Antonina Dragašević Explained

Antonina Dragašević
Birth Date:25 March 1948
Birth Place:Varna, Bulgaria
Woman International Master (1972)
Rating:2082 (July 2018)
Peakrating:2172 (January 2000)
Fideid:909718

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 Woman International Master (WIM) title.

In 1978, she married a Montenegrin chess player Srdja Dragašević, with whom she has a dougher Dolja Dragašević and a son Vuko Dragašević, and moved to Yugoslavia. After marriage Dragašević representing Yugoslavia in chess tournaments, but after breakup of Yugoslavia she represented Serbia.

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Antonina Dragašević. Wojciech. Bartelski. OlimpBase.org.
  2. Web site: Senioren Schach Weltmeisterschaft 2005 Lignano. Senior World Chess Championship 2005 Lignano. TeleSchach.com. de.
  3. Web site: Viktor Korchnoi wins World Senior Championship. 23 September 2006. Chessbase.com.
  4. Web site: Senioren Europameisterschaft 2008. Senior European Championship 2008 . Heinz. Herzog. Chess-Results.com. de. 2008-08-17.