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Laura Unuk Slovenia’s first woman to win International Master title in chess

By: P.T., STA

Chess player Laura Unuk has become the first Slovenian woman to win the International Master title awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE, the second highest-ranking title in chess. Unuk won the title by bagging a victory at the chess tournament Mediterranean Flowers in Croatia’s Rijeka on Tuesday.

“I only needed this rating and I finally made it,” said the 21-year-old student of chemistry and chemical technology, who has entered the tournament as Woman Grandmaster.

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