Karina Cyfka

Karina Cyfka (also known as Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska; née Szczepkowska; born 28 October 1987) is a Polish chess player. FIDE awarded her the titles Woman Grandmaster in January 2010[1] and International Master in September 2016.[2]

Karina Cyfka
Cyfka in 2021
CountryPoland
Born (1987-10-28) 28 October 1987
Rybnik, Poland
TitleInternational Master (2016)
Woman Grandmaster (2010)
Peak rating2431 (March 2019)

In 2003, she tied for first place with Polina Malysheva of Russia at the World Youth Chess Championships in the Girls U16 category and took the silver medal on tiebreak.[3] Cyfka was a multiple times medalist in the Polish junior championships and won the Polish Women's Championship in 2020.[4]

She has played in the Polish national team at the Women's Chess Olympiad, the Women's World Team Chess Championship[5] and the Women's European Team Chess Championship. In 2016, Cyfka won two silver medals in the women's event at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku. In this competition Poland finished second and she also won an individual silver playing board three.[6]

References
  1. "FIDE Titles Awarded at the Bursa Presidential Board 1/2010". FIDE. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. "List of titles approved by General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan". FIDE. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "Final Standings – Girls Under 16". World Youth Championships 2003. chess.gr. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. Besenthal, Klaus (13 August 2020). "Karina Cyfka is Polish Women's Champion!". ChessBase. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "World Women's Team Championship in Ningbo". ChessBase. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  6. "USA and China take gold in Baku Chess Olympiad". Chessdom. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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