Berna Carrasco

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrasco and the second or maternal family name is Araya.

Berna Carrasco
Carrasco pictured in El Gráfico, 1939
Full nameBerna Carrasco Araya
Born19 December 1914 (1914-12-19)
Died7 July 2013 (2013-07-08) (aged 98)
TitleWoman International Master (1954)

Berna Carrasco Araya (Carrasco de Budinich) (19 December 1914 – 7 July 2013) was a Chilean chess master, born in San Bernardo, Chile.[1] At the 1939 Women's World Championship in Buenos Aires, she finished in third place behind Vera Menchik and Sonja Graf.[2][3] Carrasco was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1954.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 66, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Buenos Aires 1939
  3. ^ "Noticias Nacionales". Clubajedrezchile.cl. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2013.


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