Ana Benderać (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Ана Бендераћ; born 25 January 1977) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2004 and

FIDE Trainer FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

in 2018.

Biography

In 2009, in

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, Ana Benderać won the women's grandmaster chess tournament. In 2013, she won bronze medal in the Serbian Women's Chess Championship. In 2019, in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

, Ana Benderać won other women's grandmaster chess tournament. Ana Benderać won the European Chess Club Cup (women) twice: in 1997 in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

with chess club ''Goša Smederevska Palanka,'' and in 2003 in Rethymno with chess club ''ŠK Internet-CG Podgorica''. Ana Benderać played for Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro and Serbia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 2002, at first reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Bled Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper C ...

(+4, =2, -2), * In 2004, at first reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad (women) in Calvià (+5, =5, -1), * In 2006, at first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+7, =3, -1), * In 2008, at reserve board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =0, -1), * In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =2, -3). Ana Benderać played for Serbia & Montenegro and Serbia in the European Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2005, at reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+0, =2, -0), * In 2007, at third board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =0, -5). In 2001, Ana Benderać was awarded the FIDE

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM) title and in 2004 the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. In 2018, she became a FIDE Trainer.

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* * * * * 1977 births Living people Serbian female chess players Serbian chess players Yugoslav chess players Yugoslav female chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Serbia-chess-bio-stub