Joanna Worek (born 23 January 1986) is a Polish and Czech 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 ...

(WGM). In 2001, she won the bronze medal at the

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

in the Girls U16 category. Worek transferred national federations from Poland to the Czech Republic in 2016. In the same year, she won the Czech Women's Chess Championship. In team events, Worek played for Poland in the

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 ...

of 2012 and the Women's

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

in 2013. Since 2016, she has played for the Czech team in the Women's Chess Olympiad, the Women's European Team Championship, and the Women's Mitropa Cup.

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Chess Woman Grandmasters Czech female chess players Czech chess players Polish female chess players Polish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors People from Pszczyna Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-chess-bio-stub