Verica Nedeljković

Verica Nedeljković (Serbian: Верица Недељковић; born 16 September 1929), née Jovanović (Serbian: Јовановић), is a Serbian and Yugoslav chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1978). She is a six-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1965).

Verica Nedeljković
Country	Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia
Born	(1929-09-16) September 16, 1929 Čačak, Serbia
Title	Woman Grandmaster (1978)

Biography

From the mid-1950s to the late 1960s, she was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. Verica Nedeljković won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championships six times: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958 and 1965. The winner of many international chess women's tournaments, including twice in a row in Belgrade (1961, 1962).

Verica Nedeljković four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournaments:

• In 1955, at Candidates Tournament in Moscow has taken 6th place[1];
• In 1959, at Candidates Tournament in Plovdiv has taken 2nd place[2];
• In 1961, at Candidates Tournament in Vrnjačka Banja shared 4th-6th place[3];
• In 1964, at Candidates Tournament in Sukhumi has taken 9th place[4];
• In 1967, at Candidates Tournament in Subotica has taken 6th place[5].

Verica Nedeljković played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

• In 1963, at second board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+12, =0, -0) and won the team silver medal and the gold individual medal,
• In 1966, at second board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+4, =4, -2).

In 1954, Verica Nedeljković was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title, but in 1978 she received the honorary title of FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM).

After graduation, she was a ship engineer and a candidate for technical sciences. Worked as a lecturer at the University of Belgrade. Been married to a chess player, a chess trainer and a medical doctor by profession - Srećko Nedeljković (1923—2011)[7].

References

1. "1955 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
2. "1959 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
3. "1961 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
4. "1964 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
5. "1967 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
6. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Verica Nedeljković". www.olimpbase.org.
7. Mihailov, Anton. "In Memoriam - Srecko Nedeljkovic". www.fide.com.

External links

• Verica Nedeljković player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Verica Nedeljković chess games at 365Chess.com