Mirosława Litmanowicz

Mirosława Litmanowicz
Mirosława Litmanowicz
	Mirosława Litmanowicz in 2011
Full name	Mirosława Kałęcka
Country	Poland
Born	6 September 1928; Warsaw, Poland
Died	18 August 2017 (aged 88)
Title	Woman International Master (1967)

Mirosława Litmanowicz (née Kałęcka; 6 September 1928 – 18 August 2017[1]) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1968. FIDE Woman International Master (1967).

Chess career

Since the mid of 1950s to the start of 1970s Mirosława Litmanowicz was one of the leading Polish women chess player. From 1951 to 1972 she played 16 times in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals. Mirosława Litmanowicz won ten medals: gold (1968), 5 silver (1957, 1958, 1964, 1969, 1972) and 2 bronze (1961, 1967).[2] Also she won 7 gold medals (1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1972) in Polish Team Chess Championships.[3]

Mirosława Litmanowicz played for Poland in Women's Chess Olympiads:[4]

In 1957, at second board in the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad in Emmen (+6, =1, -4),
In 1963, won individual silver medal at first reserve board in the 2nd Women's Chess Olympiad in Split (+5, =3, -2),
In 1966, at second board in the 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad in Oberhausen (+1, =0, -6),
In 1969, at second board in the 4th Women's Chess Olympiad in Lublin (+5, =4, -2),
In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Women's Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+3, =1, -2).

Other

Litmanowicz appeared in many international tournaments, including four Women's World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments. She won or shared first place in international chess tournaments in Bled (1957), Portorož (1958), Piotrków Trybunalski (1969), Emmen (1970).

In February 1974, she ended her active chess player career and devoted herself to literary work. Her best-known books are chess manuals for children and young people.[5]

Personal life

She was married to Władysław Litmanowicz (1918-1992), a Polish journalist and chess player.

gollark: > The Free Land of Anrak is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.677 billion Anrakians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

gollark: I have Notelia, my main one which also seems to have gone socialist because the game seems to like that for some reason, Anrak, where there is literally no law enforcement (but government-provided education if I remember right), and Doemokria, where I do random testing.

gollark: I mostly just answer the issues occasionally on my three nations.

gollark: Also, I use ly (it's in the AUR) as my, er, desktop manager. It's pretty nice, has a neat TUI design.

gollark: I should probably work on some of my eternally unfinished™ programming projects.

References

Polish Chess Federation, 23 August 2017.(in Polish)
Medalistki Mistrzostw Polski Kobiet w Szachach Archived 2015-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Mirosława Litmanowicz
OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mirosława Litmanowicz
ChessBooks #1 by Mirosława Litmanowicz on YouTube

External links

Mirosława Litmanowicz rating card at FIDE
Mirosława Litmanowicz player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Mirosława Litmanowicz player profile at 365chess.com

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[1] Polish Chess Federation, 23 August 2017.(in Polish)

[2] Medalistki Mistrzostw Polski Kobiet w Szachach Archived 2015-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

[3] OlimpBase :: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Mirosława Litmanowicz

[4] OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mirosława Litmanowicz

[5] ChessBooks #1 by Mirosława Litmanowicz on YouTube