Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish

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player. She was awarded the titles

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 ...

in 1955 and

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 ...

in 1984 by

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. Born in

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, she was nine-time Polish women's champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969). Hołuj-Radzikowska tied for 15–16th places at the Moscow 1955 Women's

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, which was won by Olga Rubtsova. She tied for 7–8th at the Ohrid 1971 Interzonal Tournament, won by

Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria ( ka, ნანა გიორგის ასული ალექსანდრია, ''Nana Giorgis asuli Aleksandria''; born 13 October 1949) is a Georgian chess player. A three-time Soviet women's champion, she was the c ...

. She played for Poland five times 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 1957, at 1st board in the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad in Emmen, the Netherlands (+9−2=0); * in 1963, at 2nd board in the 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad in

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(+2−4=2); * in 1966, at 1st board in the 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad in

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(+3−6=2); * in 1969, at 1st board in the 4th Women's Chess Olympiad in

Lublin Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...

(+3−3=4); * in 1972, at 1st board in the 5th Women's Chess Olympiad in

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(+5−1=3). Hołuj-Radzikowska won the individual gold medal on board one in Emmen 1957.Women's Chess Olympiads: Krystyna Radzikowska
OlimpBase. A chess tournament in her memory has been held annually since 2011 in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

, Poland.

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Krystyna Radzikowska
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