Evelina Trojanska ( bg, Евелина Троянска; 15 November 1929 – 2000) was a Bulgarian

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player. She was awarded the title of

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(WIM) by

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in 1972.

Biography

In the 1960s and the 1970s, Evelina Trojanska was one of the leading Bulgarian female chess players. She won the Bulgarian women's championship in 1973. Evelina Trojanska played for Bulgaria in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1966, a second board in the

3rd Women's Chess Olympiad The 3rd Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE, took place in 1966 in Oberhausen, West Germany. Results A total of 14 two-woman teams entered the competition. It was played as a round-robin tournament. : Individual medals * Board 1: N ...

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(+1, =1, -5), * In 1969, a second board in the

4th Women's Chess Olympiad The 4th Women's Chess Olympiad, organized by FIDE, took place on 8–23 September 1969 in Lublin, Poland. Results A total of 15 two-woman teams entered the competition. It was played as a round-robin tournament. : Individual medals * Board 1: ...

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(+4, =2, -1). She was married to the Bulgarian writer

Anton Donchev Anton Nikolov Donchev ( bg, Антон Николов Дончев, 14 September 1930 – 20 October 2022) was a Bulgarian writer of historical novels and screenwriter of Bulgarian historical drama films. In 2003 he was elected an academic at th ...

. She died in a car crash.

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