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).
Olivera Prokopović | |
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Full name | Olivera Bjelajac-Prokopović |
Country | Yugoslavia → Serbia |
Born | (1949-12-26)26 December 1949 Leskovac, Yugoslavia |
Died | 2007 (aged 57–58) |
Title | Woman International Master (1979) |
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[1] In 1979, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.
Olivera Prokopović played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]
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