Marina Makropoulou (Greek: Μαρίνα Μακροπούλου; née Marina Pogorevici, born 3 December 1960, Ploiești) is a Romanian and Greek chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1982).
In the same year she reached her highest ever ranking in the world, placed 18th in the Women's FIDE elo rating charts.
Daughter of Romanian Women's Chess Champion Maria Albuleț, she learned to play at the age of ten.
[2] In 1981, in Bydgoszcz she won the World Chess Championship Zonal tournament and got the right to play in the Interzonal Tournament, where she ranked in the 7th place in 1982, winning amongst others the former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili but losing eventually the qualification to the top 8 Candidates Matches by 1,5 point.
Coincidentally, both in 1957 and in 1982, Romania won the silver medal in the Women's Chess Olympiad, both times behind the powerful USSR national team, with Maria playing at the first board of Romania's national team and Marina playing at the second board, at the respective tournaments.