Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Koltanowski si mgbe ahụ gaa United States n'akwụsịghị akwụsị ruo ọtụtụ afọ, na-agba asọmpi egwuregwu chess ma na-eme ihe ngosi n'otu oge n'ebe nile. Mgbe ọdịda ya na 1946 U.S. Open na Pittsburgh, ọ dịghị mgbe ọ na-egwuri egwu egwuregwu egwuregwu ọzọ, ma e wezụga egwuregwu abụọ dị ka onye so na ndị otu US na
10th Chess Olympiad (Helsinki 1952), na-eme ka ya na Soviet Grandmaster Alexander Kotov, otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu kachasị ike n'ụwa, na-eme ka ya na Hungarian International Master Tibor Florian, na egwuregwu nke Koltanowski yiri ka ọ na-emeri.