Career
FIDE Woman International Master (1978). Since the early 1970s to the late 1980s she was one of the leading Polish women chess player. Grażyna Szmacińska participated in many international tournaments.
Grażyna Szmacińska played for Poland in Women"s Chess Olympiads:
In 1978, at second board in the 8th Women"s Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+8, =1, -4),
In 1984, at first reserve board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =1, -2),
In 1986, at first reserve board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+3, =3, -2),
In 1988, at first reserve board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+4, =3, -2).
In 1993 Grażyna Szmacińska ended his professional career chess, but occasionally participated in national tournaments.