Gordana Marković

Gordana Marković
Country	Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
Born	(1951-01-04) January 4, 1951
Title	Woman International Master (1986)

Gordana Marković (Serbian: Гордана Марковић; born 4 January 1951), née Jovanović (Serbian: Јовановић), also Gordana Jovanović-Marković, is a Serbian and Yugoslav chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1986). She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1977, 1981).

Biography

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, she was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. Gordana Marković won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championships two times: 1977 and 1981.

Gordana Marković three times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

• In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 13th-14th place;
• In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka has taken 13th place;
• In 1991, at Interzonal Tournament in Subotica has taken 22nd place.

Gordana Marković played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• In 1978, at first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+3, =8, -2),
• In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+4, =4, -5),
• In 1984, at first reserve board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+5, =3, -1),
• In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+1, =2, -4),
• In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+5, =2, -2) and won the team bronze medal,
• In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+6, =1, -3).

In 1986, Gordana Marković was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title. Since 2000, she rarely participate in chess tournaments. Her sister Katarina Blagojević is a chess Woman International master.

External links

• Gordana Markovic player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Gordana Marković chess games at 365Chess.com