Berna Carrasco Araya (Carrasco de Budinich) (19 December 1914 – 7 July 2013) was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

chess master A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted for life. The international chess governing body FIDE grants several titles, the most pres ...

, born in

San Bernardo, Chile San Bernardo () is a city in Chile, located within the Greater Santiago metropolitan area. It is both a Communes of Chile, commune and the capital of Maipo Province, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. San Bernardo also serves as the seat of the ...

. At the 1939 Women's World Championship in

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, she finished in third place behind

Vera Menchik Vera Francevna Mencikova (, ''Vera Frantsevna Menchik''; ; 16 February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champ ...

and

Sonja Graf Susanna "Sonja" Graf (December 16, 1908 – March 6, 1965) was a German and American chess player. She was a women's world championship runner-up and a two-time U.S. women's champion. In 2016, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. ...

. Carrasco was awarded the

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 in 1954.

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* * * 1914 births 2013 deaths Chilean female chess players Chess Woman International Masters People from Maipo Province 20th-century Chilean chess players {{Chile-chess-bio-stub