Károlyné Honfi

Károlyné Honfi (16 April 1933 – 10 October 2010) was a Hungarian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1969). She was a winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1961).

Károlyné Honfi
Country Hungary
Born(1933-04-16)April 16, 1933
Budapest, Hungary
DiedOctober 10, 2010(2010-10-10) (aged 77)
Budapest, Hungary
TitleWoman International Master (1969)

Biography

From the end of the 1950s to the end of the 1960s, Károlyné Honfi was one of the leading Hungarian women's chess players. She has won medals in the Hungarian Women's Chess Championships five times: gold (1962) and four silver (1959, 1963, 1964, 1968). In 1969, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title.

Károlyné Honfi played for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[1]

Also known as a correspondence chess player. Károlyné Honfi played for Hungary in 2nd Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad (1980-1982).[2] In 1977, she was awarded the ICCF International Women Correspondence Master title.

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