Vesna Rožič


Vesna Rožič was a Slovenian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master by FIDE in April 2006. Rožič was ranked the second best Slovenian female chess player, after Anna Muzychuk. She won the Slovenian women's championship in 2007 and 2010. In 2007, Rožič also became the Mediterranean women's champion in Antalya. In team events, she represented Slovenia in four Women's Chess Olympiads, four Women's European Team Chess Championships, six Women's Mitropa Cups and four European Girls U18 Team Championships. In the Women's Mitropa Cup, she won two team gold, four team silver and two individual gold medals.
Rožič frequently played Queen's Pawn Game with White and French Defence with Black pieces.
Rožič died from peritoneal cancer on 23 August 2013.