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Maria Ivanka

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A07		King's Indian Attack (10 games)
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A15		English (6 games)
A22		English (5 games)
B83		Sicilian (4 games)
A02		Bird's Opening (4 games)
A67		Benoni, Taimanov Variation (4 games)
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MARIA IVANKA (born Feb-23-1950, 75 years old) Hungary [what is this?] 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. her book is called Silver Queen Wikipedia article: Mária Ivánka Last updated: 2022-05-05 15:17:46

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page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 186  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Konstantinova vs M Ivanka   0-1 71 1967 Hungary - Russia A07 King's Indian Attack 2. M Ivanka vs Konstantinova   1-0 56 1967 Hungary - Russia C45 Scotch Game 3. M Ivanka vs Konstantinova   1-0 38 1967 Hungary - Russia C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 4. Konstantinova vs M Ivanka   0-1 23 1967 Hungary - Russia A07 King's Indian Attack 5. L Shadura vs M Ivanka   0-1 30 1968 Russia - Hungary A84 Dutch 6. M Ivanka vs E Epstein   ½-½ 56 1968 Russia - Hungary B03 Alekhine's Defense 7. M Ivanka vs K Skegina   0-1 40 1968 Russia - Hungary B23 Sicilian, Closed 8. M Kryukovskikh vs M Ivanka   0-1 66 1968 Russia - Hungary C45 Scotch Game 9. M Ivanka vs W Nowarra   ½-½ 35 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) C10 French 10. M Ivanka vs M Teodorescu   ½-½ 27 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) B07 Pirc 11. V Asenova vs M Ivanka   0-1 42 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 12. M Ivanka vs A Dragasevic   ½-½ 46 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) B25 Sicilian, Closed 13. E Nuenchert vs M Ivanka   ½-½ 38 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 14. M Ivanka vs I Winter   1-0 81 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 15. M Ivanka vs J Scholz   1-0 46 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) A02 Bird's Opening 16. C Lehmann vs M Ivanka   0-1 40 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) A84 Dutch 17. G Just vs M Ivanka   ½-½ 23 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) A03 Bird's Opening 18. M Ivanka vs R Jaeschke   1-0 33 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) B25 Sicilian, Closed 19. A Jurczynska vs M Ivanka   0-1 69 1968 Zinnowitz (Women) B22 Sicilian, Alapin 20. M Ivanka vs A van der Mije-Nicolau   1-0 33 1969 Hoogovens (Women) A02 Bird's Opening 21. M Ivanka vs L Honfi-Gurszky   0-1 38 1969 Kato Haman Memorial E61 King's Indian 22. M Haahr vs M Ivanka   0-1 42 1969 Lublin Olympiad (Women) B40 Sicilian 23. M Ivanka vs D Norman   1-0 46 1969 Lublin Olympiad (Women) A07 King's Indian Attack 24. E Keller-Herrmann vs M Ivanka   0-1 53 1969 Lublin Olympiad (Women) A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 25. I Jansen vs M Ivanka   ½-½ 26 1969 Lublin Olympiad (Women) B41 Sicilian, Kan  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 186

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Jan-15-09    Karpova: Interesting review of her book "Silver Queen - The Glamour and Shadow of Success": http://www.chesscafe.com/text/revie... (Janet Newton is the reviewer) Mar-18-10    MMan: Interesting interview in an Alaskan newspaper with Ivanka in 1975: http://news.google.com/newspapers?i... Mar-19-11    BLarsen1967: Maria Ivanka placed 5th in the 1971 Ohrid Interzonal,scoring 11 out of 17 (Nana Alexandria came clear 1st with 13 points) - This is Maria's game against the runner-up Milunka Lazarevic [Event "Ohrid Interzonal(W)"] [Site "Ohrid"] [Date "1971.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Ivanka Budinsky, Maria"] [Black "Lazarevic, Milunka"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2320"] [ECO "B00"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be3 e5 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd2 Bc8 10. a4 O-O 11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. f3 Ne8 15. b4 Bg5 16. Qd2 Bxe3+ 17. Nxe3 a5 18. Ra2 Bb7 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rfa1 Ndf6 21. Ncd1 Nh5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Qg5 24. Qc3 Nf4 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. Kh1 N6h5 27. Qc7 Qh4 28. Qxb7 Ng3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Qxh2 31. Nf2 h5 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Qxa8+ Kh7 34. Qf8 f6 35. Qxd6 h4 36. Qd7 Nh5 37. Neg4 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Qg1+ 39. Kd2 Qxg2 40. Nxf6+ Kg6 41. Ng4 Kh7 42. Qf7 Qf1 43. Nf6+ Kh6 44. N2g4+ Kg5 45. Nh7# 1-0 Oct-10-15    wordfunph: "I also remember 1982 tournament game in Dallas, Texas, when my son was only two months old. I played a long, final-round draw with Boris Kogan. I remember having to breast-feed during and after the game." - WGM Maria Ivanka Source: Chess Life 1986 October

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