Verica Nedeljković ( sr, Верица Недељковић; born 16 September 1929), née Jovanović ( sr, Јовановић), is a

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n and Yugoslav

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player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1978). She is a six-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1965).

Biography

From the mid-1950s to the late 1960s, she was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. Verica Nedeljković won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championships six times: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958 and 1965. The winner of many international chess women's tournaments, including twice in a row in

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(1961, 1962). Verica Nedeljković four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournaments: * In 1955, at

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has taken 6th place; * In 1959, at

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has taken 2nd place; * In 1961, at

in Vrnjačka Banja shared 4th-6th place; * In 1964, at

in Sukhumi has taken 9th place; * In 1967, at

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has taken 6th place. Verica Nedeljković played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1963, at second board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+12, =0, -0) and won the team silver medal and the gold individual medal, * In 1966, at second board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =4, -2). In 1954, Verica Nedeljković was awarded the FIDE

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(WIM) title, but in 1978 she received the honorary title of FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM). After graduation, she was a naval engineer and completed a research degree. She also worked as a lecturer at the University of Belgrade. Been married to a chess player, a chess trainer and a medical doctor by profession - Srećko Nedeljković (1923—2011).

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