Paunka Todorova ( bg, Паунка Тодорова; born 26 January 1930) is a
Bulgarian
chess player. She was a two-time winner of the
Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1955, 1964).
Biography
From the mid-1950s to the end of the 1960s, Paunka Todorova was one of the leading Bulgarian women's chess players. She won in Bulgarian Women's Chess Championships six medals: two gold (1955, 1964), silver (1970) and three bronze (1951, 1952, 1954). In 1958, Paunka Todorova won 3rd place in International Women's chess tournament in
Bela Crkva
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. In 1959, she participated at
Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in
Plovdiv
Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...
and ranked 14th place.
Paunka Todorova played for Bulgaria in the
Women's Chess Olympiad:
* In 1963, at first reserve board in the
2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in
Split (+1, =1, -2).
She stopped her chess player career in 1978.
References
External links
*
Paunka Todorovachess games at 365Chess.com
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1930 births
People from Varna Province
Bulgarian female chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Living people