Background
In chess began playing at the age of 6 years, and the first coach was her father Wiesław Detko.
In chess began playing at the age of 6 years, and the first coach was her father Wiesław Detko.
The biggest success of her career occurred in 1989 in Poznań. In the same year, she finished 7th in the World Youth Chess Championship U-18 in San Juan. Later Joanna Detko did not repeated this success in zonal tournament in Brno (1989) and Polish Women"s Chess Championship (1990).
In 1984 she won Kielce Voivodeship Junior Chess Championship, but year later - Kielce Voivodeship Chess Championship. In Polish Women"s Chess Championship Joanna Detko was one of two theoretically the weakest participants, who do not have even the international ranking, but she won at the age of 16 years the title of National Champion.
