Pepita Ferrer Lucas (7 May 1938 – 14 January 1993) was a Catalan
chess
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player who holds the title of
Woman International Master
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(WIM, 1974). She was an eight-time
Spanish Women's Chess Champion (1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976).
Biography
From mid-1950s to mid 1980s, Ferrer Lucas was one of Spanish leading women chess players. In the Spanish Women's Chess Championships she won eight gold (1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976) and two silver medals (1957, 1959). Also she four times won the
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
Women's Chess Championships (1956, 1958, 1959, 1981).
Ferrer Lucas twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: in
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
,
Menorca
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she ranked at 14th place, but in
1986
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Events January
* January 1
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**Spain and Portugal ente ...
, in
Zeleznovodsk she stayed at 16th place.
Pepita Ferrer Lucas played for Spain in the
Women's Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 1974, at first board in the
6th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Medellín
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(+6, =2, -2),
* In 1976, at first board in the
7th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Haifa
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(+3, =5, -3) and won the team bronze medal,
* In 1978, at second board in the
8th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Buenos Aires
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(+4, =4, -4),
* In 1980, at second board in the
9th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Valletta
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(+3, =4, -4),
* In 1982, at first reserve board in the
10th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Lucerne
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(+4, =0, -4),
* In 1984, at third board in the
26th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Thessaloniki
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(+5, =3, -4),
* In 1986, at first reserve board in the
27th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Dubai
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(+3, =2, -2).
In 1974, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Ferrer Lucas was the first Spanish chess player to receive this title.
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1938 births
1993 deaths
Sportspeople from Barcelona
Spanish female chess players
Spanish chess players
Chess Woman International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players