Jovana Rapport

Jovana Rapport (Serbian: Јована Рапорт; née Jovana Vojinović, born 18 February 1992) is a Serbian chess player. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded her in 2009. She is a two-time Montenegrin women's champion (2009, 2010) and was also Serbian women's champion (2014).

Jovana Rapport
Jovana Rapport in 2012
CountrySerbia and Montenegro → Montenegro (2006-2013)
Serbia (since 2013)
Born (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992
Trstenik, FR Yugoslavia
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2009)

Chess career

She participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth Chess Championships in various age categories. Her best result was a third place in 2002 in Heraklion in the World Youth Championships in the Girls U10 age category.[1] She played for Montenegro in the European Girls' U18 Team Chess Championships (2007-2009) and won silver (2008) and bronze (2007) team medals, and won two gold (2008, 2009) and silver (2007) individual medals.[2]

In 2009 in Antalya she won the Mediterranean Women's Chess Championship.[3] In 2011 in Pančevo she won the international women's chess tournament.

In the Montenegrin Chess Championship for women she has won two gold (2009, 2010), a silver (2008) and a bronze (2007) medals. Rapport switched her national federation to Serbia in 2013.[4] In 2014 she won the Serbian Chess Championship for women.[5]

Jovana Rapport played for Montenegro and Serbia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

Jovana Rapport played for Montenegro and Serbia in the European Team Chess Championships:[8]

  • In 2007, at second board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Heraklion (+1, =3, -4),
  • In 2009, at first board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Novi Sad (+3, =3, -3),
  • In 2011, at first board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Porto Carras (+4, =3, -2),
  • In 2013, at third board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Warsaw (+3, =1, -4),
  • In 2015, at second board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavik and won individual gold medal (+5, =3, -0).

In 2008, she was awarded the title of Woman International Master (WIM) by FIDE and received the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) the next year. She was the first Montenegrin to be awarded the latter title.

Personal life

She is married to Hungarian chess grandmaster Richárd Rapport.

References
  1. "The Week in Chess 420". www.theweekinchess.com.
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Girls' U18 Team Chess Championship :: Jovana Vojinović". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. "WIM Jovana Vojinovic and IM Ioannis Georgiadis are Mediterranean Champions - Chessdom". tournaments.chessdom.com.
  4. Player transfersin 2013. FIDE.
  5. "Jovana Vojinovic is new Serbian Women Champion - Chessdom". www.chessdom.com.
  6. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Jovana Vojinović". www.olimpbase.org.
  7. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
  8. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Jovana Vojinović". www.olimpbase.org.
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