Katarzyna Toma
Katarzyna Toma is a Polish chess player who has represented England since 2018. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster and also works as a veterinary surgeon.
Chess career
In 2000, she won the Polish Junior Championship in Wisła, and a year later, won the bronze medal in the final of the Polish Junior Championship in Brzeg Dolny. In 2001, she first time appeared in the Polish Women's Chess Championship's final and ranked 6th. In the subsequent years, she regularly took part in national championships finals.As a junior also Katarzyna Toma successfully played in rapid chess and blitz chess tournaments.
In 2003 Katarzyna Toma received Woman International Master title. In 2004, she sharing second place in an international chess tournament in Frýdek-Místek and completing the first Woman Grandmaster norm. In 2007 in the same city achieved another success, taking second place in the Pobeskydi Hamont Cup and completing the second Woman Grandmaster norm. Also Katarzyna Toma won the title of vice-champion in Rapid chess. In 2011, she won the women's classification of the traditional Cracovia chess tournament in Kraków, completing the third Woman Grandmaster norm.
Katarzyna Toma played for Poland in European Team Chess Championship:
- In 2011, won team silver medal at reserve board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in Porto Carras,
- In 2013, at reserve board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw.
In 2014, she won the second place in the tournament South African Open in the Bloemfontein.
In 2014 Katarzyna Toma was the coach of South Africa women's team at 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø.
In 2018, she transferred from the Polish to the English Chess Federation and has since played for the English national team.