WIM Vesna Rozic, 26,
two-time Slovenian Women's Chess Champion is no more. She lost her battle to
cancer, as reported by the Slovenia chess federation website. Our deepest
condolence to her relatives, friends and loved ones.
One month ago Rozic' father wrote a letter requesting donations from the chess community for his daughter, who had been diagnosed metastatic peritoneal cancer. Rozic needed the money for extra cycles of chemotherapy. Sadly, the efforts from the doctors and the support from the chess community were not enough, as Planet Siol reported today.
WIM Vesna Rozic (2260) has played in four European Championships and four Chess Olympiads. She was forced to cancel her participation in the European Women's Championships a few weeks back because of the illness. .
The chess scene is shocked today by the news that two-times Slovenian Chess Champion WIM Vesna Rozic (2260) lost the battle with cancer and has passed away. Rozic was just 26 years old. The news was reported by Slovenian media.
Vesna Rozic was born March 23rd, 1987 in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. She played four times in the European Team Championship U18, in 2001 and 2002 behind Ana Srebrnič and in 2003 and 2004 on first board. Rozic also played for Slovenia in six Mitropa Cu
ps
(2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012). Slovenia won in 2005 and 2006
and finished second in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2006 Rozic won the
gold medal for her score of 6 out of 9 on top board. She also played for
Slovenia at four European Championships (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011) and
at four Chess Olympiads (2002, 2008, 2010 and 2012).
In Slovenia, Vesna Rozic played for Chess School Tomo Zupan Kranj and in the Croatian women's league she played for Zrinski Topolovac. She also played in Greek and Austrian leagues.
Rozic achieved the WIM title in April 2006 after scoring norms at the 14th Ljubljana Open in June 2003, at the European Team Championship in 2005 in Göteborg and at the European Championship U18 in 2005 in Herceg Novi. Her last Elo rating was 2260 (August 2013), with which she was second behind Ukrainian-born Anna Muzychuk. Rogiz' highest rating was 2310 in Julyi 2011. (Source: German Wikipedia)
Couple of sources about the player
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Source 2
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The chess games of Vesna Rozic
Wikipedia
One month ago Rozic' father wrote a letter requesting donations from the chess community for his daughter, who had been diagnosed metastatic peritoneal cancer. Rozic needed the money for extra cycles of chemotherapy. Sadly, the efforts from the doctors and the support from the chess community were not enough, as Planet Siol reported today.
WIM Vesna Rozic (2260) has played in four European Championships and four Chess Olympiads. She was forced to cancel her participation in the European Women's Championships a few weeks back because of the illness. .
The chess scene is shocked today by the news that two-times Slovenian Chess Champion WIM Vesna Rozic (2260) lost the battle with cancer and has passed away. Rozic was just 26 years old. The news was reported by Slovenian media.
Vesna Rozic was born March 23rd, 1987 in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. She played four times in the European Team Championship U18, in 2001 and 2002 behind Ana Srebrnič and in 2003 and 2004 on first board. Rozic also played for Slovenia in six Mitropa Cu
In Slovenia, Vesna Rozic played for Chess School Tomo Zupan Kranj and in the Croatian women's league she played for Zrinski Topolovac. She also played in Greek and Austrian leagues.
Rozic achieved the WIM title in April 2006 after scoring norms at the 14th Ljubljana Open in June 2003, at the European Team Championship in 2005 in Göteborg and at the European Championship U18 in 2005 in Herceg Novi. Her last Elo rating was 2260 (August 2013), with which she was second behind Ukrainian-born Anna Muzychuk. Rogiz' highest rating was 2310 in Julyi 2011. (Source: German Wikipedia)
Couple of sources about the player
Source 1
Source 2
Source 3
The chess games of Vesna Rozic
Wikipedia
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