In 1973 Karol Pinkas appeared for the first time in the finals of
Polish Chess Championship, taking 12th place in
Gdynia. Until 1993, he appeared in the final tournaments nine times, achieving the best result in 1977 in
Piotrków Trybunalski then he took the 6th place. From the mid-1970s Karol Pinkas began to be successful in national chess tournaments. In 1976 he shared the 1st place in the
Swiss-system tournament in
Świeradów-Zdrój (among others with
Krzysztof Pytel and
Zbigniew Szymczak) and took 2nd place in the international chess tournament in
Katowice. In 1980, Karol Pinkas was 2nd in
Białystok and 2nd in the "open" in
Wrocław. In 1981, he single-handedly won the next
open tournament in Świeradów-Zdrój (before
Zbigniew Jaśnikowski). In 1982 Karol Pinkas won in
Puck and was 2nd in
Słupsk, while in 1985 he won in
Mysłowice and shared 2nd place (together with, among others,
Jan Przewoźnik and
Jacek Bielczyk) in Katowice (in both of these tournaments he fulfilled the norm for the title of chess International Master). In 1993 in Katowice he played games with listeners of
Polskie Radio. In 2002, Karol Pinkas shared the 1st place in
Jaworzno, and the next year he won in this city. In 2005 he took second place (behind
Dariusz Mikrut) in
Chrzanów. Karol Pinkas competed many times in the
Polish Blitz Chess Championships, achieving the greatest success in 1989 in
Miętne, where he won the silver medal. Also he won three medals in Polish Team Chess Championship: 2 silver (1973, 1975) and bronze (1976). Karol Pinkas reached his career highest
rating on 1 January 1983, with a score of 2405 points, he was ranked 9th-10th place among Polish chess players. In addition to good results in tournament play, Karol Pinkas was also successful in
Correspondence chess, winning in 1978 the Polish Correspondence Chess Championship. On the
rating ICCF list in October 2006 he had 2383 points. Pinkas was the co-author of the book
Śląskie Ciekawostki Szachowe (
Silesian Chess Curiosities) presenting chess in Silesia in two languages: Silesian and Polish. ==Death==