Sanja Vuksanović Explained

Sanja Vuksanović
Country:YugoslaviaSerbia
Birth Date:3 April 1967
Birth Place:Yugoslavia
Woman Grandmaster (1998)
Rating:2160 (January 2017)
Peakrating:2365 (July 1998)
Peakranking:No. 51 woman (July 1998)
Fideid:910589

Sanja Vuksanović (Serbian: Сања Вуксановић; born 3 April 1967) is a Serbian chess player. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1998. She won FR Yugoslavia Women's Chess Championship in 1992. In July 1998, she reached FIDE Top 50 Women ranking list.

Biography

In the 1990s, Vuksanović was one of the leading female chess players in Serbia. In 1991, she shared first place in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament.[1] In 1991, Vuksanović participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Subotica where she was tied 16th-21st.[2] In 1992, she won FR Yugoslavia Women's Chess Championship.

Sanja Vuksanović played for FR Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]

In 1992, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1998.

In July 1998, she reached FIDE Top 50 Women list when she was ranked tied 50th−53rd (51st on additional criteria).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sparti zt (Women) 1991 - 365Chess.com Tournaments . www.365chess.com.
  2. Web site: 1991 Subotica Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women) . www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Sanja Vuksanović . www.olimpbase.org.
  4. Web site: FIDE Rating List July 1998 . www.olimpbase.org.