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Irén Hönsch

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Irén Hönsch
Irén Hönsch in 1957
Country Hungary
Born (1932-05-24) May 24, 1932 (age 92)
Košice, Slovakia

Irén Hönsch (born 24 May 1932), also Jenőné Sillye (1957-1972) and Lajosné Károly (from 1972), was a Hungarian chess player. She was a three-time winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1957, 1959, 1960).

Biography

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In the 1950s and the 1960s, Irén Hönsch was one of the leading Hungarian women's chess players. She won in Hungarian Women's Chess Championships in 1957, 1959 and 1960.

Irén Hönsch played for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]

In 1957, she married Hungarian chess master Jenő Sillye. The couple had two sons: Gábor (born 1959) and Kálmán (born 1960). From her second marriage with Lajos Károly, she had a daughter Irén (born 1973).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Irén Hönsch". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "50 Jahre Emmen, 75 Jahre Irene Hönsch". 24 May 2007.