Vesna Rožič (23 March 1987 – 23 August 2013) was a Slovenian

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player. She received the

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of Woman International Master (WIM) in April 2006. Rožič was ranked the second best Slovenian female chess player, after

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. She won the Slovenian women's championship in 2007 and 2010. In 2007, Rožič also became the Mediterranean women's champion in

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. In team events, she represented Slovenia in four

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s (2002, 2008, 2010 and 2012), four Women's

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s (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011), six Women's Mitropa Cups (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012) and four European Girls U18 Team Championships (2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004). In the Women's Mitropa Cup, Rožič won two team golds (in 2005 and 2006), four team silvers (in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012) and two individual gold medals (in 2006 and 2012). Rožič frequently played the Queen's Pawn Game with white pieces, and the

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with black pieces.Vesna Rozic
chess games and profile at Chess-DB.com Rožič died from

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on 23 August 2013.

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FIDE obituary
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rozic, Vesna 1987 births 2013 deaths Sportspeople from Ljubljana Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Slovenian female chess players Deaths from cancer in Germany Deaths from peritoneal cancer