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From the early 1960s to mid-1970s, she was one of the leading
Yugoslav women's chess players. Katarina Blagojević won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship three times, in 1961, 1971 and 1974. With ŠK Red Star Belgrade, she won the Yugoslav League five times, in 1967, 1968, 1970, 1975 and 1976. The
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in the early 1970s, it was the first such occurrence in the history of international chess, and it caused FIDE to draft a new paragraph about family relationships to avoid potential situations of matches being thrown by one to help another. They were the most famous trio of sisters in the chess world
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Women's world chess champion Nona
Gaprindashvili from Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, won all 13 games at an international tournament in Yugoslavia whose entrants included such strong players as Nicolau of Rumania, Asenova of Bulgaria and the Jovanovic sisters of
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It is also interesting to note that in this tournament all three
Jovanovic sisters took part and that, between their scores, there is but a small difference in points. The youngest sister, Gordana, threatens to crowd out her elder,
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Among
Yugoslavia's women chess players the title of women's grandmaster is held by Milunka Lazarević, Vera Nedeljković, Tereza Štadler, Henrijeta Konarkovska-Sokolov, Alisa Marić and Katarina Jovanović.
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Blagojević was awarded the FIDE Woman International master (WIM) title and in 1986, she was awarded FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title for her previous results.
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Olympiad, the Government of Serbia awarded her National Sports Recognition in 2007, including sports pension, of which she donated 10000
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Yugoslav championships – Katarina, Ružica and Gordana Jovanović, whose names appeared on the list of champions.
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An established star since the early 1960s, Katarina was joined in that status by her two younger sisters — first by the middle, future WIM
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January 1990.
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852:"1964 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)"
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834:"In Memoriam – Katarina Jovanović Blagojević (1943–2021)"
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273:Katarina Blagojević-Jovanović
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634:"Fifth Women's Tournament"
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228:1963 Split
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679:Katarina.
372:in 1963.
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