| Verica Nedeljković | |
|---|---|
 Nedeljković in 2011 | |
| Country | Yugoslavia, Serbia |
| Born | 16 September 1929 Čačak, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes |
| Died | 13 December 2023 (aged 94) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1978) |
| Peak rating | 2215 (January 1990) |
Verica Nedeljković (née Jovanović; Serbian: Верица Јовановић), (Serbian: Верица Недељковић; 16 September 1929 – 13 December 2023) was a Yugoslav and Serbian chess player who held the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1978). She was a six-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1965).
Biography[edit]
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 Belgrade (1961, 1962).
Verica Nedeljković four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournaments:
- In 1955, at Candidates Tournament in Moscow she took 6th place;[1]
- In 1959, at Candidates Tournament in Plovdiv she took 2nd place;[2]
- In 1961, at Candidates Tournament in Vrnjačka Banja shared 4th–6th place;[3]
- In 1964, at Candidates Tournament in Sukhumi she took 9th place;[4]
- In 1967, at Candidates Tournament in Subotica she took 6th place.[5]
Verica Nedeljković played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]
- In 1963, at the 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 Oberhausen (+4, =4, -2).
In 1954, Verica Nedeljković was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (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. She was married to a chess player, a chess trainer and a medical doctor by profession - Srećko Nedeljković (1923—2011).[7]
Verica Nedeljković died in Belgrade on 13 December 2023, at the age of 94.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "1955 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ "1959 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ "1961 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ "1964 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ "1967 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Verica Nedeljković". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ Mihailov, Anton. "In Memoriam - Srecko Nedeljkovic". www.fide.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "IN MEMORIAM – VERICA NEDELJKOVIĆ (1929-2023) | Šahovski savez Srbije". 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
External links[edit]
- Verica Nedeljkovic rating card at FIDE
- Verica Nedeljković FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Verica Nedeljković Women's Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Verica Nedeljkovic chess games at 365Chess.com
- Verica Nedeljkovic player profile and games at Chessgames.com
