Verica Nedeljković

Verica Nedeljković (Serbian: Верица Недељковић; born 16 September 1929), née Jovanović (Serbian: Јовановић), is a Serbian and Yugoslav chess 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).

Verica Nedeljković
Country	Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia
Born	September 16, 1929 Čačak, Serbia
Title	Woman Grandmaster (1978)

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 Belgrade (1961, 1962).

Verica Nedeljković four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournaments:

• In 1955, at Candidates Tournament in Moscow has taken 6th place;[1]
• In 1959, at Candidates Tournament in Plovdiv has taken 2nd place;[2]
• In 1961, at Candidates Tournament in Vrnjačka Banja shared 4th-6th place;[3]
• In 1964, at Candidates Tournament in Sukhumi has taken 9th place;[4]
• In 1967, at Candidates Tournament in Subotica has taken 6th place.[5]

Verica Nedeljković played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

• 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 Oberhausen (+4, =4, -2).

In 1954, Verica Nedeljković was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title, but in 1978 she received the honorary title of FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM).

After graduation, she was a ship engineer and a candidate for technical sciences. 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).[7]

References

1. "1955 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
2. "1959 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
3. "1961 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
4. "1964 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
5. "1967 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
6. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Verica Nedeljković". www.olimpbase.org.
7. Mihailov, Anton. "In Memoriam - Srecko Nedeljkovic". www.fide.com.

External links

• Verica Nedeljković player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Verica Nedeljković chess games at 365Chess.com