Verica Nedeljković won the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championships six times: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958 and 1965.

The winner of many international chess women's tournaments, including twice in a row in Belgrade (1961, 1962).

Verica Nedeljković four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournaments: Verica Nedeljković played for Yugoslavia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6] In 1954, Verica Nedeljković was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title, but in 1978 she received the honorary title of FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

After graduation, she was a naval engineer and completed a research degree.

[7] Verica Nedeljković died in Belgrade on 13 December 2023, at the age of 94.