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Olivera Prokopović

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Olivera Prokopović
Full nameOlivera Bjelajac-Prokopović
CountryYugoslaviaSerbia
Born(1949-12-26)26 December 1949
Leskovac, Yugoslavia
Died2007 (aged 57–58)
TitleWoman International Master (1979)

Olivera Prokopović (26 December 1949 – 2007), also Olivera Bjelajac-Prokopović, was a Serbian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1979). She is a winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1978).

Biography

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In the late 1970s and early 1980s Olivera Prokopović was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. She won the Yugoslav Women's Championship in 1978 on tie-break. In 1979, she participated at the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 13th-14th place[1] In 1979, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Olivera Prokopović played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
  2. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Olivera Prokopović". OlimpBase.org.
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