Antonina Dragašević

Antonina Dragašević (Serbian: Антонина Драгашевић; born 25 March 1948), née Antonina Georgieva (Bulgarian: Антонина Георгиева), is a Bulgarian and Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1972). She was a four-time winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1968, 1970, 1971, 1977).

Antonina Dragašević
Country Bulgaria
 Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Born (1948-03-25) March 25, 1948
Varna, Bulgaria
TitleWoman International Master (1972)

Biography

From the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s, she was one of the leading Bulgarian women's chess players. She won Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship four times: 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1977. The winner of many international chess tournaments, including second place in Plovdiv (1974) and won Belgrade (1975). In 1972, Antonina Dragašević was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title.

In 1978, she married with Serbian chess player and moved to Yugoslavia. After marriage Antonina Dragašević representing Yugoslavia in chess tournaments, but after breakup of Yugoslavia she represented Serbia.

Antonina Dragašević played for Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]

Actively participated in Senior Chess tournaments. In 2005, Antonina Dragašević took the 6th place in the World Senior Women's Championship Chess Championship,[2] but in 2006 she took the 5th place in this tournament.[3] In 2008, Antonina Dragašević won the 4th place in the European Senior Women's Championship Chess Championship.[4]

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