Irwin Lipnowski

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]

• Irwin Lipnowski player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Irwin Lipnowski Chessmetrics player profile
• Irwin Lipnowski Chessbase profile
• Irwin Lipnowski Chess Federation of Canada
• Interview with FM Irwin Lipnowski (En Passant, April 2002)
• The Jewish Gambit: Celebrating the Legacy of Jews and Chess in Winnipeg (video, 2021) Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada