Agnieszka Brustman (born 31 July 1962) is a Polish chess player holding the title of

woman grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

. She has been the Polish women's champion four times and competed in the Candidates' tournament for the Women's World Championship twice.

Biography

Brustman was born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

. She played on the Polish team in nine

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s (1980–96). Her best result was in the 1980 Olympiad (Valletta), when she scored 8 points out of 11, winning the individual silver medal on board four and the team bronze medal. She was European junior girls' champion in 1980 and world junior girls' champion in 1982. Brustman competed in the

Women's World Championship The Women's World Championship was the first women's professional wrestling world title. History Cora Livingston defeated Hazel Parker in 1906. Though the contest was originally for the Featherweight Championship, from that point she was billed ...

Candidates' tournament twice, at Malmö 1986 and Chaltubo 1988. Brustman won the Polish women's championship four times, in 1982, 1984, 1987, and 1996.

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awarded her the

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM) title in 1982, and the

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM) title in 1985.

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