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Grażyna Szmacińska

Grażyna Szmacińska in 2013 (Warsaw)
Country Poland
Born 29 January 1953
Brzeziny, Poland
Title Woman International Master (1978)
Peak rating 2315 (01.01.1987)

Grażyna Szmacińska (born 29 January 1953) is a Polish chess player who six times won the Polish Women's Chess Championship. FIDE Woman International Master (1978).

Chess career

Grażyna Szmacińska in Chess Olympiad (Dubai, 1986)

In 1970 and 1971 Grażyna Szmacińska twice won the Polish Junior Chess Championships. Since the early 1970s to the late 1980s she was one of the leading Polish women chess player. From 1975 to 1989 Grażyna Szmacinska played 15 times in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals and won eight medals: 6 gold (1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988) and 2 silver (1977, 1979).

Grażyna Szmacińska participated in many international tournaments. She won or shared first place in international chess tournaments in Lublin (1976), Piotrków Trybunalski (1978), Bydgoszcz (1977).

Grażyna Szmacińska played for Poland in Women's Chess Olympiads:

In 1993 Grażyna Szmacińska ended his professional career chess, but occasionally participated in national tournaments. In 2004-2006 she won three medals at the Polish National Police Chess Championships, including gold in 2005.

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