Bożena Sikora-Giżyńska (born 18 April 1960) is a Polish chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 1990. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1986.
Bożena Sikora-Giżyńska | |
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Country | Poland |
Born | (1960-04-18) 18 April 1960 (age 62) Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
Title | Woman International Master (1986) |
FIDE rating | 2175 (January 1998) |
Peak rating | 2265 (July 1987) |
In 1975 Bożena Sikora-Giżyńska won Polish Junior Chess Championship. In 1977 she won European Junior Chess Championship (U-20) in Novi Sad.
From 1975 to 1992 Bożena Sikora-Giżyńska played 17 times in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals. She won three medals: gold (1990),[1] silver (1981) and bronze (1988).[2] Also Bożena Sikora-Giżynska won gold medal in Polish Team Chess Championships (1990).[3]
Bożena Sikora-Giżyńska won or shared first place in an international women's chess tournament in Nałęczów (1982, 1983), Iwonicz-Zdrój (1985) and Prague "Bohemians" (1987-1990, 1992).[4] She was awarded the WIM title in 1986.
Bożena Sikora-Giżyńska played for Poland in Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]