Marta Litinskaya-Shul

Marta Litinskaya-Shul
Marta Litynska at the 1982 Interzonal Tournament in Bad Kissingen
Country	Soviet Union → Ukraine
Born	(1949-03-25) 25 March 1949 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Woman Grandmaster (1976)
FIDE rating	2326 (January 2005)
Peak rating	2415 (January 1987)

Marta Ivanivna Litynska (Ukrainian: Марта Іванівна Літинська; Russian: Марта Ивановна Литинская, Marta Ivanovna Litinskaya; born 25 March 1949 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Biography

Born Marta Shul, she was Soviet Women's Champion in 1972, and runner-up in 1971, 1973, and 1974. She also won the Ukrainian Women's Championship in 1967, 1977 and 1995. She played in the 2nd Interzonal Tournament in Menorca 1973 where tied for 2nd–5th places. In 1974, she lost a semifinal match to Nana Alexandria in Riga.

Litinskaya won the Women's World Senior Championship in Naumburg 2002.

She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1972 and Woman Grandmaster in 1976. She received the Lady International Correspondence Chess Master title in 1978.

External links

• Marta Litynska rating card at FIDE
• Marta I. Litinskaya-Shul player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Marta I. Litinskaya chess games at 365Chess.com
• Marta Litinskaya player details at ICCF