Elisabeta Polihroniade (; née Ionescu; 24 April 1935 – 23 January 2016) was a Romanian

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player holding the title of

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(WGM), and an

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(1986). She was born in

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. She won the Romanian Women's Championship in 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1977. Polihroniade played for Romania in the

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s of 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988. Her peak

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was 2391, achieved in February 1992,. Polihroniade was a journalist and broadcaster, with her own daily radio programme on contemporary culture. She was the editor of ''Gambit'', the Romanian chess magazine, and wrote many books.WGM Elisabeta Polihroniade passes away
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Studies

* Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1960)

Professional activity

* Producer of Sahiste radio and TV programs for TVR (1960-1997) * Director of the "Epoli" publishing house (since 1990) * Editor and director of the Romanian Chess Magazine "Gambit" (since 1993) * Vice-President of the Romanian Chess Federation (1995-2001) * Co-President of the International Chess School "Karpov - Polihroniade" (since 1995) * President of "Gambit - Elisabeta Polihroniade" Foundation (since 1996) * Vice-President of the International Union of Chess in Schools (since 2003) * Co-President of ISCU Romania (since 2004)

Individual gold medals

* European Championships, Vrnjacka Banja, Yugoslavia, 1st/ 3rd place (1971)

Team medals

* Second place Oberhausen, Germany (1966) * Second place Skopje, Yugoslavia (1972) * First and Second Place Medelin, Colombia (1974) * Second Place Lucerne, Switzerland (1982) * Third Place Thessaloniki, Greece (1984) * Third Place Dubai, United Arab Emirates (1986)

Published Books

* Elisabeta Polihroniade - Olympic Games in black and white, Ed. Sport-turism, 1976 * Elisabeta Polihroniade, Tiberiu Rădulescu - First steps in chess, Ed. Sport-Turism, 1982 * Elisabeta Polihroniade - Chess for All, Ed. Sport-Turism, 1984 * Elisabeta Polihroniade - 64 beauty prizes in chess, Ed. Sport-Turism, 199

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Notable chess games

Valentina Kozlovskaya vs Elisabeta Polihroniade, 3rd olw final 1966, Modern Defense (A42), 0-1Elisabeta Polihroniade vs Leonid Shamkovich, Cup World (open) 1989, Sicilian Defense (B43), 1-0

References

External links

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Elisabeta Polihroniade
chess games at 365Chess.com

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