Jovana Rapport (née Vojinović, sr-Cyrl, Јована Војиновић; born 18 February 1992) is a

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chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player. She holds the title of

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM), which

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awarded her in 2009. She is a two-time Montenegrin women's champion (2009, 2010) and also a Serbian women's champion (2014).

Chess career

She participated in the

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s and the

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s in various age categories. Her best result was a third place in 2002 in

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in the World Youth Championships in Girls U10 age category. When she didn't make the Serbian team in 2006, she decided to switch her allegiance to Montenegro. She represented Montenegro in the European Girls' U18 Team Chess Championships (2007−2009) and won silver (2008) and bronze (2007) team medals, and won two gold (2008, 2009) and silver (2007) individual medals. She won the 2009 Mediterranean Women's Chess Championship in

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. In 2011 in

Pančevo Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; german: Pantschowa; hu, Pancsova; ro, Panciova; sk, Pánčevo) is a city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located on ...

, she won the international women's chess tournament. In the

Montenegrin Chess Championship The Montenegrin Chess Championship is organized by the Montenegro Chess Federation. Montenegro also participated in the Yugoslav Chess Championship until 1991 and the Serbia and Montenegro Chess Championship between 1992 and 2006. Men's champion ...

for women, she has won four medals − two gold (2009, 2010), a silver (2008) and a bronze (2007). She

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back her national federation to her native Serbia in early 2013. In 2014, she won the

Serbian Chess Championship The Serbian Chess Championship is held by the Serbian Chess Association. The first championships were played in 1935 and until 1991 they were the Yugoslav Chess Championship. In 1992 FR Yugoslavia was formed, which changed its name to Serbia and M ...

for women. Jovana Rapport played for Montenegro and Serbia 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 ...

s: * In 2008, at first board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+6, =3, -2), * In 2010, at first board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty language, Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi language, Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the admini ...

(+6, =2, -3), * In 2012, at first board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =6, -0), * In 2014, at second board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =1, -4), * In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =2, -3). Jovana Rapport played for Montenegro and Serbia in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

s: * In 2007, at second board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

(+1, =3, -4), * In 2009, at first board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

(+3, =3, -3), * In 2011, at first board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+4, =3, -2), * In 2013, at third board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =1, -4), * In 2015, at second board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavik and won individual gold medal (+5, =3, -0). In 2008, she was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE and received the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) the following year. She was the first woman representing Montenegro to be awarded the latter title. Rapport achieved required norms for

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(IM) title by late November 2015, but has yet to reach minimum rating (2400) for the title.https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221020.pdf

Personal life

She

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Hungarian-Romanian chess grandmaster

Richárd Rapport Richárd Rapport (born 25 March 1996) is a Hungarian-Romanian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 11 months and 6 days, making him Hungary's youngest ever grandmaster. He was the Hungaria ...

in 2016 and they live in

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. In September 2022, the Rapports together decided to switch their federations to

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