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Irwin Lipnowski

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Irwin Lipnowski
CountryCanada
Born (1946-05-02) May 2, 1946 (age 78)
TitleFIDE Master
Peak rating2400 (January 1975)

Irwin Lipnowski (born May 2, 1946) is a Canadian chess FIDE Master.

Biography

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Lipnowski, who grew up in Winnipeg, was one of Canada's strongest chess players of the 1960s and 1970s. He was awarded the FIDE Master title in 1983.

His competitive accomplishments include:

  • 1960, 1962 Winner, Manitoba Junior Championship and in 1959 shared first with Michael Nozick[1]
  • 1963, 1978, and 2001 Canadian Chess Championship, placing 6th, 8th, and 17th, respectively[2]
  • 1969 Winner, Ontario Open[3]
  • 1971 Played fourth board for Canada at the World Student Team Chess Championship in Mayagüez, scoring +1, =2, -2; the team won the bronze medal[4]
  • 1974 Placed 7th in the Pan American Chess Championship in Winnipeg[5]
  • 1976 Played first reserve board ( scoring +1, =4, -1) on the Canadian men's team at the 22nd Chess Olympiad in Haifa; the team's eighth place finish was its best ever[6][7]
  • 1977 Winner, Manitoba Championship[8]
  • 1999 Winner, Manitoba Open[9]
  • 2000 Captain and coach of the Canadian team at the World Youth Championship, Oropesa del Mar, Spain[10][11]

An economics professor, Lipnowski is a faculty member of the University of Manitoba.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Cohen, David (2012-06-05). "Canadian Chess Champions - Manitoba". Canadian Chess. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  2. ^ "Canadian Closed Championships, 1945-2021". bcchesshistory. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  3. ^ Cohen, David (2013-04-14). "Canadian Chess Champions - Ontario". Canadian Chess. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. ^ "World Student Team Chess Championship: Irwin Lipnowski". olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  5. ^ "8th Pan-American Chess Championship: Winnipeg 1974". olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  6. ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Irwin Lipnowski". olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  7. ^ Rosner, Cecil (2014-05-31). "Chess". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
  8. ^ "Champions". Manitoba Chess Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  9. ^ "Manitoba Open Championship". 365chess.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  10. ^ "World Youth Championships, Oropesa del Mar". belgianchesshistory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  11. ^ Lipnowski, Irwin (2001). "Oropesa del Mar: World Youth Chess Festival 2000" (PDF). En Passant (166): 28–36.
  12. ^ Irwin F. Lipnowski University of Manitoba
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