Suzana Maksimović

Suzana Maksimović (Serbian: Сузана Максимовић; born 5 January 1962) is a Serbian and Yugoslav chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1999). She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1983, 1991). She won her first Yugoslav Chess Championship national title in 1983 jointly with her fellow counterpart Marija Petrović.

Suzana Maksimović
Suzana Maksimović in 1982
Country Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Born (1962-01-05) January 5, 1962
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1999)

Biography

Suzana Maksimović had her first major success in 1980 when she won the title of European Junior Chess vice champion in the U20 age group. In the 1980s, she was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. Suzana Maksimović won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championships two times: 1983 and 1991 - together with Mirjana Marić. In 2002, she won the silver medal in the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship, and in 2006 repeated this success in the Serbian Women's Chess Championship. In 1990 in Pula, Suzana Maksimović shared the 1st-4th in the Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament. In 1996 in Dresden, she won the International Women's Chess Tournament.

Suzana Maksimović participated four times in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

Suzana Maksimović played for Yugoslavia and Serbia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]

In 1982 Suzana Maksimović was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title, and in 1999 the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title.

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