How to Pronounce Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska
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Feb 05, 1931 Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine Died on 29 Nov 2006 (aged 75)
Polish chess player
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About Krystyna Houj Radzikowska
- Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska (5 February 1931 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish chess player.
- She was awarded the titles Woman International Master (WIM) in 1955 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1984 by FIDE.
- Born in Lviv, she was nine-time Polish women's champion (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1966, and 1969).Holuj-Radzikowska tied for 15–16th places at the Moscow 1955 Women's 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 Olympiad: 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 Split (+2-4=2); in 1966, at 1st board in the 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad in Oberhausen (+3-6=2); in 1969, at 1st board in the 4th Women's Chess Olympiad in Lublin (+3-3=4); in 1972, at 1st board in the 5th Women's Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+5-1=3).Holuj-Radzikowska won the individual gold medal on board one in Emmen 1957.An chess tournament in her memory has been held annually since 2011 in Wroclaw, Poland.
