Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska
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Karina Szczepkowska-Horowska (born 28 October 1987 in Rybnik
) is a Polish chess
player.
She represented Poland at the World Championships and European Junior Chess Championship
. In 2003 she became the world vice champion in the U16 category. She was a multiple medalist in the Polish Junior Championships and played in the Polish Women's Championship
six times (in years 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), taking fourth place three times. In September 2009, she participated in the 2nd Women World Team Chess Championship
. In January 2010 she was awarded the title of Woman Grand Master.
Rybnik
Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship. Rybnik is located close to the border with the Czech Republic and just outside the southern border of the largest urban area in Poland, the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union...
) is a Polish chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player.
She represented Poland at the World Championships and European Junior Chess Championship
European Junior Chess Championship
The first chess youth championship in Europe was the yearly European Junior Championship for under age 20. It was played from 1971–2002. FIDE officially introduced the European Junior Championship in 1970 at their Annual Congress and so the 1971/72 edition was the first official European...
. In 2003 she became the world vice champion in the U16 category. She was a multiple medalist in the Polish Junior Championships and played in the Polish Women's Championship
Polish Chess Championship
Individual Polish Chess Championship is the most important Polish chess tournament, aiming at selecting the best chess players in Poland. Based on the results of the tournament , the Polish Chess Federation selects the national and subsequently the olympiad team.The first men's championship took...
six times (in years 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), taking fourth place three times. In September 2009, she participated in the 2nd Women World Team Chess Championship
2nd Women World Team Chess Championship
- Teams :*China 1# Hou Yifan# Zhao Xue# Shen Yang# Ju Wenjun# Huang Qian*Georgia# Maia Chiburdanidze# Nana Dzagnidze# Lela Javakhishvili# Maia Lomineishvili# Sopiko Khukhashvili*Russia# Tatiana Kosintseva# Nadezhda Kosintseva...
. In January 2010 she was awarded the title of Woman Grand Master.