| Irén Hönsch | |
|---|---|
 Irén Hönsch in 1957 | |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Born | (1932-05-24)May 24, 1932 Košice, Slovakia |
| Died | August 26, 2021 (aged 89) |
Irén Hönsch (24 May 1932 – 26 August 2021) was a Hungarian chess player. She was a three-time winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1957, 1959, 1960).
Biography
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:
- In 1957, at first board in the 1st Chess Olympiad (women) in Emmen.
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). Hönsch died on 26 August 2021, at the age of 89.
References
- Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Irén Hönsch". www.olimpbase.org.
- "50 Jahre Emmen, 75 Jahre Irene Hönsch". 24 May 2007.
- "Elhunyt Hönsch Irén". A Magyar Sakkszövetség hivatalos oldala (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-12-20.