Marta Poláková (née Sedláčková; 3 July 1934 – 23 April 2023) was a Czech chess player, Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship medalist (1965).

Biography

Marta Poláková was Brno chess player. She was one of the leading Czechoslovakian women's chess players from 1955 to 1966. Marta Poláková was four time finalist of the Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship: 1956 (10th place), 1961 (shared 4th-5th place), 1965 (shared 2nd-3rd place), 1966 (7th place). She was designer by profession. Marta Poláková played for Czechoslovakia in the

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: * In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+0, =1, -1). Poláková died on 23 April 2023, at the age of 88.

References

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