Olivera Prokopović
{{short description|Serbian chess player}}
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| name = Olivera Prokopović
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| full_name = Olivera Bjelajac-Prokopović
| country = Yugoslavia → Serbia
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|12|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leskovac, Yugoslavia
| death_date = {{death year and age|2007|1949}}
| death_place =
| title = Woman International Master (1979)
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Olivera Prokopović (26 December 1949 – 2007), also Olivera Bjelajac-Prokopović, was a Serbian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1979). She is a winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1978).
Biography
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Olivera Prokopović was one of the leading Yugoslav women's chess players. She won the Yugoslav Women's Championship in 1978 on tie-break. In 1979, she participated at the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 13th-14th place{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/79wo1iix.htm|title=1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)|website=Mark-Weeks.com}} In 1979, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.
Olivera Prokopović played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/umo0cioj.html|title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Olivera Prokopović|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=OlimpBase.org}}
- In 1978, at first reserve board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+2, =0, -1),
- In 1980, at first reserve board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+4, =3, -1).
References
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External links
- {{Chessgames player|49620|Olivera Bjelajac Prokopovic}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Olivera_Bjelajac_Prokopovic}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Leskovac
Category:Serbian female chess players
Category:Serbian chess players
Category:Yugoslav female chess players
Category:Yugoslav chess players
Category:Chess Woman International Masters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
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