Barbara Pernici (born 26 June 1956,

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) is an Italian

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player who holds the title of

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(WFM). She is a five time Italian Women's Chess Champion,

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Biography

From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, Pernici was one of Italy's leading women chess players. She won the Italian Women's Chess Championships five times in 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981. Barbara Pernici played for Italy in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =2, -5), * In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =7, -1), * In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+9, =1, -2) and won the individual gold medal. In the following years, she stopped her chess playing career. Pernici earned a second level degree in electronics from

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and a MS degree in

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from

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. She was a professor at

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. Since 1993, she is a professor at the

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Barbara Pernici
chess games at 365Chess.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Pernici, Barbara 1956 births Sportspeople from Trieste Italian female chess players Chess Woman FIDE Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Italian women scientists Living people Polytechnic University of Milan alumni Stanford University alumni Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan