Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz Explained

Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz
Country:Poland
Birth Date:11 July 1975
Birth Place:Lesko, Poland
Woman International Master (2003)
Peakrating:2235 (January 1996)
Fideid:1106058

Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz (born 11 July 1975), née Gużkowska, is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1994. FIDE Woman International Master (2003).

Chess career

Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz four time won Polish Junior Chess Championship (1989, 1991, 1992, 1995) in the categories U-14, U-16 and U-20. Several times she represented Poland at the World Junior Chess Championship, reaching the best result in 1989, where she ranked 7th in the category U-14.In 1994 in Gdańsk Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz won Polish Women's Chess Championship's final.[1] In 1995 Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz represented Poland at the Women's World Chess Championship zonal tournament in Nadole.[2] She was awarded Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title in 1995 and Woman International Master (WIM) in 2003.

Magdalena Gużkowska-Nurkiewicz played for Poland in Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]

Personal life

She married chess player Maciej Nurkiewicz, who is Polish Junior Chess Championship's triple medalist (1991–97).[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/POL-ch_(Women)_1994 POL-ch (Women) 1994 - 365Chess.com Tournaments
  2. http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Nadole_zt_(Women)_1995 Nadole zt (Women) 1995 - 365Chess.com Tournaments
  3. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/o6gq46kk.html OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Magdalena Gużkowska
  4. http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1107046 FIDE Chess Profile: Nurkiewicz, Maciej