Ku sii qor faqradan - Koltanowski sanado badan ayuu maray maraykanka si hagar la'aan ah, wuxuu qabtay tartamo isugu jira oo shaah iyo bandhigyo meel kasta. Ka dib markii uu ku guuldareystay US Open 1946 ee Pittsburgh, marnaba ma uusan ciyaarin tartanka chess mar kale, marka laga reebo laba ciyaarood oo uu xubin ka ahaa kooxda Mareykanka ee Olombikada Chess 10aad (Helsinki 1952)
, isagoo barbaro la galay Grandmasterkii Soviet Alexander Kotov, oo ka mid ah ciyaartoyda ugu xoogan adduunka, iyo barbaro la galay Masterka Caalamiga ah ee Hungarian Tibor Florian, ciyaar Koltanowski u muuqatay inuu ku guuleysanayo.