Jovana Rapport

Jovana Rapport
Jovana Rapport in 2012
Country  Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro (till 2006)
 Montenegro (2006-2013)
 Serbia (since 2013[1])
Born (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992
Trstenik, Serbia
Title Woman Grandmaster (2009)

Jovana Rapport (Serbian: Јована Раппорт; nee Jovana Vojinović, born 18 February 1992) is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2009). She is a two-time winner of the Montenegrin Women Chess Championship (2009, 2010) and winner of the Serbian Women Chess Championship (2014).

Chess career

She participated in the European Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth Chess Championships in various age categories. Best result - third place in 2002 in Heraklion in World Girl Chess Championship in U10 age category[2]. 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 [3].

In 2009 in Antalya she won the Mediterranean Women's Chess Championship[4]. In 2011 in Pančevo she won the international women chess tournament.

In Montenegrin Chess Championship for women she has won 2 gold (2009, 2010), silver (2008) and bronze (2007) medals. 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 FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title the year later[9][10]. She was the first Montenegrin chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.

Personal life

She is married to Hungarian GM Richárd Rapport.

References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Player transfers". ratings.fide.com.
  2. ↑ "The Week in Chess 420". www.theweekinchess.com.
  3. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Girls' U18 Team Chess Championship :: Jovana Vojinović". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ↑ "WIM Jovana Vojinovic and IM Ioannis Georgiadis are Mediterranean Champions - Chessdom". tournaments.chessdom.com.
  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.
  9. ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  10. ↑ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
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