Dora Trepat de Navarro

Dora Trepat de Navarro
Country  Argentina
Born 1910
Died 1971

Dora Trepat de Navarro (1910 – 1971[1]) was an Argentine chess player. She was an eight-time winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1959, 1960, 1964) and a participant at the Women's World Chess Championship (1939).

Biography

Dora Trepat de Navarro started played chess in the Buenos Aires chess club Club de Ajedrez Jaque Mate de la Capital Federal. From 1935 to 1939 and from 1954 she worked as chess instructor in the club San Lorenzo de Almagro.[2] From the late 1930s to the early 1960s Dora Trepat de Navarro was one of the leading Argentine women's chess players. In 1938, she won the first Argentine Women's Chess Championship. In 1939 Dora Trepat de Navarro participated in the Women's World Chess Championship in Buenos Aires and took 12th place (tournament was won by Vera Menchik).[3] She two times ranked 3rd in Women's World Chess Championship South America Zonal Tournaments (1954, 1966).[4][5] In 1964, Dora Trepat de Navarro last time won the Argentine Women's Chess Championship.

References

  1. ↑ "Carolina Luján, en el club de Pentacampeones".
  2. ↑ Dora Trepat de Navarro
  3. ↑ "1927-39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. ↑ "Buenos Aires 1954 - 2° Torneio Zonal Sulamericano Feminino". www.brasilbase.pro.br.
  5. ↑ "Buenos Aires 1966 - 6° Torneio Zonal Sulamericano Feminino". www.brasilbase.pro.br.
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