Antonina Dragašević

Antonina Dragašević
Antonina Dragašević
Country	Bulgaria; Yugoslavia; Serbia and Montenegro; Serbia
Born	March 25, 1948; Varna, Bulgaria
Title	Woman International Master (1972)

Antonina Dragašević (Serbian: Антонина Драгашевић; born 25 March 1948), née Antonina Georgieva (Bulgarian: Антонина Георгиева), is a Bulgarian and Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1972). She was a four-time winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1968, 1970, 1971, 1977).

Biography

From the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s, she was one of the leading Bulgarian women's chess players. She won Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship four times: 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1977. The winner of many international chess tournaments, including second place in Plovdiv (1974) and won Belgrade (1975). In 1972, Antonina Dragašević was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title.

In 1978, she married with Serbian chess player and moved to Yugoslavia. After marriage Antonina Dragašević representing Yugoslavia in chess tournaments, but after breakup of Yugoslavia she represented Serbia.

Antonina Dragašević played for Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]

In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+2, =2, -2),
In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+5, =3, -2) and won the individual bronze medal,
In 1972, at first board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+3, =7, -1),
In 1974, at second board in the 6th Chess Olympiad (women) in Medellín (+5, =3, -2) and won the team bronze medal,
In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+3, =6, -3).

Actively participated in Senior Chess tournaments. In 2005, Antonina Dragašević took the 6th place in the World Senior Women's Championship Chess Championship[2], but in 2006 she took the 5th place in this tournament[3]. In 2008, Antonina Dragašević won the 4th place in the European Senior Women's Championship Chess Championship.[4]

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References

Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Antonina Dragašević". www.olimpbase.org.
"TeleSchach / Senioren Schach Weltmeisterschaft 2005 Lignano". teleschach.com.
"Viktor Korchnoi wins World Senior Championship". 23 September 2006.
http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Schachturnier-Ergebnisserver Chess-results.com - Senioren Europameisterschaft 2008". chess-results.com.

External links

Antonina Dragašević player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Antonina Dragašević chess games at 365Chess.com

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[1] Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Antonina Dragašević". www.olimpbase.org.

[2] "TeleSchach / Senioren Schach Weltmeisterschaft 2005 Lignano". teleschach.com.

[3] "Viktor Korchnoi wins World Senior Championship". 23 September 2006.

[4] ttp://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Schachturnier-Ergebnisserver Chess-results.com - Senioren Europameisterschaft 2008". chess-results.com.