Elisabeta Polihroniade

Elisabeta Polihroniade (; née Ionescu; 24 April 1935 – 23 January 2016 ) was a Romanian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and an International Arbiter. She was born in Bucharest.

She won the Romanian Women's Championship in 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1977. Polihroniade played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1988.

Her peak rating 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.

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, 1990

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