Gordana Marković

Gordana Marković (née Jovanović; born 4 January 1951), also known as Gordana Marković-Jovanović,[1] (Serbian Cyrillic: Гордана Марковић-Јовановић) is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1979). She is a two-time winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1977, 1981) and won a team bronze medal with the Yugoslav women's team at the 1988 Chess Olympiad.

Gordana Marković
CountryYugoslavia → Serbia
Born (1951-01-04) 4 January 1951
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
TitleWoman International Master (1979)
FIDE rating2257 [inactive]
Peak rating2335 (July 1987)
Peak rankingNo. 20 woman (January 1977)
Medal record
Women's chess
Representing  Yugoslavia
Chess Olympiad
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Thessaloniki Women's team

Biography

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, she was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. Gordana Marković twice won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship, in 1977 and 1981.

Gordana Marković participated in three Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

Gordana Marković played for Yugoslavia in six Women's Chess Olympiads (including "B" team in 1990):[1]

In 1979, Gordana Marković was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. Since 2000, she rarely participates in chess tournaments.[5] Her sister Katarina Blagojević was a chess Woman International master.

Her highest ranking on the FIDE women's rating list was No. 20 in January 1977,[6] while her highest Elo rating was 2335 in July 1987.[7][8]

She won team bronze medals with ŠK BAS Belgrade in European Women's Chess Club Cup in 1998 and 2000, both times playing on board 4. She was registered as a reserve when the team won the tournament in 2002, but didn't play in any match.[9]

References

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