Virginia Justo

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Virginia Justo
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (1963-08-05) 5 August 1963 (age 61)
Title Woman International Master (1982)

Virginia Justo (born 5 August 1963) is an Argentine chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1982). She is a four-time winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1978, 1982, 1983, 1984) and a Women's Chess Olympiad individual silver medalist (1984).

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Biography

From the late 1970s to the early 2000s Virginia Justo was one of the leading Argentine women's chess players. She four time in row won Argentine Women's Chess Championships: 1978, 1982, 1983, and 1984. In 1978, in Morón she shared the first place with Jussara Chaves, Edith Soppe and Giovanna Arbunic Castro in FIDE Women's World Chess Championship South America Zonal Tournament and was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. [1] In South American zonal play-off Virginia Justo ranked 2nd behind Arbunic Castro and not reached Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal tournament. [2] In 2007, she participated in American Women's Continental Chess Championship.

Virginia Justo played for Argentina in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [3]

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References

  1. Bartelski, Wojciech. "South American zonal :: Morón 1982". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "South American zonal play-off :: Morón 1982". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Virginia Justo". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 27 August 2021.