (1958), Piotrków Trybunalski (1969), Emmen (1970).

    In February 1974 Mirosława Litmanowicz ended active chess player career and devoted herself to literary work. Her best-known books are chess manuals for children and young people.

    Personal life

    She was married to the Wladyslaw Litmanowicz (1918-1992) - Polish chess player, journalist, and chess arbiter.

    References

    Mirosława Litmanowicz Wikipedia
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