Barbara Flerow-Bułhak

Barbara Flerow-Bułhak (23 May 1914 – August 1944) was a Polish chess master. She was a Women's World Chess Championship participant (1937). She was killed in the Warsaw Uprising.[1]

Barbara Flerow-Bułhak
CountryPoland
Born23 May 1914
DiedAugust 1944 (aged 30)
Warsaw, Occupied Poland

Biography

Barbara Flerow-Bułhak participated in the first two finals of the Polish Women's Chess Championship. In 1935, she ranked 7th place,[2] while in 1937 she won the title of Polish Women's Chess vice-champion (both finals were played in Warsaw).[3] Also she participated in the Warsaw Women's Chess Championship twice, where in 1936 she ranked 2nd place, and in 1937 she shared together with Regina Gerlecka 1st – 2nd place.

In 1937 in Stockholm she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship and shared 17th - 20th place (tournament won by Vera Menchik).[4]

She was killed during the Warsaw Uprising, aged 30. She was exhumed in 1946 and reinterred in Warsaw Insurgents Cemetery.[1]

References
  1. "Lista cywilnych ofiar powstania - Barbara Flerow-Bułhak" (in Polish). Warsaw Uprising Museum.
  2. Jahr, Przemysław (24 February 2016). "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet w Szachach 1935".
  3. Jahr, Przemysław (24 February 2016). "Mistrzostwa Polski Kobiet w Szachach 1937".
  4. "1927–39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
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