Margareta Perevoznic
{{short description|Romanian chess player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
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| birth_place = Chernivtsi, Romania (now in Ukraine)
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| title = Woman International Master (1967)
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Margareta Perevoznic ({{née}} Covali; 10 September 1936 – 15 December 2015) was a Romanian chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1967). She was the winner of the Romanian Women's Chess Championship in 1962.
Biography
She was born in Chernivtsi which, until 1940, was part of Romania but now part of Ukraine. Her father was Romanian and her mother was Polish. After the Red Army occupied the Chernivtsi in 1940, Margaret was separated from the family and lived in a Soviet children's home, from where she was rescued by her grandmother and transferred to Romania. Margaret's father was sent to Siberia, where he died, but her mother returned home only after several years of imprisonment in Irkutsk.{{cite web|url=http://www.frsah.ro/interviul_lunii/2007_04.htm |title=Interviu cu Maestra Internațională Margareta Perevoznic, membru de onoare al F.R.Șah |trans-title=Interview with International Teacher Margareta Perevoznic, honorary member of F.R. Şah |website=frsah.ro |publisher=Federația Română de Șah [Romanian Chess Federation] |date=March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601154845/http://www.frsah.ro/interviul_lunii/2007_04.htm |archive-date=1 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}
She learned to play chess in the 1950s. In the 1960s she became one of the leading Romanian women's chess players. She won the whole set of medals in the Romanian Women's Chess Championship: gold (1962), silver (1961) and bronze (1960).{{cite web |url=http://www.frsah.ro/prezentare.htm |title=Federaţia Română de Şah: Prezentare |first=Zidaru |last=Nicolae |website=frsah.ro |publisher=Federația Română de Șah [Romanian Chess Federation] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627001605/http://www.frsah.ro/prezentare.htm |archive-date=27 June 2007 |url-status=dead}}
In 1967, she participated in Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Subotica, where shared 11th-12th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/67wo$cix.htm|title=1967 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)|website=mark-weeks.com}}
Margareta Perevoznic played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/1dvd7rhl.html|title=OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Margareta Perevoznic|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=olimpbase.org}}
- In 1963, at first reserve board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+1, =1, -3),
- In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+4, =2, -1) and won the team silver medal.
In 1967, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. She was also known as a chess trainer and correspondence chess player. In 1979, along with the Romanian team, she reached the 6th place in World Correspondence Chess Olympiad.
References
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External links
- {{Chessgames player|85957}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Margareta_Perevoznic}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Chernivtsi
Category:Romanian female chess players
Category:Chess Woman International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:20th-century Romanian chess players