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Vesna Rožič

Rožič at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, 2008
Country Slovenia
Born 23 March 1987
Ljubljana
Title Woman International Master (2006)
Peak rating 2310 (July 2011)

Vesna Rožič (23 March 1987, Ljubljana - 23 August 2013) was a Slovenian chess player who was awarded the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in April 2006. Rožič was ranked the second best Slovenian female chess player after Anna Muzychuk and represented Slovenia in six Mitropa Cups, four European Championships and four Chess Olympiads. She won the Slovenian women's championship in 2007 and 2010.

Rožič frequently played Queen's Pawn Game with White and French Defence with Black pieces. In 2000-2012 she had an overall record of +28 -21 =25.

Rožič died from peritoneal cancer on 23 August 2013.

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