Apolonia Litwińska Explained

Apolonia Litwińska
Country:Poland
Birth Date:25 July 1928
Birth Place:Załuże, Poland
Death Place:Wrocław, Poland
National Master (1953)
Fideid:1122991

Apolonia Litwińska (Osikowicz; 25 July 1928 – 20 January 2021) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1961.[1]

Chess career

In the 1950s and 1960s Apolonia Litwińska was one of the leading Polish women chess players. From 1951 to 1982 she played nineteen times in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals. Apolonia Litwińska won four medals: gold (1961), silver (1952 - lost an additional match to Krystyna Hołuj - 1½:4½) and two bronze (1951, 1969).[2] In 1951 she won gold medal in Polish Team Chess Championships.[3] She was awarded the National Master title in 1953.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ś.† P. Apolonia Litwińska (25.07.1928–20.01.2021) . . 26 January 2021 . pl . 26 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Medalistki Mistrzostw Polski Kobiet w Szachach . pzszach.pl . pl . https://web.archive.org/web/20150514220707/http://pzszach.pl/mp2014/medalistki . 2015-05-14 . 23 May 2014.
  3. Web site: Polish Team Chess Championship :: Apolonia Litwińska . OlimpBase.org . 23 May 2014.