Károlyné Honfi (16 April 1933 – 10 October 2010) was a Hungarian

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player who held the

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of Woman International Master (WIM, 1969). She was a winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1961).

Biography

From the end of the 1950s to the end of the 1960s, Károlyné Honfi was one of the leading Hungarian women's chess players. She has won medals in the Hungarian Women's Chess Championships five times: gold (1962) and four silver (1959, 1963, 1964, 1968). In 1969, she was awarded the FIDE

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. Károlyné Honfi played for Hungary 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 ...

: * In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =1, -1) and won the team silver medal. Also known as a

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

player. Károlyné Honfi played for Hungary in 2nd Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1980-1982). In 1977, she was awarded the

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International Women Correspondence Master title.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Honfi, Károlyné 1933 births 2010 deaths Sportspeople from Budapest Hungarian female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors