Margareta Perevoznic

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

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).

Biography

She was born in the nowadays Ukrainian city Chernivtsi, which until 1940 was part of Romania. Her father was Romanian, but her mother was a 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.

Chess learned to play in the 1950s, but 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 1963, at first reserve board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+1, =1, -3),
• In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+4, =2, -1) and won the team silver medal.

In 1967, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title. Also known as a chess trainer and correspondence chess player. In 1979, with Romania team she placed at the 6th place in World Correspondence Chess Olympiad.

References

External links

• Margareta Perevoznic player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Margareta Perevoznic chess games at 365Chess.com