BCN wishes many Happy Returns to IM Jovanka Houska (10-vi-1980)

From Wikipedia :

Jovanka Houska is an English chess player with the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is an eight-time winner of the British Women’s Chess Championship.

From Chessgames.com :

“Jovanka Houska is an English IM and WGM. She is currently the highest-rated woman in England. British women’s champion in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Her brother is IM Miroslav Houska. She is the author of several books on the Caro-Kann Defense and Scandinavian Defense, and the co-author (with James Essinger) of the novel “The Mating Game.””

Jovanka was born in London and became a Women’s International Master in 1999, a Woman’s Grandmaster in 2000 and an International Master in 2005. Her peak rating was 2443 in July 2010 at the of 30.

She plays for 4NCL Wood Green and her brother is IM Miroslav Houska. Her father Mario plays for Slough.

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[Event “BCF-ch 86th”]
[Site “Scarborough”]
[Date “1999.08.01”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Sasikiran, Krishnan”]
[Black “Houska, Jovanka”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D10”]
[WhiteElo “2536”]
[BlackElo “2251”]
[Annotator “British Chess News”]
[PlyCount “118”]
[EventDate “1999.08.05”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[SourceTitle “CBM 071 Extra”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.09.14”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.09.14”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

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19. Qf2 (19. Nxh5 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qxh5 {[%cal Gh5f3]} 21. Qf2 Re6 22. Bd1 Rfe8 $19
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59. Kh1 b4 0-1

[/pgn]

[pgn]
[Event “Douglas PokerStars op”]
[Site “Douglas”]
[Date “2015.10.11”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Houska, Jovanka”]
[Black “Neelotpal, Das”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D78”]
[WhiteElo “2372”]
[BlackElo “2465”]
[Annotator “johnu”]
[PlyCount “57”]
[EventDate “2015.10.03”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “IOM”]
[SourceTitle “CBM 168 Extra”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “2015.10.29”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “2015.10.29”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

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