Margareta Perevoznic

Margareta Perevoznic (born 10 September 1936), née Covali, is a Romanian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1967). She is a winner of the Romanian Women's Chess Championship (1962).

Margareta Perevoznic
Country Romania
Born (1936-09-10) September 10, 1936
Chernivtsi, Ukraina
TitleWoman International Master (1967)

Biography

She was born in the nowadays Ukrainian city Chernivtsi, which until 1940 was part of Romania. Her father was Romanian and her mother was Polish. After the Red Army occupied the Chernivtsi in 1940, Margaret was separated from the family and lived in a Soviet children's home, from where she was rescued by her grandmother and transferred to Romania. Margaret's father was sent to Siberia, where he died, but her mother returned home only after several years of imprisonment in Irkutsk.

She learned to play chess in the 1950s. In the 1960s she became one of the leading Romanian women's chess players. She won the whole set of medals in the Romanian Women's Chess Championship: gold (1962), silver (1961) and bronze (1960).[1]

In 1967, she participated in Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Subotica, where shared 11th-12th place.[2]

Margareta Perevoznic played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]

In 1967, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title. She is also known as a chess trainer and correspondence chess player. In 1979, along with the Romanian team, she reached the 6th place in World Correspondence Chess Olympiad.

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