Teodora Injac
{{Short description|Serbian chess player (born 2000)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| image = Teodora Injac at the board (cropped).jpg
| caption = Injac in 2023
| country = Serbia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|5|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|Belgrade,{{Cite web |title=Sportska budućnost Srbije: Teodora Injac, šahistkinja |url=https://www.rts.rs/page/sport/sr/story/129/ostali-sportovi/3108416/sportska-buducnost-srbije-teodora-injac-sahistkinja.html |date=2018-04-17 |website=rts.rs |language=Serbian}} Serbia, FR Yugoslavia}}
| title = {{unbulleted list
| International Master (2023)
| Woman Grandmaster (2021)
}}
| peakrating = 2474 (May 2025)
| FideID = 932400
}}
Teodora Injac ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Теодора Ињац}}; born 26 May 2000 in Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian chess player who holds the International Master (IM) title. She was awarded the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2021, and the IM title in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Injac, Teodora |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/932400 |access-date=2021-07-25 |website=ratings.fide.com}}
Chess career
She won the Women's Serbian Chess Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2020.{{Cite web |title=Alexandar Indjic and Teodora Injac win Serbian championship |url=https://www.fide.com/news/854 |access-date=2021-07-25 |website=www.fide.com}} She was the youngest ever to win the Women's Serbian Chess Championship.
She won bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship held in Porto Carras, Greece in 2018.{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championships 2018 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr385905.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=chess-results.com}}
At the age of 17 she became a part of women's national team of Serbia and so far has represented Serbia in four European Teams Chess Championships (2017. in Hersonissos, Crete,{{Cite web |title=European Team Championship (2017) |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=91562 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=www.chessgames.com}} 2019. in Batumi, Georgia,{{Cite web |title=European Team Championship (2019) |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=97667 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=www.chessgames.com}} 2021. in Brezice, Slovenia,{{Cite web |title=European Team Championship (2021) |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=105515 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=www.chessgames.com}} and 2023. in Budva, Montenegrohttps://chess-results.com/tnr832216.aspx?lan=14&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30)
At the European Teams Chess Championship in 2023.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European Team Chess Championship{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}}https://chess-results.com/tnr832216.aspx?lan=14&art=81&turdet=YES&flag=30 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} she took a gold medal for the best performance on the first board (7/9,RP:2596Performance rating (chess)) which has earned her the first GM norm.Norm (chess) She is the first-ever female chess player from Serbia to have achieved a GM norm.
She represented Serbia in the 2018 Chess Olympiad{{Cite web |title=Olympiad Women 2018 2018 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Olympiad_Women_2018_2018/42929 |access-date=2021-07-25 |website=www.365chess.com}} in Batumi Georgia and 2022 Chess Olympiad.{{Cite web |title=Calendar |url=https://www.fide.com/calendar/51215 |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=www.fide.com |language=en}} in Chennai, India.
She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021 where, seeded 63rd, she defeated Dina Belenkaya 2-0 in the first round, before being defeated by 2nd-seed Kateryna Lagno 0.5-1.5 in the second round.{{Cite web |title=Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021 |url=https://worldcup.fide.com/results |access-date=2021-07-25 |website=worldcup.fide.com |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028141455/https://worldcup.fide.com/results |url-status=dead }}
At the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she defeated Nurai Sovetbekova 2-0 in the first round before defeating Sophie Milliet with the score of 1.5-0.5 in the second round.{{Cite web |title=Püşk ağacı |url=https://worldcup2023.fide.com/tree |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=worldcup2023.fide.com}} In the third round, she went on to defeat the Women's Chess World Cup 2021 winner and the former Women's World chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk with the score of 3-1. In the fourth round, she was eliminated by Polina Shuvalova with the score of 0.5-1.5.
Injac won the 2025 European Women's Championship in Greece.{{cite web|url=https://www.europechess.org/european-womens-chess-championship-2025-concluded-in-rhodes-greece/|title=European Women’s Chess Championship 2025 concluded in Rhodes, Greece|publisher=Europe Chess|accessdate=13 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/injac-wins-2025-european-womens-chess-championship|title=Injac Secures European Women's Championship With 9 Straight Wins|publisher=chess.com|accessdate=13 April 2025}}
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Category:Chess players from Belgrade
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Category:Serbian female chess players
Category:Serbian chess players