Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska

Krystyna Radzikowska

Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931, Lwów - 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was nine times Polish Champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969).

Krystyna tied for 15-16th at the Moscow 1955 Candidates Tournament which was won by Olga Rubtsova. She tied for 7-8th at the Ohrid 1971 Candidates Tournament won by Nana Alexandria.

She played for Poland five times in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• in 1957, at 1st board in the 1st WChOlympiad in Emmen (+9 −2 =0);
• in 1963, at 2nd board in the 2nd WChOlympiad in Split (+2 −4 =2);
• in 1966, at 1st board in the 3rd WChOlympiad in Oberhausen (+3 −6 =2);
• in 1969, at 1st board in the 4th WChOlympiad in Lublin (+3 −3 =4);
• in 1972, at 1st board in the 5th WChOlympiad in Skopje (+5 −1 =3).

Krystyna won two individual medals: gold (Emmen 1957) and bronze (Skopje 1972). She was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1955 and the WGM title in 1984.