Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen (22 February 1941 – 28 March 2017) was a Brazilian

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player who held the

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of Lady International Correspondence Chess Grand Master (2000).

Biography

In the mid of 1970s Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen was one of the leading Brazilian chess female players. She has participated in many Brazilian Women's Chess Championships. In 1978, in

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Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen participated in the

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wher ...

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n Zonal Tournament and shared 5th-6th place with Julia Arias. Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen played for Brazil in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

: * In 1978, at second board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =5, -0). In later years, Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen active participated in

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tournaments. She participated in 5th Ladies World Championship Final (1993-1998) and ranked in 5th place. In 1993, Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen was awarded the

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International Correspondence Chess Master (IM) title. In 2000, she received Lady International Correspondence Chess Grand Master title.LGM Simonsen, Iluska Pereira da Cunha (2359)
/ref> By profession Iluska Pereira da Cunha Simonsen was an anthropologist.

Family

She was married to Brazilian economist

Mário Henrique Simonsen Mário Henrique Simonsen (c. 1935 – 9 February 1997) was a Brazilian economist, who served as Brazil's finance minister from 1974 to 1979. Simonsen was appointed Brazil's finance minister by President Ernesto Geisel with instructions to reduce ...

. They had two sons and a daughter.

References

External links

* * * 1941 births 2017 deaths Brazilian female chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Brazil-chess-bio-stub