Maria Albuleț


Maria Albuleț, also Maria Pogorevici and Maria Albuleț-Pogorevici, was a Romanian doctor and chess player who held the title of Woman Grandmaster. She was a three-time winner of the Romanian Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

In the 1950s she became one of the leading Romanian women chess players. She won six medals in the Romanian Women's Chess Championship: three gold, two silver and bronze. In 1959, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Plovdiv, where she shared 12th-13th place.
Maria Albuleț played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
In 1957, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master title, and in 1985 she received the honorary title of FIDE International Women Grandmaster.
Also known as a correspondence chess player. She took part in the Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad, where the Romanian team took 6th place.
Her daughter Marina Makropoulou is also a Women Grandmaster, who represents Greece.
An annual chess tournament is held in her memory in Braila, Romania.