{{short description|Brazilian chess player (born 1959)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Jussara Chaves | image = | caption = | birth_name = Jussara Chaves Garcez Leme | country = {{BRA}} (until 2021)<br>{{POR}} (since 2021) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|9|df=y}} | birth_place= São Paulo, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | title = Woman International Master (1982) | peakrating =2115 (January 1989) | FideID = 2100614 <!-- automatically displays current rating if 2400+ --> }}
'''Jussara Chaves''' (born 9 December 1959) is a Brazilian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1982). She is a four time Brazilian Women's Chess Champion (1976, 1981, 1982, 1989). She has represented Portugal since 2021.
==Biography== She is the older sister of Joara Chaves. From the mid-1970s until the end of the 1990s, Jussara was one of the leading Brazilian chess players. She has participated in numerous Brazilian Women's Chess Championships and won four gold (1976, 1981, 1982, 1989) and five silver (1978, 1980, 1987, 1995, 1998) medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/b.php/ |title=Campeonatos Brasileiros |trans-title=Brazilian Championships |website=BrasilBase.pro.br |language=pt-br}}</ref>
Jussara Chaves played for Brazil in the Women's Chess Olympiads:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/3nfdlbbf.html|title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Jussara Chaves|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=OlimpBase.org}}</ref> * In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+4, =4, -4), * In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+5, =5, -2), * In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+9, =0, -1) and won individual gold medal, * In 1986, at third board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+6, =3, -3), * In 1988, at first board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+7, =1, -4), * In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+3, =4, -4), * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+6, =2, -4), * In 1994, at third reserve board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+4, =4, -4).
In 1982, Chaves was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. She is also a FIDE International Arbiter (1990).
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIDE}} * {{Chessgames player|142032}} * {{365Chess.com player|Jussara_Chaves_Garce}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaves, Jussara}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian female chess players Category:Brazilian chess players Category:Chess Woman International Masters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Chess arbiters Category:Portuguese chess players Category:Sportspeople from São Paulo