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]

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)

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  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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