# Teodora Injac

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**Teodora Injac** (Sr-cyrl: Теодора Ињац; born 26 May 2000) is a Serbian [chess](/source/Chess) player who holds the [International Master](/source/International_Master) (IM) title. She was awarded the [Woman Grandmaster](/source/Woman_Grandmaster) (WGM) title in 2021, and the IM title in 2023.[2] In 2025 she became the female European champion.

## Chess career

She won the Women's [Serbian Chess Championship](/source/Serbian_Chess_Championship) in 2018, 2019 and 2020.[3] She was the youngest ever to win the Women's [Serbian Chess Championship](/source/Serbian_Chess_Championship).

She won bronze medal at the [World Youth Chess Championship](/source/World_Youth_Chess_Championship) held in Porto Carras, Greece in 2018.[4]

At the age of 17 she became a part of women's national team of Serbia and so far has represented Serbia in four [European Teams Chess Championships](/source/European_Team_Chess_Championship) (2017. in Hersonissos, Crete,[5] 2019. in Batumi, Georgia,[6] 2021. in Brezice, Slovenia,[7] and 2023. in Budva, Montenegro[8])

At the European Teams Chess Championship in 2023.[9][10] she took a gold medal for the best performance on the first board (7/9, RP:2596[11]) which has earned her the first GM norm.[12] She is the first-ever female chess player from Serbia to have achieved a GM norm.

She represented Serbia in the [2018 Chess Olympiad](/source/43rd_Chess_Olympiad)[13] in Batumi Georgia and [2022 Chess Olympiad](/source/44th_Chess_Olympiad).[14] in Chennai, India.

She qualified for the [Women's Chess World Cup 2021](/source/Women's_Chess_World_Cup_2021) where, seeded 63rd, she defeated [Dina Belenkaya](/source/Dina_Belenkaya) 2-0 in the first round, before being defeated by 2nd-seed [Kateryna Lagno](/source/Kateryna_Lagno) 0.5-1.5 in the second round.[15]

At the [Women's Chess World Cup 2023](/source/Women's_Chess_World_Cup_2023) held in Baku, Azerbaijan, she defeated [Nurai Sovetbekova](/source/Nurai_Sovetbekova) 2-0 in the first round before defeating [Sophie Milliet](/source/Sophie_Milliet) with the score of 1.5-0.5 in the second round.[16] In the third round, she went on to defeat the [Women's Chess World Cup](/source/Women's_Chess_World_Cup_2021) 2021 winner and the former [Women's World chess champion](/source/Women's_World_Chess_Championship) [Alexandra Kosteniuk](/source/Alexandra_Kosteniuk) with the score of 3-1. In the fourth round, she was eliminated by [Polina Shuvalova](/source/Polina_Shuvalova) with the score of 0.5-1.5.[16]

Injac won the [2025 European Women's Championship](/source/European_Individual_Chess_Championship) in Greece.[17][18]

## References

1. ["Sportska budućnost Srbije: Teodora Injac, šahistkinja"](https://www.rts.rs/page/sport/sr/story/129/ostali-sportovi/3108416/sportska-buducnost-srbije-teodora-injac-sahistkinja.html) (in Serbian). *rts.rs*. 2018-04-17.

1. ["Injac, Teodora"](https://ratings.fide.com/profile/932400). *ratings.fide.com*. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

1. ["Alexandar Indjic and Teodora Injac win Serbian championship"](https://www.fide.com/news/854). *www.fide.com*. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

1. ["Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Chess Championships 2018"](https://chess-results.com/tnr385905.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES&flag=30). *chess-results.com*. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

1. ["European Team Championship (2017)"](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=91562). *www.chessgames.com*. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

1. ["European Team Championship (2019)"](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=97667). *www.chessgames.com*. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

1. ["European Team Championship (2021)"](https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=105515). *www.chessgames.com*. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

1. ["Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Team Chess Championship 2023 - Women"](https://chess-results.com/tnr832216.aspx?lan=14&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240514110730/https://chess-results.com/tnr832216.aspx?lan=14&art=0&turdet=YES&flag=30) 2024-05-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2026-01-10.

1. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European) Team Chess Championship

1. ["Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Team Chess Championship 2023 - Women"](https://chess-results.com/tnr832216.aspx?lan=14&art=81&turdet=YES&flag=30). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240514110731/https://chess-results.com/tnr832216.aspx?lan=14&art=81&turdet=YES&flag=30) 2024-05-14 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2026-01-10.

1. [Performance rating (chess)](/source/Performance_rating_(chess))

1. [Norm (chess)](/source/Norm_(chess))

1. ["Olympiad Women 2018 2018 - 365Chess.com Tournaments"](https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Olympiad_Women_2018_2018/42929). *www.365chess.com*. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

1. ["Calendar"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230513201058/https://www.fide.com/calendar/51215). *www.fide.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.fide.com/calendar/51215) on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

1. ["Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211028141455/https://worldcup.fide.com/results). *worldcup.fide.com*. Archived from [the original](https://worldcup.fide.com/results) on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-25.

1. ["Püşk ağacı"](https://worldcup2023.fide.com/tree). *worldcup2023.fide.com*. Retrieved 2023-08-14.

1. ["European Women's Chess Championship 2025 concluded in Rhodes, Greece"](https://www.europechess.org/european-womens-chess-championship-2025-concluded-in-rhodes-greece/). Europe Chess. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

1. ["Injac Secures European Women's Championship With 9 Straight Wins"](https://www.chess.com/news/view/injac-wins-2025-european-womens-chess-championship). chess.com. 11 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

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