Mária Ivánka (born 23 February 1950), also known as Mária Ivánka-Budinsky, is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Ivánka was born in Budapest and played chess at ten years old for the first time and by the age of eleven won her very first chess tournament, the Championship for elementary school girls of Budapest. At the age of 17, in 1967 she won her first national title, the Hungarian Women Chess Championship. She would go on to win the national title a total of nine times. At the Chess Olympiads between 1969 and 1986 she collected six medals. She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 1978. In the seventies, during the Soviet-dominant chess era, she ranked as one of the world's top players. She defeated the reigning world champion, Nona Gaprindashvili twice in international tournaments. Beside her chess career, together with her husband and coach András Budinszky, she has raised three children. Her brother was actor and director of the Hungarian National Theatre, Csaba Ivánka.
Mária Ivánka Women's Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
Maria Ivanka Budinsky chess games at 365Chess.com
Official website
at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 April 2016) (in Hungarian)
Chess Database at Chess.com
December 31, 2023
mária, ivánka, native, form, this, personal, name, ivánka, mária, this, article, uses, western, name, order, when, mentioning, individuals, born, february, 1950, also, known, budinsky, hungarian, chess, player, holds, fide, title, woman, grandmaster, ivánka, 2. The native form of this personal name is Ivanka Maria This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals Maria Ivanka born 23 February 1950 also known as Maria Ivanka Budinsky is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster WGM Maria IvankaIvanka in 2004Born 1950 02 23 February 23 1950 age 73 Budapest HungarySpouseAndras Budinszky m 1972 wbr CountryHungaryTitleGrandmaster 1978 Years active1961 1993Peak rating2320 January 1976 Peak rankingNo 6 woman January 1976 Ivanka was born in Budapest and played chess at ten years old for the first time and by the age of eleven won her very first chess tournament the Championship for elementary school girls of Budapest At the age of 17 in 1967 she won her first national title the Hungarian Women Chess Championship She would go on to win the national title a total of nine times At the Chess Olympiads between 1969 and 1986 she collected six medals She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 1978 In the seventies during the Soviet dominant chess era she ranked as one of the world s top players She defeated the reigning world champion Nona Gaprindashvili twice in international tournaments Beside her chess career together with her husband and coach Andras Budinszky she has raised three children Her brother was actor and director of the Hungarian National Theatre Csaba Ivanka Contents 1 Significant results 2 Awards 3 Publications 4 References 5 External linksSignificant results edit4 Chess Olympiad silver medals 1969 1978 1980 1986 2 Chess Olympiad bronze medals 1972 1982 9 times Hungarian Champion 1 times European Co champion 3 times Texas Champion 1 time Wijk aan Zee 1971 Awards editState Gold Award for Sport Maroczy AwardPublications editGyozelmunk a sakkolimpian Our win in the Olympiad 1979 Versenyfutas az aranyermekert Race for the gold medals 1980 Ezustvezer Silver Queen 2000 Silver Queen 2002References editMagyar Sakkelet Hungarian Chess Life Chess Life Ki kicsoda Who is Who 2004 ISBN 963 86345 0 2 Ezustvezer 2000 ISBN 963 9160 20 2 Silver Queen 2002 ISBN 963 9160 36 9 Nadori Laszlo chief editor Sportlexikon A K Sport 1985 ISBN 963 253 415 8External links editMaria Ivanka rating card at FIDE Maria Ivanka FIDE rating history at OlimpBase org Maria Ivanka Women s Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase org nbsp Maria Ivanka Budinsky chess games at 365Chess com Official website Maria Ivanka at Sakk Terasz hu at the Wayback Machine archived 2 April 2016 in Hungarian Chess Database at Chess com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maria Ivanka amp oldid 1174520306, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
