Ana Benderać

Ana Benderać (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Бендераћ; born 25 January 1977) is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2004) and FIDE Trainer (2018).

Ana Benderać
Country	Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
Born	25 January 1977
Title	Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (2004)
Peak rating	2334 (April 2008)

Biography

In 2009, in Belgrade, Ana Benderać won the women's grandmaster chess tournament.[1] In 2013, she won bronze medal in the Serbian Women's Chess Championship.[2] In 2019, in Chelyabinsk, Ana Benderać won other women's grandmaster chess tournament.[3]

Ana Benderać won the European Chess Club Cup (women) twice: in 1997 in Rijeka with chess club Goša Smederevska Palanka, and in 2003 in Rethymno with chess club ŠK Internet-CG Podgorica.[4][5]

Ana Benderać played for Yugoslavia, Serbia & Montenegro and Serbia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

• In 2002, at first reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled (+4, =2, -2),
• In 2004, at first reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad (women) in Calvià (+5, =5, -1),
• In 2006, at first reserve board in the 37th Chess Olympiad (women) in Turin (+7, =3, -1),
• In 2008, at reserve board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+1, =0, -1),
• In 2012, at reserve board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+2, =2, -3).

Ana Benderać played for Serbia & Montenegro and Serbia in the European Women's Team Chess Championships:[7]

• In 2005, at reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Gothenburg (+0, =2, -0),
• In 2007, at third board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Heraklion (+3, =0, -5).

In 2001, Ana Benderać was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and in 2004 she received the title of FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM). In 2018, she became a FIDE Trainer.

References

1. 41st Ladies Tournament 2009
2. Prvenstvo Srbije 2013 za sahistkinje
3. Memorial Kibizov 2019 - A
4. OlimpBase :: 2nd European Chess Club Cup (women), Rijeka 1997, Goša Smederevska Palanka
5. OlimpBase :: 8th European Chess Club Cup (women), Rethymnon 2003, ŠK Internet-CG Podgorica
6. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Ana Benderać". www.olimpbase.org.
7. "OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Ana Benderać". www.olimpbase.org.

External links

• Ana Benderać rating card at FIDE
• Ana Benderać player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Ana Benderać chess games at 365Chess.com